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If a 400mm super telephoto (800mm in full frame terms) isn’t enough, OM System now has a solution; the new ultra tele m.Zuiko ED 150-600mm f/5-6.3 IS. That’s a 300-1200mm field of view if you are shooting full frame. And you can use MC-14 1.4x and MC-20 2x teleconverters, if you wish. With the MC-20, that gives you a 300-1200mm f/10-13 Micro Four Thirds view, or full frame 600-2400mm.
Headline features:
- 150-600mm f/5-6.3 ultra telephoto zoom 300-1200mm full frame field of view)
- Compatible with MC-14 and MC-20 teleconverters
- Features Sync IS (up to 7 steps of image stabilisation headroom extension)
- Just over 2kg weight
- Focuses as close as 0.56m at 150mm (0.7x semi-macro usability)
- IPX1 dust and splash-proof sealing
- Water droplet and dust-resistant fluorine front element coating
- 95mm filter thread
- Arca-Swiss compatible tripod foot
- Price: £2,399.99, €2,699.00, $2699.99 US
- Availability, late February
Sync IS
While the 150-600 is not a ‘Pro’ moniker lens, it does benefit from Sync IS. This is the smart combination of camera body sensor-shift image stabilisation, and in-lens optical stabilisation.
OM System says, when used with an OM-1 body, up to 7 EV steps of stability are available at 150mm, reducing to 6 steps at 600mm.
Size and weight
The 150-600 is, understandably, a large and heavy lens, weighing a smidgen over 2kg (without its 151g LH-103 lens hood). Focusing is internal, but the zoom mechanism increases the overall length from 26.4cm by about 10cm at the longer end of the zoom range.
On the following page, we delve into what the features and specifications could add up to.