Along the already leaked new GX8 and FZ300 cameras Panasonic will also announce two new MFT lenses! Stay tuned on 43rumors and follow the announcement live blogging on July 16 at 5-6am London time!
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Wishes anyone? #1, there is a hole in the f1.8 prime series at 35mm. I’ve got and love the others, 17mm, 25mm, and 45mm. #2, a permanent $650 price on the 12-40mm f2.8 zoom. Otherwise, I am more tempted to wait for the LX100 follow-on for a kick-around camera. For less coin, you get the whole camera, a retracting lens, fast aperture and all, not perfect, but damn near magic.
All of the lenses you mentioned are Olympus. The rumor is about Panasonic.
What Panasonic rumor would be complete without an Oly fanboi openly drooling? ?
You mean openly hating, because it’s not olympus.
Keep tilting at windmills. It’s what makes you, you.
There’s no Windmills where I’m from, so… yeah.
What Olympus would be without jelous Panasonic fanboy cracking up?
Olympus makes something worthy of jealousy? Really?
As a Voigtländer fanboi I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Although both manufacturers have 25mm, your comment is otherwise true. I have one Lumix, and five mZuiko lenses, so while I tend not to think strictly in terms of one or the other, the #1 was a 35mm Lumix wish. Can I change my #2? How about a revised 20mm f1.7 with a faster focus motor? It is not that bad, but it is a trade-off that is mildly annoying when you have it on camera. One of my friends has one, and the optic is very nice.
35mm m43? Which equates to 70mm full frame? That’s not a very common focal length.
35mm ?? may Sigma will release before Christmas.
Getting kind of exciting, HUH!?
Does this mean their will be a 10.5mm f/1.4 Panny/Leica about to be announced?!?!
🙂
Where you get that ?
He just pulled it out of his ass…
like all the lenses everyone else are fantasizing about. ?
I bet one is a new weather sealed 14-140 and the other is a fast tele.
How many 14-140mm lens is enough for you ?
We already have 2 , coming third if pana make this one .
I would only want and other 14-140 if there was a significant improvement in optical quality. It is my favorite lens, but the two updates don’t seem to have any improvements in quality.
I have both and the version II seems to be much better all around… sharpness through the range, size, weight, focus speed and price, too.
The only problem is the introduction of shutter shock at some shutter speeds.
Can you explain? I don’t understand “shutter shock?” The shutter is in the camera body not the lens.
Actually it’s a camera lens COMBINATION.
It seems that some of the lighter weight lenses react badly to some mechanical shutters. The GX1 is a perfect example of a hard hitting shutter. The PZ 14-42mm and 14-140mm II (minor) are examples of lenses that don’t react well with it.
Helpful and interesting, thank you.
Just one is enough for me, especially if weather sealed.
12-200 is still my dream MFT lens…
Even a 12-120 would be pretty great, and a lot more realistic.
How about a 10-100mm?
No aperture figures ?
Put that in so Pana know what readers want .
How about constant f2.8.
In fact, I’d settle for a 10-50mm f2.8.
That would be amazing, but I’m not sure if it’s possible.
A 10-25 f2.0 and a 17.5 f1.4, both with distance scale and comes as optional kits for GX8
Please tell me, what benefits you get from that 0.5mm? You do know that focal lengths are always rounded up to closest ratio focal length?
It is just people like you whishing some über special lenses that no one else would use like 17.5mm, 67.5mm or 100mm macro.
Just move your camera couple centimeters and you have what you want.
Please let it be 17.5 f/1.4, pretty please! Would be an instabuy for me)
14mm f1.2. You know you want to make this Panasonic.
Support .
With Leica sealed please .
17 1.4 or faster
1.2 primes ftw! Watch me whip, watch me nay nay!
17.5mm f/1.2. I’ll keep saying it until it comes true!
Yes . we need that .
Pana , please make it happen .
Just man-up and get a Voigtländer 17.5mm.
Got one and it’s fantastic! But I’d trade it for an AF Panaleica version in a heartbeat even if I lose a bit of max aperture. Taking candids of active kids drives that decision.
We already know that one of the lenses is a telephoto. I hope we get a better quality 300mm from Panasonic.
Honestly, the 100-300mm gets a bum rap but its really a great lens when you take into account price and its size.
Yes, it is quite a good lens given its size, weight, range and price, but the fact that you really need to set the f-stop at f7.1 to maximize sharpness isn’t great. A better quality 109-300mm, with constant f4, that’s sharp wide-open would be a fantastic addition to the M4/3 system!
agree – a better 100-300 would be great & even faster focusing:)
With metabones able introduce elements to boost speed, why we haven’t seen Panasonic re-release some of it’s zoom lenses with apertures that creep into the 1.4 territory.
10.5-55mm f2.5-3.7 PL power zoom weather seal ,Cheer!
Sounds good to me! But, please, not power zoom. Yuck!
I’d dump my 12-40mm in a heartbeat for something like that!
i only want ultimate video-centric lens.
Hybrid cam war was begin.
fully video-continue focus lens is key of success.
🙂
Real videographers use primes. ?
that’s cinematographers…
1. Leica DG Nocticron 12mm F1.2
2. Leica DG Nocticron 90mm F1.2
For once, I wish you were right. However, one is going to be of interest to wildlife photographers, if previous leaks are any indication.
One small prime for the GM line (ultra wide angle would be nice) and a bigger, faster, pricier prime like the Nocticron would be fine.
I am hoping for a 14-42 kit lens with a new colour!
Rip out the lens from LX100, put on a mount and sell it. Or release a M4/3 version of
Panasonic/Leica 14-50mm f2.8-3.5, in a most compact form.
+1 Yes LX100 lens (upsized a little to cover the whole sensor) as new premium kit lens.
while I don’t believe it will be that at all, it would sure be sweet.
a high quality, larger-than-standard-range zoom – with more on an emphasis on optical quality than just fast aperture. ( oly ft 12-60 comes to mind as the perfect range )
it’s what I am waiting for before all others.
9mm f1.2 with O.I.S, autofocus and filter size 58mm
I just want a serious 20mm (40mm) f1.4 prime. In short, I want something like thishttp://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/355977-REG/Voigtlander_45BA246B_Nokton_40mm_f_1_4_M_Mount.html
-But I don’t want to pay for a expensive camera, or shoot film. Waiting for the day a manufacturer takes the 40mm focal length seriously.
Why not the Leica Panasonic Lumix f1.4 25mm prime then? I know it’s not 20mm but I had time to compare it to my Lumix 20mm f1.7 pancake, and those 5mm make little difference to me.
Yeah, agreed.
I have the fatter brother of the 40mm, the Voigtländer 35mm f1.4.
I love this lens! One of my faves. It’ll be the first lens I adapt when I finally get an A7x…
90-250 f2.8! ok… 6k $ but I’ll buy it! 🙂
Just go and buy Olympus…
Not fast enough… I have enough FT lenses on the EM-1 but for sports this is not the solution
I bet it will be another 14-42mm F3.5-5.6. And slow, budget telephoto zoom.
No way. the tele lens is rumored to be for nature photographers.
If new lenses were any good all info would have been leaked already.
Or it might be a top secrete that Pana kept it very tight, which would mean to be a big surprise? Anyway we didn’t get any leaked information for the last two lenses until announcement and actually they are pretty good. So I guess it is not the case with Panasonic.
150-400mm f4 zoom and 7 mm f2.8 prime
I would get both!
Panasonic Leica 20mm f1.2
Panasonic 100-300mm f4
Thats it.
If Panasonic announces a 100-300f4 it will be out in the next couple of months and therefore before the Oly. I think a lot of people at Olympus might be very upset when that happens.
Well I’d buy the 100-300. It’ll no doubt be better than the current one (which is soft at full zoom) and it’ll be cheaper and probably smaller than the Olympus (which is a nice lens, but expensive, can’t zoom, very hi-end, and has no O.I.S.)
Since I sold my Olympus 4/3 70-300 I’ve been waiting for a decent 300mm zoom with OIS.
Something sharp at 300mm and f/4 that also plays well with the Oly 1.4x converter would be wonderful (at the right price – that’s not necessarily a cheap lens to make). The current 100-300 is a decent enough “consumer zoom” and no more than that (I do have one, I don’t use it for wildlife but rather let my son use it while he’s learning). Very often in the UK even an effective 600mm isn’t enough depending on the subject and location, so a way of achieving 840mm with minimal IQ loss using a TC would be nice – if a 100-300 f/4 is what gets announced of course. Otherwise it’s back to the interminable wait for the Oly 300……. 🙂
Totally agree. In my experience, when you get above 300mm (MFT range) it gets hard to frame your shots well. I earned to estimate range around 250 mm and liked the added ability to zoom in or out a fraction if needed. With the Olympus 300mm prime lens, you have to pray your subject isn’t too close all of a sudden. You have to move back 10-15 meters (if there’s no wall or river behind you) and hope you haven’t missed your shot in the meantime.
Yes it does get difficult to frame things (or find them through the EVF!) as you get over 300. I currently use a Sigma 100-300 f/4 EX with a 1.4x converter (previously a Tokina 300 2.8 and 1.4x so yes I agree re: the prime lens comments) and the ability to zoom out and re-frame, particularly if something comes too close, or if I just want to try a different composition, is really useful. I need autofocus now, though, there are just too many things I have to “let go” with MF, through a combination of speed factor and my own ability – or lack of 🙂
The latest rumour of 100-400 looks potentially interesting if true. Price and performance (ie is it “pro” or “consumer”, for want of better terminology) – and launch date – are the things I want to know, if it’s a real one! 🙂
Panasonic should cover the 7-300mm range with f/4 lenses. We need an update to the 7-14, a new 14-100 and an updated version of the 100-300 as well.
Update to 7-14mm f/4? And what that would be? A new barrel or what?
A new supermegahyper zoom 14-100mm? Any zoom longer than 4x is no good, basic 101 in optics.
The new version of 100-300 would be good as 12-35/35-100mm requires it. . Just like Olympus should make a 150-400mm f/4 PRO.
Yes not a major update to the 7-14mm, just a cosmetic one to make the barrel looks better.
If 14-100mm is not possible then make an eq. to the 24-120mm found on FF bodies, which would mean a 12-60mm even though I’d prefer less wide angle and more range (for instance a 14-70).
There’s a good chance that one of the new lenses is something like a 100-300mm f4.
And this lens has something important for future development of other lenses:
“As you can imagine, I can’t relate specific details about what might be coming. But I can say that Lumix does have a lens in development that’s nearly ready to go. It will be a huge leap forward and something I’m extremely excited about and I’m confident others will feel the same. Equally important as the knowledge of this new lens was our discussions regarding ideas for future optics.”
“question: Steve Hood On Jun. 4th, 2015 (1 month ago)
Well done Daniel! It is great that you have been able to build a relationship with Panasonic. Hopefully we will see some more details on a telephoto lens by the end of this year.
“Reply Daniel J. Cox On Jun. 4th, 2015 (1 month ago)
Steve, I think you will be quite happy with an eventual announcement, sooner rather than later. Hang in there.”
See: http://naturalexposures.com/panasonic-lumix-execs-come-to-bozeman/
There’s a good chance that one of the new lenses is something like a 100-300mm f4.
And this lens has something important for future development of other lenses:
“As you can imagine, I can’t relate specific details about what might be coming. But I can say that Lumix does have a lens in development that’s nearly ready to go. It will be a huge leap forward and something I’m extremely excited about and I’m confident others will feel the same. Equally important as the knowledge of this new lens was our discussions regarding ideas for future optics.”
“question: Steve Hood On Jun. 4th, 2015 (1 month ago)
Well done Daniel! It is great that you have been able to build a relationship with Panasonic. Hopefully we will see some more details on a telephoto lens by the end of this year.
“Reply Daniel J. Cox On Jun. 4th, 2015 (1 month ago)
Steve, I think you will be quite happy with an eventual announcement, sooner rather than later. Hang in there.”
Panasonic is on a roll. I didn’t see it coming, but they overtook Olympus by a very large margin. Great variety of bodies, spectacular lenses small and big.
For the new lenses, I think the all time favorite 20/1.7 is due for an AF upgrade.
Personally I’m a huge fan of the two collapsible zooms, especially the 35-100. If they could do a similar lens with a bit more range at either end while maintaining the IQ I’d be all over it.
And if Panasonic ever ventures into full frame territory with Leica on their arm, they’ll be a force to be reckoned with.
I would like to see 150-600 like from Sigma/Tamron but for m43 so it could be twice smaller and lighter – that would be great and than i would stay on m43 but i dont think they will ever did such a lens for m43 – so I thnk I will try my luck with Nikon d750
In my opinion Panasonic need a replacement for the Panasonic 20mm f1.7 (slow AF) and Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4 (completely different style).
They can do the same as they did with the 42.5mm lenses:
– Panasonic 25mm f1.2 (best optics like the 42.45mm f1.2, very expensive)
– Panasonic 25mm f1.7 (affordable but very good optics like the Panasonic 42.5mm f1.7)
They need also something wider then the 15mm f1.7.
Something like a 10mm f1.7?
25mm 1.7 the same way they did the 42.5mm : relatively affordable, very good optics and stabilization.
Is it true that they are two premium lenses: 12-55mm f1.8-2.8 and 150mm f1.8? If so, that is great!
Would definitely buy them both – no matter the cost!
I hope one of the lenses is a Leica 12mm f/1,2.
Fascinating.
An “FT5” rumor with absolutely no information in it!
I suppose once you find out what these lenses will be you can raise it to an FT6!
Sir, if i asked you yesterday if Panasonic would release any new lenses along with the GX8 and if so how many, your answer would be .. ?
Somebody doesn’t understand what the FT rating system means, and it’s not Admin.
Panasonic is just dominating right now. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for the GH5.