On October 9, 2024, the full-frame Panasonic Lumix S 18-40mm 1:4.5-6.3 lens was introduced.
Panasonic Lumix S 18-40mm 1:4.5-6.3
Basic properties
- lens for Panasonic full-frame mirrorless cameras with Leica L mount
- Relative aperture: from 1:4.5-1:6.3 to F/22-F/32
- Focal Length: 18-40 mm
- MDF: 0.15 meters
- Maximum magnification ratio 1: 3.6
- Optical design: 8 elements in 7 groups, 3 ASPH, 2 ED, 1 UHR
- Filter Diameter: 62 mm
- Weight: 155 gram
- Price: about 500 dollars
Appearance
Exact list of Panasonic LUMIX S lenses (Leica L mount)
- Panasonic Lumix S 18 mm 1:1.8 [September 2022]
- Panasonic Lumix S 24 mm 1:1.8 [September 2021]
- Panasonic Lumix S 26 mm 1:8 [May 2024]
- Panasonic Lumix S 35 mm 1:1.8 [November 2021]
- Panasonic Lumix S 50 mm 1:1.4 PRO CBL [February 2019]
- Panasonic Lumix S 50 mm 1:1.8 [June 2021]
- Panasonic Lumix S 85 mm 1:1.8 [November 2020]
- Panasonic Lumix S 100 mm 1:2.8 MACRO [January 2024]
- Panasonic Lumix S 14-28mm 1: 4-5.6 MACRO [January 2023]
- Panasonic Lumix S 16-35mm 1:4 PRO CBL [November 2019]
- Panasonic Lumix S 18-40mm 1: 4.5-6.3 [October 2024]
- Panasonic Lumix S 20-60mm 1: 3.5-5.6 [May 2020]
- Panasonic Lumix S 24-70mm 1:2.8 PRO CBL [August 2019]
- Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm 1:4 MACRO Ois [February 2019]
- Panasonic Lumix S 28-200mm 1: 4-7.1 MACRO Ois [February 2024]
- Panasonic Lumix S 70-200mm 1:4 PRO CBL Ois [February 2019]
- Panasonic Lumix S 70-200mm 1:2.8 PRO CBL Ois [November 2019]
- Panasonic Lumix S 70-300mm 1: 4.5-5.6 MACRO Ois [February 2021]
- The L mount alliance also includes Leica и Sigma
CBL (Ccertified By Leica), Ois (Optical Istomach Stabilizer), PRO ( PROprofessional), MACRO (macro shooting capability)
Panasonic full-frame L-mount mirrorless cameras
- Panasonic Lumix S1 [February 2019]
- Panasonic Lumix S1R [February 2019]
- Panasonic Lumix S1R II [February 2025]
- Panasonic Lumix S1H [August 2019]
- Panasonic Lumix S5 [September 2020] + Panasonic Lumix S5D [October 2024]
- Panasonic Lumix S5II [January 2023]
- Panasonic Lumix S5 II x [January 2023]
- Panasonic Lumix BS1H [October 2021]
- Panasonic Lumix S9 [May 2024]
Materials on the topic
- Full frame mirrorless systems... Discussion, choice, recommendations.
- Cropped mirrorless systems... Discussion, choice, recommendations.
- Cropped mirrorless systems that have stopped or are no longer developing
- Digital SLR systems that have stopped or are no longer developing
- JVI or EVI (an important article that answers the question 'DSLR or mirrorless')
- About mirrorless batteries
- Simple and clear medium format
- High-speed solutions from Chinese brands
- All fastest autofocus zoom lenses
- All fastest AF prime lenses
- Mirrored full frame on mirrorless medium format
- Autofocus Speed Boosters
- One lens to rule the world
- The impact of smartphones on the photography market
- What's next (smartphone supremacy)?
- All announcements and novelties of lenses and cameras
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Material prepared Arkady Shapoval.
Wide zoom, full frame, 155 grams... essentially a XNUMXx pancake. And almost macro too.
A traveler's dream lens.
Exactly... for narrow European streets, urban environment and landscape - just what you need for walks and travel.
The distortion will most likely be quite significant, but this is not so important for the traveler.
Distortion of the barrel within 5% is not a problem at all for such a lyricist - our eye is like that by itself.
For what is happening on the streets and in general city life or for nature, this is not a problem at all. For geometric forms (architecture) things are already different.. on the other hand, it would never occur to anyone to use “Pancake-zoom” for such purposes.
Rodion, as a specialist, what do you think about how much distortion can be corrected in a wide-angle zoom with eight lenses?
what difference does it make how many lenses there are if the profile can handle it all. The end user of such solutions is most likely far from the needs for the capabilities that fixed lenses like 17/4
It was not my question... in this case, I was interested in the technical aspect (theoretical possibilities within the known parameters with permissible errors towards the unknown).
I already wrote above that this lens has its own target group and scope of tasks.
Each scheme is different, and these same elements can be completely different (here, out of 8 elements, 6 are special, 3 are aspherical, and the same Sony FE 2.8 / 24-70 GM also only 3 aspherics). Of course, 8 lenses by today's standards for a zoom lens is not enough. But there is no direct relationship "more means better". Everything depends very much on specific models and their implementation.
This is a difficult question for me - I have never counted a single zoom in my life and not a single ultra-wide - the last case was 12.5 mm F/1.4 under 1", and it was terrible. I can say that, from general considerations, for good correction of both distortion and astigmatism/coma, you need at least 2 aspherical surfaces on different sides of the lens diaphragm. Here there are 3 of them, but there is also a zoom, and the angle is quite wide. Again, in the old days, even without aspherics, they managed to nail down distortion quite well in fixed lenses, although at the cost of terrible quality at the edges (often present lateral chromatism is also a chromatic aberration of distortion).
I think if the calculation was aimed at suppressing distortion, then in this case it was possible to achieve such a result, the aperture ratio and zoom ratio are not very high. It should be understood that with 8 lenses such a path will be associated with some compromises.
“You have to understand that with 8 lenses, this path will involve some compromises.”
It was this thought that led me to this question.
Most likely, in this case, they relied on sharp angles, since lost details are practically impossible to restore using algorithms, but correcting CA or distortion (as Arkady said above) with satisfactory results is common practice.
Thanks for the reply.
All that remains is to wait for lens tests to understand where modern trends have gone.
Too dark for five hundred dollars, no?
Well, if you compare it with the previous lens released for the S9, 28mm f8 without autofocus for 200 bucks, then this one is a steal)
It's 26mm f/8 not 28mm
It doesn't matter, but yes.
The smallest/lightest in its class SHU for $500 is expensive? Of course not. Super lens for travel. But if now in Russia 20-60mm are sold new for 25 and even 20 thousand, then this one will be considered expensive. At least for us.