The 12-35mm X lens is finally in Stock in Asian stores (Amazon and [shoplink 31225 ebay]eBay[/shoplink]) and you can even one single lens in Stock at Amazon US (Click here). A 43rumor readers just posted some unboxing pics on Flickr (Click here).
There is a $50 discount (via gift card) on the LX5 at Amazon (Click here). The upcoming LX6 will arrive this summer and cost a lot more becuase of the rumored bigger sensor. Price should be around the $600 very close to the main compeitor which is the Sony RX100.
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That seller seems shady to me….
Do you mean it comes with a lens shade (hood)?
It doesn’t look very big on an E-M5, does it?
Agreed…
Is it cheaper on the Asian market?
$1,169.99 vs 1,299.00
If it’s shipping from overseas I find it strange it’s only 4.99…
+ they are a first time seller, no feedback.
I will get mine in the end of June (Norway). Looking forward to that.
getting close. waiting for $999.99
Not sure why people buy untested lenses. I assume I’ll buy a 12-35 too, but after som lens tests.
> Not sure why people buy untested lenses.
Because, for example, they want to test it? 🙂
Panasonic has been providing several review sites pre-production copies (purple finish) and sites that I trust like slrgear.com put it through their sharpness tests and it looks spectacular, corner-to-corner.
I’ll buy one right away based on that review and the fact that there is no other native 24-xx zoom lens for m43 that has good corners. I’ve been wanting this lens (or an updated Oly 12-60) for two years now.
I agree. This lens looks great! It should go well with my gx1. Perhaps a little front heavy. But this lens should be a great walk around, the wide angle is great!
My kit right now is the 14,25,45. This will compliment.
http://www.cyberphoto.se/info.php?article=pana1235
Far from spectacular. You can’t make anything but small prints with this lens at 12mm.
E-M5+ 12-35 test shot @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/78784369@N02/7412715912/in/photostream/ (picture on the left is taken with 12-35mm)
I assume you refer the the park view with red brick pathway, looks good on screen but I’m not interested in any lens with built in OIS, just an added expense for me.
as a panny user, on the contrary 🙂
may be you need to wait for olympus to make the fast zoom. $1200 is reasonable prize with is or not
Panasonic’s built-in OIS has not proven to be a major cost adder. It is incorporated into the least expensive kit zooms, and by the way into almost all of their compact cameras down to the lower-end models. You might want to consider the lens (or any Panasonic lens) based on its merits, price and your needs, rather than a small and debatable assumption of cost penalty.
You’ll be waiting for a long, long time to get a comparable native M4/3 lens.
One of the benefits of OIS lenses is that you can switch it on and off at will without diving into menus.
how much does the non-OIS version cost ?
If Olympus can make a non-IS version that’s either cheaper or smaller than this Panasonic lens (like Oly 14-150mm vs Pana 14-140mm), then I’ll be the first to buy. Anyone know if Olympus has anything like this in their roadmap?
I wondering if this 12-35 mm lens will beat 14mm in term of image quality . Otherwise I have no motivation to go on this lens .
To me , this lens is more on landscapes .
Do we know how extensive the weather sealing is yet? Is it just the ring around the mount? Are there internal deals for when the lens barrel extends?
That’s the million dollar (well, 1,169.95 dollar) question for me. I recently took a trip and was totally unprepared for the torrents of rain that awaited me. Luckily, I had got the OM-D 12-50 kit for just this occurence! Unluckily, the 12-50mm was back in a drawer at home, unused since I first took the OM-D home as it’s relatively hopeless compared to my other lenses.
If the 12-35mm has extensive weather sealing – I think this could be my go to travel lens.
As far as I can tell it doesn’t have a ring around the mount – weather sealing is done by having a fixed glass mounted in the back of the lens, whereas a normal zoom lens will extend into the lens, leaving a pocket of air.