Finally Panasonic released a new MicroFourThirds lens. The 8mm Fisheye will be available from July 2010 and cost £729.99 (according to dpreview).
UPDATE: Click here to preorder the 8mm fisheye lens on Amazon! ($799)
FX75/70 press releases on:
Dpreview
Imaging Resource
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The PhoBlographer
Quesabesde (spanish)
Panasonic 8mm fisheye press release on:
Dpreview
Imaging Resource
Letsgodigital
The PhoBlographer
Quesabesde (spanish)
13 Responses
One of the figure that catch my eye is diagonal angle of view of 180 degrees. For the 8mm lens
for 7-14, the diagonal angle of view is 114º – 75º
How is that possible that the 8mm is viewer then the 7mm……I am no expert in the relationship between focal length and angle of view, anyone care to explain?
Another figure that catch my eye is the price……..@@
729.99 pounds! That’s more than 800 euros! It’s a specialty lens though, and it is small …
About 860€
Wow, look at that price !
I remember not so long ago, some people saw it as the poor man’s ultra wide angle …
This is really good news, makes perfect pair to my F1,7 20mm “normal”.
Well done on the accuracy of your FT5 on these products. Interesting to see the touch screen spreading from the G2 to a P&S, also the emphasis on “bokeh” in the blurb.
I’m sure we’ll have a touch screen on the next LX and GF, like it or not. It would be nice to have all buttons and dials being traditional manual controls, and all the menu access via the touch screen…….it would suit me anyway! I wouldn’t miss the menu scroll buttons at all.
Imagine a rotating touch screen EVF rangefinder GF. Would work great with no visible screen if rangefinder shooting was your style, using basic manual controls only.
$1000. Well, awesome, can’t afford it.
@Jack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisheye_lens
Explains the concept of the angle of coverage very well, I was confused as well!
The price IMHO will dictate it’s failure.
For a little over you can get the 7-14 rectilinear zoom.
This 8mm is too much of a speciality lens to justify it’s cost.
I can’t wait to see some sample Lumix fisheye pictures if it’s too good. Gosh, it’s crazy that 7-14mm, 8mm and 20mm are perfect….
over 800 EUR?? that’s a bit more steep than I expected… Maybe I will have to stick to the Oly 8-18…
preview:
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/panasonic_8_3p5_o20/
too bad the samples gallery doesn’t seem to work for me..
That price is a joke. Panny completely missed the mark here. I, and I believe others here, are questioning their investments. Investments in Panasonic not in the format. I bought the GF1 thinking that similar quality lenses at similar prices to the 20mm would be forthcoming… now Im thinking the 20mm was a loss leader. I’m considering alternatives.