We have a couple of new preorder options including Amazon US and the first EU store:
Black lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Wex UK (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here).
Silver lens at Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here).
And here are some low resolution image samples (Click on them to see a bit larger version):
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Thanks! Just pre-ordered from Amazon!!
$599 for a non-pancake lens for the same size as a Panny f/1.4????!!!!
Yuck.
More Like Comment Fail……..
Panasonic 25mm 1.4 : 63mm wide, 54,5mm long, 200g
Panasonic 15mm 1.7: 58mm wide, 36mm long, 115g
It is clearly smaller. Nice try though!
Hmm, does “low resolution” also mean 1/2EV underexposed?
Where are the high resolution images?!
Low resolution and badly exposed is about all you can get from these toys I am afraid. It would be acceptable at 400 USD, it is a sad joke at – what, 2 grand? LOL
2 grand in alien dollars? The lens has a starting price of $590 USD. It will be $500 or less by the end of the year. I don’t understand you people…
Try adding the camera and then doing some math. Ever heard of math?
thank you master math. how much is the camera again
only m43 bodies bring this lens + camera to 2K ball park is GH4 and EM1. That you are talking about top of the line gear for M43. if you going that far, I wouldn’t even look at this lens, voigtlander 17.5mm is lens of choice at this focal range if you skilled enough to utilize what EM1 and GH4 can offer.
i agree with you about Voigtlander 17.5
If you are skilled enough to utilize what the top models can offer… Why, what do they offer? I am even more skilled: I can use a Rebel to its fullest LOL
then be happy with your Rebel. Not everyone finds M9 attractive for many reason.
for the cheap people among us: psssssst…ever heard of second hand camerabodies?
I bought a GF3 for my mom on clearance this winter for $189. It came with the 14-42PZ lens, which sells second hand for that much money. The body was essentially free. If anything, due to the the glut of inventory and resulting firesales, M4/3 probably has the cheapest bodies of any system (with the possible exception of the Nikon Js).
But of course, I forgot. A Sony NEX or a Canon Rebel is free when you buy a fast wide-angle prime. Again, I don’t understand you people….
And by the way – a Canon or Nikon 20mm f2.8 is $500-550. Fantastic value, aren’t they!
Let me think… Have you got a 10mm f1.4 in micro four turds? How much does it cost?
And full-frame DSLRs make up, what, 1% of the DSLR market? Maybe 5% on the very upper end? That was APS-C equivalence I was using, in case you missed that.
But then again, everyone on the Internet owns a Phase One, so I guess there goes my argument…
Let it go, it’s better.
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-40mm-2-8-STM-Lens/dp/B00894YP00/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1395877593&sr=1-1&keywords=canon+40mm
WRONG. It’s actually $189.99.
The Panasonic 20mm is $200.00 more
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-H-H020AK-Olympus-Thirds-Cameras/dp/B00DJS830Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1395877693&sr=1-1&keywords=panasonic+20mm
Stop the LIES.
Micro Four Thirds is just TOO EXPENSIVE. Drop the prices or M43 will just drop out of the Mirrorless race.
Where did the 20mm Panasonic come into the conversation? We’re talking about the 15mm/1.7 vs. the 20mm/2.8 on APS-C, both of which are 30mm full-frame equivalents in both focal length and aperture (the M4/3 is a bit faster).
Now, this is not fair. You can have this lens and an OM-10 – LX7 (the minimum I’d touch in this mount) for 1300. It’s still a ridiculous price, but well below 2 grand.
…but Canon 35mmL costs $1500 with no camera body?…wait…wait …put on M and the combo is $2000 and slow AF and no VF….Plus MFT IQ is better and costs LESS…so no contest.
Well, this is utter rubbish on the other end. MFT IQ is less than what? I am not talking about the G12, you know…
Sorry I just got it now 🙂
Canon 40mm is $150.00. How much is the Panasonic 20mm again?
Just saying… By the way I have both and the Canon 40mm is better and less expensive.
UK price is beyond me and as I already have pan 14mm and 20mm I’ll be giving it a miss.
They are bullying UK consumers and they will get what they deserve.
I already have the 20mm, and it’s so ridiculously slow that I might actually buy this one.
nice photos and FL
Anyone know the logic behind a 30mm equivalent instead of a 35mm equivalent?
Probably not to compete with the Olympus 17/1.8.
It fits neatly in between the 14mm and the 17mm. Or gives you nicer steps if you’re going between fast primes – 12mm/f2, 15mm/f1.7, (20mm/f1.7), 25mm/f1.4 or 1.8.
I don’t think there’s any sanctity in “classic” focal lengths. The 20mm is nice in that it can almost do dual duty as a 35mm or a 50mm…
But the 20mm doe neither one well! :-)…and focuses turtle-like slow…
I got rid of the twenty and prefer to own the 25mm and the 17mm..now this newcomer has my panties in a bunch…cause it performs better…hmmmm…what to do.
Buy it so that panties become un-bunched. I am also doing the same.
LOL!…
If the new 15mm is THAT good..(which we can’t tell yet)…I would consider selling my 17mm f/1.8 & my 14mm f/2.5.
This would leave me with a lighter kit (fewer lenses) and a nice spread:
25mm f/1.4, 15mm f/1.7, 12mm f/2.0…I could have a sharper faster medium wide lens (and unbunched panties), if the MTF graphs turn out to be real in real world tests this could be exciting…but the aperture ring will be of no value on my most excellent E-P5 and E-PL6 :-(….there is almost a case here for a FAST focusing f/1.4 20mm…hmmmmmmmm now that could be interesting!!! Perhaps someone can get that lens right???
Actually…since the GH4 has a 2.3x crop mode in video, this will make for a 35mm video lens!
the problem is that many people are brainwashed with standardized focal lenghts, because the moment they see a different FL they think its useless. Strangely enough its no problem if they use a zoomlens.
Agreed Ulli – But for those who’ve gotten used to a particular workflow and grown to love a certain focal length, a familiar field of view on m43 allows the user to work with predictability and consistency across multiple systems. I’d rather be able to think in 35mm with both m43 and FF than to have to compensate for their differences.
I wish they’d also make a kit with the GX7.
NO! Why out of stock??
It hasn’t shipped yet?
Nope. And no high res samples. Wondering if this is a lens really worth showing off? Panasonic hadn’t gotten it to anyone’s hands yet… Why?
Of all the sample shots the only one matters (i.e. the one of the room, it’s a wide angle after all) and it’s noisy, underexposed and not well focused or composed. So, I’m still on the fence leaning to not getting it :/
Because of a single photo? Bro, do you even logic?
Yes, I even logic, “bro”. As a wide-angle lens this is by far the most important use. Any lens can take closeups and portraits. The whole point of wide angles is the wide FOV. So the one picture that actually uses that is useless to make a judgement, which is why I said that I’m still on the fence.
Do you even reading comprehension?
Aperture Ring!!!!!!
Thank you!
Which does not work on Oly bodies… What a marvelous system…
All Right…so this is a reasonable question…where were these low-resolution, under-exposed images generated from that basically tell us NOTHING about the new 15mm f/1.7 lens that they are associated with??? Normally the point of releasing images at the time of a lens availability announcement is to show the lens’ ability and to generate interest in the product. These images do neither?
LOL Remember, those images were taken by “pros”, with cameras with “pro” written on…