200mm F2.8 Panasonic Leica Lens

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Specs

15 elements in 13 groups, 2 ultra extra-low dispersion + Nano Surface Coating
Minimum aperture - F22
9 diaphragm blades
Minimum focus distance - 1.15m
Stepper motor AF
Full time manual override
Weather sealed
77mm filters
88 mm x 174 mm
1245 g
Comes with hood and tripod collar
Available February 2018
$2999 (with 1.4x converter)
$597 2x converter
- https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-LUMIX-Teleconverter-Black-DMW-TC20/dp/B07765DFM6/
- https://www.adorama.com/ipctc20.html

With 1.4x tele converter:

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Vitaliy_Kiselev

Panasonic Leica DG Elmarit 200mm f/2.8 POWER O.I.S. Lens , $2496

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1367105-REG/panasonic_h_es200_leica_dg_elmarit_200mm.html

MikeLinn

Tele converter review

MikeLinn

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Review

Panasonic 200mm f/2.8 is very sharp, tack sharp, even at f/2.8. For the entire frame, the sharpness graph is almost completely flat, indicating tack-sharp performance from center to corner, even when shot wide open. According to our measurements, there's an extremely minimal amount of corner softness at f/2.8, which gets sharpened if you stop down some, between f/4-f/5.6. However, despite the graphs, the difference in sharpness from the center to the corners at f/2.8 is insignificant.

Wide-open down to f/5.6, we observed optimal sharpness from the 200mm f/2.8, with tack-sharp quality across the entire frame. Once you stop down to f/8, however, slight diffraction-related softening begins to appear. It's still incredibly minor at f/8 and even still minimal at f/11. It's more pronounced once you hit f/16, which isn't surprising, though it's not terrible. At f/22, though, we definitely notice some softening.

https://www.imaging-resource.com/lenses/panasonic/200mm-f2.8-power-ois-leica-dg-elmarit/review/

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Canon management during feeding

https://diglloyd.com/blog/2018/20180429_1320-Panasonic200f2_8-BighornSheep.html

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Panasonic 200mm f/2.8 is incredibly sharp, tack sharp, even at f/2.8. Across the entire frame, the sharpness graph is almost completely flat, indicating tack-sharp performance from center to corner, even when shot wide open. According to our measurements, there's an extremely minimal amount of corner softness at f/2.8, which gets sharpened if you stop down some, between f/4-f/5.6. However, despite the graphs, the difference in sharpness from the center to the corners at f/2.8 is insignificant.

From wide-open down to f/5.6, we observed optimal sharpness from the 200mm f/2.8, with tack-sharp quality across the entire frame. Once you stop down to f/8, however, slight diffraction-related softening begins to appear. It's still incredibly minor at f/8 and even still minimal at f/11. It's more pronounced once you hit f/16, which isn't surprising, though it's not terrible. At f/22, though, we definitely notice some softening.

https://www.imaging-resource.com/lenses/panasonic/200mm-f2.8-power-ois-leica-dg-elmarit/review/

MikeLinn

MikeLinn

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Review

https://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/lens_review_2/1100661.html

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In stock again

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1367105-REG/panasonic_h_es200_leica_dg_elmarit_200mm.html

fahrenheit

Lenstip Review

The performance of the tested lens is simply sensational. We officially get a new resolution record, amounting to 91.2 lpmm.

I haven’t tested such an excellently corrected lens for a very long time, a lens which can provide resolution records already from the maximum relative aperture and had not even one small optical slip-up in our test. I wish there were more such instruments on the market.