Introduction
The Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. (S-R1428) is a flexible wide-angle to telephoto 7.14x zoom lens for the Panasonic, Sigma and Leica “L-mount” full-frame mirrorless digital camera system.On the time of writing, it’s formally the World’s smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless lens with an optical zoom of 7x or extra.This lens contains a variable most aperture of f/4-f/7.1 and has 9 rounded diaphragm blades for smoother bokeh.It’s comprised of 17 parts in 13 teams, together with one aspherical component, 4 ED (Additional-Low Dispersion) parts, and one UHR (Extremely Excessive Refractive Index) component.The Panasonic 28-200mm has a closest focusing distance of 0.14m / 0.46ft and a most magnification of 0.50x.It boasts a mud, splash and freeze resistant design that may function at 10 levels beneath zero.Along with the digital camera physique’s built-in picture stabilisation, you possibly can profit from as much as 6.5 stops of stabilisation when utilizing this lens.The Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. is accessible now priced at £899.99 / €999.99 / $799.99 within the UK, Europe and the USA respectively.
Ease of Use
The Panasonic Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. is an extremely small, compact and really gentle wide-to-tele zoom lens, measuring 9.34cm / 3.68inch in size, 7.3cm / 3.04inch in diameter and weighing in at simply 413g / 0.91lb.
When mounted on the Lumix S5IIX mirrorless digital camera that Panasonic despatched us for testing, the Lumix S 28-200mm lens feels extraordinarily well-balanced and appropriate for each two-handed and one-handed use.
Be aware that this new lens does lengthen when zoomed from the minimal 28mm focal size to the 200mm focal size by an extra 5cm.
Construct high quality is superb. The Panasonic 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. feels stable sufficient in your hand, even whether it is principally made out of plastic, with a steel lens mount.
It is also weather-proof, being each mud and splash resistant and dealing all the way in which right down to -10 levels. We efficiently used it in additional inclement circumstances with no antagonistic results.
There’s additionally a a fluorine coating on the entrance lens component to assist repel water, oil, and every other contaminants, in addition to making it simpler to scrub.
There may be additionally built-in picture stabilisation, with the lens providing as much as 6.5-stops of 5-Axis Twin I.S. when used with a suitable digital camera physique.
By way of exterior controls, there are simply two – a spotlight mode swap with the usual AF/MF settings and an On/Off swap for the optical picture stabilisation (O.I.S.).
The Panasonic 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. lens has a reasonably slender focus ring on the finish of barrel with a ridged, rubberised grip band.
There aren’t any laborious stops at each ends of the vary, making it harder to set focus at infinity.
Polariser customers needs to be happy that the 67mm filter thread does not rotate on focus.
In the case of auto-focusing, the Panasonic Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. is a reasonably fast performer, taking round 0.15 seconds to lock onto the topic when mounted on the Panasonic S5IIX digital camera that we examined it with.
We did not expertise an excessive amount of “looking”, both in good or dangerous gentle, with the lens precisely focusing nearly all the time within the single AF-S mode.
The linear motor focusing mechanism may be very quiet, in reality nearly silent, making this lens well-suited to video recording in addition to candid stills pictures.
The lens ships with a big, petal-shaped, prime quality lens hood (S-R28200) with a lock button, however there isn’t any case included.
Focal Vary
The 28mm focal size offers an angle of view of 75 levels.
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The 200mm focal size offers an angle of view of 12 levels.
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Chromatic Aberrations
Chromatic aberrations, usually seen as purple or blue fringes alongside contrasty edges, are usually not an issue for the Panasonic Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. lens, even in areas of very excessive distinction.
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Vignetting
With the lens set to its most aperture, there’s some apparent gentle fall-off within the corners particularly on the wider focal lengths, requiring you to cease down by at the very least 3 f-stops to fully forestall it.
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Distortion
The Panasonic Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. displays some delicate barrel and pin-cushion distortion which can you might want to appropriate in post-processing.
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Sunstars and Flare
The Panasonic Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. does not produce very good, sharp sunstars even when stopped-down to f/22 or smaller, and it is also susceptible to flare when capturing immediately into the solar, even when you’ve got the equipped lens hood fitted.
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Macro
The Panasonic Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. provides excellent close-up efficiency for such a wide-angle zoom lens, with an in depth focus level of 0.14m / 0.46ft from the sensor airplane on the 28mm focal size.
Bokeh
Bokeh is a phrase used for the out-of-focus areas of {a photograph}, and is normally described in qualitative phrases, comparable to clean / creamy / harsh and so on.
Within the Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. lens, Panasonic have employed an iris diaphragm with 9 rounded blades, which has resulted in fairly good bokeh in our view for such an all-encompassing zoom lens.
We do realise, nevertheless, that bokeh analysis is subjective, so we have included a number of examples beneath to your perusal.
Sharpness
To be able to present you ways sharp the Panasonic Lumix S 28-200 mm F4-7.1 MACRO O.I.S. lens is, we’re offering 100% crops on the next pages.
