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Pana 100-300 -- how to identify the mk II version?

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EspE1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,448
Pana 100-300 -- how to identify the mk II version?

I'm in the market for a used Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300 mm mk II -- as a weather resistant alternative to the Oly 75-300. (I don't know the 100-300 from before.)

I've seen some ads offering such lens describing it to be the mk II version. However, from the pictures in the ads I cannot see any kind of marking that explicitly confirms that they really are mk II versions.

What are the visual clues I can use to identify the different versions of the 100-300 lens?

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Re: Pana 100-300 -- how to identify the mk II version?
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EspE1 wrote:

I'm in the market for a used Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300 mm mk II -- as a weather resistant alternative to the Oly 75-300. (I don't know the 100-300 from before.)

I've seen some ads offering such lens describing it to be the mk II version. However, from the pictures in the ads I cannot see any kind of marking that explicitly confirms that they really are mk II versions.

What are the visual clues I can use to identify the different versions of the 100-300 lens?

The first version has "Mega OIS" on the bezel around the front element of the lens (in red), and the Mk II has "Power OIS", in white, instead, in the same place.

They have different model numbers, also.

-J

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OP EspE1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,448
Re: Pana 100-300 -- how to identify the mk II version?

Thanks!

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