The telephoto lens, which is fast throughout, is characterized by its robustness and extremely powerful stabilization. Up to 7 shutter speeds longer hand-held exposure are possible in combination with the Body IS stabilization. A weather-resistant construction with a total of 22 lens elements including various special lenses ensures high resolution right to the edge with low distortion and edge darkening. The constant aperture of F2.8 with 11 blades ensures smooth defocusing from the point of highest sharpness to the neighboring image areas for impressive bokeh. Fast and precise focusing via the focus clutch function, among other things, round off this telephoto zoom. With teleconverters, the maximum focal length can be extended to 280mm (1.4x, with DMW-STC14) or 400mm (2x, with DMW-STC20) super telephoto.