Olympus Announces 100-400 mm f/5-6.3 IS Lens

Olympus has announced the M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400 mm f/5.0-6.3 IS lens, a compact, lightweight super-telephoto zoom lens that covers a telephoto focal length of 200-800 mm equivalent and is compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard. This lens features the same dustproof and splashproof performance as the M.Zuiko Pro lens series, and when paired with the M.Zuiko Digital 2x teleconverter MC-20, delivers up to 1600 mm equivalent super telephoto shooting.

The 100-400 mm is compact and lightweight measuring 205.7 mm, with a weight of 1,120g and a filter diameter of 72 mm. The closest focussing distance across the entire zoom range is 1.3m and the maximum image magnification is 0.57x. The optical system features a combination of four ED lenses for suppressing colour bleeding, two Super HR lenses, and two HR lenses. The lens’ ZERO (Zuiko Extra-low Reflection Optical) Coating reduces ghosting and flaring, even in poor, backlit conditions. The lens supports focus stacking and features a rear focus system and is equipped with four functional switches designed to support handheld shooting. This includes a Focus Limiter switch for AF operation selection that ranges between three levels, as per the focussing distance, allowing for quick focussing and comfortable shooting even in the super telephoto range. The lens comes with in-lens image stabilisation that delivers stable handheld super telephoto shooting, an AF/MF switch and a zoom locking switch.

The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400 f/5.0-6.3 IS lens will be available at a retail price of US $1,499.99.