Olympus has announced what it calls the world’s smallest and lightest 600mm equivalent telephoto lens in the shape of M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300mm 1:4.8-6.7. Weighing 430 grams, the Micro Four Thirds system lens' 18 element, 13 group design utilizes two Extraordinary Dispersion (ED) and 3 High Refractive (HR) glass elements to reduce chromatic aberration. It promises fast and silent focusing for recording movies. The lens will be available in black and silver from December 2010 for €899.
Award-winning lens system for PEN sets minimisation benchmark
New Olympus lens world’s smallest 600mm telephoto*: M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300mm 1:4.8-6.7
Hamburg, 14 September 2010 – Olympus’ revolutionary PEN camera range has yet another first to its name: the world’s smallest and lightest* 600mm telephoto lens. The new M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED
75-300mm 1:4.8-6.7 lens enhances Olympus’ award-winning Micro Four Thirds lens system with an extraordinarily quick-focusing, compact telephoto lens that delivers excellent portability and outstanding image quality – for HD movies and stills. The new lens will be available in black and silver from December 2010 for €899.
The speed, compact size (70 x 116mm) and light weight of the tiny telephoto lens makes it convenient to carry – and easy to capture naturally expressive close-ups of children’s faces, animals and landscape features. Its power and precision let users zoom right in on details they would otherwise miss, for example, the Statue of Liberty’s face shot from the ground. The new M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300mm is also ideal for recording HD movies. It features Olympus’ near-silent focusing technology to eliminate the whir that can otherwise ruin movie playback on a High Definition TV.
* Relative to lenses with comparable focal length, as of August 2010. The focal length of the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300mm 1:4.8-6.7 is equivalent to a 600mm focal length lens for the 35mm film standard.
Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300mm 1:4.8-6.7 lens specifications
| Focal length | 75-300mm |
|---|---|
| 35mm equivalent focal length | 150-600mm |
| Diagonal angle of view | 16°- 4.1° |
| Maximum aperture | F4.8-6.7 |
| Minimum aperture | F22 |
| Lens Construction | • 18 elements / 13 groups • 2 ED element • 3 HR lenses |
| Number of diaphragm blades | 7, rounded |
| Minimum focus | 0.9m |
| Maximum magnification | 0.18x |
| AF system | High-speed Imager AF (MSC) |
| Filter thread | 58mm |
| Weight | 430g |
| Dimensions | 70mm diameter x 116mm length |
| Lens Mount | Four Thirds |
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