Image on top: The Olympus lens raodmap.
We just got confirmation from our sources that there will be no new Olympus m43 product announcement this month.We know Olympus plans to announce two new m43 lenses this year but I am not sure yet when this will happen (could be in November). One of the new lenses is the 50mm f/2.0 (or f/1.8 ?) macro lens ([shoplink 18415 ebay]Click here to see the current Four Thirds macro[/shoplink]). I am not sure yet about the specs of the second lens. Olympus had a fisheye lens on the roadmap but I guess they dropped that lens as there is already a Panasonic and (soon) a Samyang fisheye lens.
One more thing: Does it mean that we will not have any new m43 product soon? No, I just heard someone else could announce new m43 products. More about that this week! A third party lens maker could unveil new lenses soon. I am asking my sources to send me more info about that! Thanks!
Reminder -> Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct
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Great news. The bigger the lens choice the better. It will be interesting to see if image stabilisation will be included if the lenses are zooms.
I wonder if they have all that is on that chart already. If you consider the “PEN CONVERSION LENSES” the bottom three are taken care of.
It is a dilemma to include OIS as half the cameras have IBS or not. It should be very interesting to see what is offered and how much it will cost.
I certainly hope not, but they do fit the bill. The thing that makes me wonder on their roadmap is that they have focal length “dots” for these lenses. A wide converter doesn’t have a focal length, of course, so those “dots” don’t really make sense for converters.
What we need is an updated roadmap!
The “dots” are feathered on the sides, though, while the dot for the pancake is a circle. That could mean something other than an actual lens.
Sigma?
Must be due sometime, I think.
Whatever happened to Schneider-Kreuznach’s m43 commitment?
I hope it is not SLR magic or another Nokton … Suminnon …Noktor wannabe
I like SLRMagic! 🙂
I wouldn’t complain about another NoktoN!
Check out the Nokton 35mm f1.4 and Nokton 40mm f1.4 Leica M mount rangefinder lenses.
Very small! Very nice!
I have a 35mm and it’s my favorite walkabout lens!
I hope it is not SLR magic or another Nokton … Suminnon …Noktor wannabe.
+1
I hope it could be a fast prime (but not too fast = expensive).
Funny, the Oly 45mm f1.8 isn’t on that roadmap – but it is if you remove the word ‘macro’.
SIGMA FTW!!!!!! I’m putting all my faith on Sigma to produce affordable and great quality lenses that we photographers want, like what they do for DSLR, especially crop-sensors. My wishlist will have something like a 7mm and/or 10.5mm prime (f/4 is fine by me); a much brighter 17mm (maybe an f/2 at least); a cheaper (but also fast-focusing) alternative to rival Panasonic’s 20mm f/1.7 and 25mm f/1.4; a MACRO (yes!!); and, ok, maybe a bright zoom, just the one everybody wants.
What about a Fujifilm Xxxx m4/3 camera in the style of the Fujifilm X100?
A third party lens maker? Hope Tamron will jump on board – like they once originally wanted regarding 4/3 (I wonder what ever happened to their prototypes).
Admin, can you please ask those 3rd party lens sources any rumors about a lens for NEX?
i cant see the oly lens roadmap.. all i see is “domain unregistered. to view register at bit.ly/imageshake-domain”
I fear any Sigma lenses will be co- designed for APSC mirrorless too. Hopefully this will mean they are optimised for CDAF and will have OIS, but will also mean they are unnecessarily large and heavy. Better than a poke onthe eye with a sharp stick, but far from ideal.
“Better than a poke on the eye with a sharp stick, but far from ideal.” or a slap across the face with a wet mullet. 😀
Wet mullet?
Hairdo or fish? 😉
Admin, what about the rumoured E50? Any more possible snippets of information about it or are we just wishing & hoping for something that just isn’t going to happen?
I don’t know about this site. A post and thread gets to developing and becoming a useful conversation and then the editor of this site throws out a new post before the previous one fully matures, which encourages people like me to quit commenting in the discussion.. Let things sit a little longer, please?
To me this site is more about rumors rather than a bunch of Internet people arguing about rumors.
Sigma needs to make a micro four thirds camera with a Foveon sensor and a line of Sigma lenses. This could get Sigma in the real game but they like to remain toooo autonomous in the imaging market!
What about the Tokina rumors from January? Weren’t they due for a fastish wide/normal and another lens this month?
It’s not exactly relevant but if I may put in my 2c the main thing I want now is the new enthusiast GF. I don’t care about 24MP or APS-C sensors but after the NEX-7 announcement I don’t know if you can be satisfied with the G3 EVF or faux DSLR styling. 🙂 Love the 43rds system though.
I’m glad to see third party lenses and products but only if they’re specficially tailored to M43 (not just 43). Mainly because of the size issue.
The G3 EVF has been the best on the market since 2008 when it first appeared in G1. It works well and beat all entry level dSLRs for viewfinder size, and is pretty good on “image quality” in all but very low light situations. IMO it’s weak side isn’t resolution, but blackout time in continous shooting mode.
The G3 viewfinder will obviously work equally well affer NEX-7 is available, and I wouldn’t let the viewfinder stop me if I wanted a G3-styled camera and was happy with the continous mode of G3.
That said, I’d of course prefer a 2.4MP EVF if it’s as good or better than the G3 one in all areas. I’d like to see the NEX-7 myself first though (or at least a trustworthy review) before I assume that the NEX-7 one is generally better.
I will always follow the Olympus map or any related announcement, but for now i will soon invest in a Ricoh GXR/A12 M-mount module.
MORE LENSES, YEAH!!!
And what about de 45mm 1.8 Oly lens? when is going to start shipping? I can’t wait more for it! Any news related?
I just bought the 9-18mm when I was in Seoul: 235€!! Half the price in europe! xD Now I’ve to look for freetime and test that lens!
The lens chart says that 9-18mm is MSC… I didn’t know that it was MSC, it doesn’t have the MSC logo printed… :S
M4/3 has a great grade of lenses…many choices and so on…the problem is the sensor, please panasonic give your cameras a better sensor…is there any chance that patent (3 layers) will ever see the light of the day?…even pentax did a awesome job on a 1/2.3 sensor…
Why release both a 45mm 1.8 and a 50mm macro when adding a macro switch would cover both functions? For the moment I will hold on to my 50mm f2 even though it is slow to focus on my ep-3 and size is increased by adding the 43 converter. The rave reviews for the 45mm 1.8 make it hard to resist. With all the new lenses in the works its tempting to sit on the fence for the next six months as choices increase and prices hopefully come down.