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Panasonic teases 4 new S series L-mount full-frame lenses with launch date tbd

Panasonic looks to be working on dramatically expanding its S series L-mount lens family. (Image source: Panasonic - edited)
Panasonic looks to be working on dramatically expanding its S series L-mount lens family. (Image source: Panasonic - edited)
Panasonic plans to flesh out its line-up of S series L-mount lenses, with at least four new lenses confirmed on the latest roadmap. Of the four lenses in question, perhaps the most tantalising is a 100-500 mm super telephoto lens — a niche not currently served by the Lumix line-up.

Panasonic's Lumix S series L-mount lens line-up features a number of quality lenses across a variety of focal lengths, but the Japanese company appears to be expanding on that collection of lenses with at least four new additions.

Panasonic Japan recently revealed updates to the S series lens roadmap after something of a lull in its lens release schedule.

The four new lenses appear be of the following nature:

  • A ~100-500 mm super telephoto zoom lens
  • A ~28-180 mm telephoto unit
  • A ~28-75 mm standard zoom lens
  • A 100 mm telephoto macro unit, likely with an f/1.8 maximum aperture

Currently, the Lumix S series lens family consists of 14 lenses, starting with the Lumix S 14-28 mm f/4.5-5.6 Macro, with the Lumix S 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6 Macro O.I.S. topping out the range of focal lengths. This 300 mm maximum focal length would make the confirmation of a 100-500 mm zoom lens particularly enticing for anyone looking for more reach on their L-mount camera.

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A machine translation of the Panasonic S series lens roadmap reveals some nifty additions to the line-up. (Image source: Panasonic Japan / Google Lens)
A machine translation of the Panasonic S series lens roadmap reveals some nifty additions to the line-up. (Image source: Panasonic Japan / Google Lens)
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Julian van der Merwe, 2023-08-24 (Update: 2023-08-24)