Weeks ago you suggested plenty of possible lenses Schneider could realize for the Micro Four Thirds system. I summed and simplified your suggested list and it’s time for you to pickup the favorite options. Please keep in mind that the lenses will be expensive (around 1.500 Dollar/Euro/Pounds) they will have AF but no in body stabilization. When voting the lens please think if you would REALLY spends that money for the lens you chose!
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P.S: Some of the current Schneider lenses makes for other mounts:
[shoplink 27395 ebay]Xenon 16mm f/1.2 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27387 ebay]Xenon 25mm f/0.95 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27389 ebay]Curtagon 35mm f/2.8 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27391 ebay]Componon 50mm f/1.4 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27390 ebay]Xenon 50mm f/1.9 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27394 ebay]Xenar 50mm f/2.8 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27388 ebay]Xenar 75mm f/3.5 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27392 ebay]Xenotar 80mm f/2.8 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27393 ebay]Xenar 180mm f/2.8 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
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Picked the 8mm & 10mm due to the lack of ultra wide angle primes in m43. Also voted for the 17mm as a fast 35mm-equivalent prime is always a welcome.
Totally agree. It is the <12mm range, where m4/3 is really missing prime options featuring planar projection. Fisheyes may sometimes be nice, but aren't a viable option most of the time. And correcting their projection in postprocessing will leave you with considerably lower resolution in the corners and reduces the coverage to that of a longer focal length. Hence, 8mm and 10mm are my favourites. But they could well be even slower to make them affordable, given that blurr by camera motion is no serious issue at those focal lengths.
I’m actually surprised to see so many votes for the 25mm.
We already have very good primes in that focal range, which are fast.
I’ve heard so many people complaining about not enough fast telephotos, and then, not so many votes for something like 300 2.8.
Really interesting…
I voted for the bright 300mm over the 400mm because of the possibility of using teleconverters and still have decent aperture…
Yeah I’m really surprised to see so many votes for 17mm and 25mm! And I have to ask why??? Isn’t that range already very well covered by good fast lenses??? What are you all hoping to get in those focal lengths that isn’t already available?
I don’t think that there is one 17mm with AF that is relatively fast. F/2.0 or better…is there?
There is the 20mm/1.7 lumix pancake. It’s only 3mm difference, and good, fast and affordable. Do people really need a lens 3mm wider so much that they are willing to pay $1000+ for it??
Heard about the banding problem with the EM-5? Plus slow focus… Don’t get me wrong it’s a great lens and it was a real winning combo with the GF1. But now its design is starting to get a bit old…
+100….also..to me….in equivalent world..a 34mm is a LOT different than a 40mm…Plus…I would maybe skip the slow focusing 20mm F/1.7, and just buy the P/L 25mm f/1.4 and a fast 17mm AF…That’s the ticket!
yeah 25mm is one of the least interesting suggestions offered here… i want teles and ultra wides.
Am I mistaken, I don’t think Schneider have designed any lenses for m4/3, and there is no evidence they plan to. Their lenses are large since they are designed for a larger format, why support that?
Have a read: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/06/14/Schneider-Kreuznach-plans-lenses-for-mirrorless-including-14mm-F2-0-for-Micro-Four-Thirds
Yes, you are mistaken. Schneider has introduced a 14mm 2.0 native m.43 lens with promises of more to come. Lens is supposed to be here late 2012 or in 2013 if I remember correctly. The picture out front is the 14mm they’ve shown.
Maybe you missed that : http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/06/14/Schneider-Kreuznach-plans-lenses-for-mirrorless-including-14mm-F2-0-for-Micro-Four-Thirds
No, I did not. Those are designed for APS-C, will cost a fortune and are larger than necessary for the m4/3 format.
Wrong again 🙂
Oh wow! wilful ignorance on display!
@OM-4ever
So, on what basis are you asserting that this unreleased lens is designed for APSC?
Corrected: I happily withdraw my comments/criticisms about the “APS-C” design… 😉
Its ridiculous that the top picked option is already covered by the well-reviewed pana-leica with AF and the Nokton 0.95 w/o AF. Do we really need another 25?
Agree. Not that existing offerings are slow or poor optically. Schneider is not going to make a 500 EUR 25mm.
is there an option for a sub-$500 lens
@MK
“is there an option for a sub-$500 lens”
I dont think you are in the Schneider market
I Would happily accept a slower speed, f2.8 or f4 for a higher optical quality, and a lower price wide angle.
The words “lower price” and “Schneider” rarely appear in a sentence together……..:-)
Tristan actually did not mention the word Schneider in his sentence.
🙂
LOL!…U got me there!
Looking for an el Cheapo 25mm? Keep an eye on Sigma, not Schneider-Kreuznach.
Whatever it is , Schneider is welcome to develop lenses for M4/3 .
Telephotos lenses with fast aperature is most wanted .
150mm F2.0 , 300mm F2.8 & 25mm F1.2 looks tempting to me .
Schneider, we already have enough m43 lenses. Please give us a super wide angle for NEX!
Maybe a super wide angle for Nex is a little bit tricky to design due to Nex’s design options ?
U don’t need a new lens…U need a new camera body! 🙂
None. Too expensive.
Yes, too expensive for me too.
I chose the lenses I would buy, if I were rich…in fact I will buy none of them…
Exactly my case. There are some outstanding m4/3 lenses from others that are well below 1500 euros.
It would be great to see some of the Perspective Control lenses from Schneider 35mm format into micro4/3 like the Super Angulon 28/2.8 and 50/2.8 or the Tilt and Shift Makro Symmar 90/4.5 but I really dont see the point of paying that much (all Schneider lenses are over 2 grands) just for having their name on the barrel 🙁
There are already a 2/150 and a 2.8/300 (for FT) from Olympus. They are both not really at 1,500 USD…
For ca. 1,5000 USD go for a 2.8/150 or a 4/300
Well I want a 30mm f1.2 but no option, I think this would be the killer lens, slightly longer than 25mm for less DoF and also faster than the Pana/Leica offering again less DoF, it would be awesome.
Focal length has nothing to do with DoF. f/1.2 does 😉
The name Schneider being German in itself means overpriced, I know that this will open a can of worms and everyone will shout about the quality but that quality is not exactly true anymore, so much ‘Made in Germany’ equipment is made in China or Japan alongside the other options. So I don’t see much of a market for Schneider lenses which means the small customerbase willhelp ensure the inflated prices for the product.
In their press release, Schneider Kreuznach explicitly said that the mft lenses would be manufactured in Germany, not abroad and that they were investing in a new factory.
I really hope that someone will make a 12mm shift lens, but it doesn’t need tilt, nor a fast aperture; I’d already be happy with a lighter shift only lens opening at F4 like the 7-14mm zoom.
I’m not sure whether it will be offered by Schneider : I think that their main target will probably consist of video shooters using high end mft video gear. Thus expect fast bigger and expensive primes.
I don’t expect compromises from Schneider.
As much as I don’t hold my breath over a TS lens, if they do, I expect a tilt and shift.
I’d love to have one to experiment with ultra deep DoF.
Hi all,
Since Schneider lenses are very VERY expensive I think they should be reserved for very specific type of lenses : tiltshift lenses.
I DO WANT super wide lenses and fast teles and super fast 17mm-25mm-60mm lenses, but not at 2000$ nor 1500$.
How I see things :
We need Panasonic and Olympus to make these :
Oly 06mm f/2.8 AF (fast wide required)
Pan 17mm f/1.4 AF (because street photo is nice and most of us live in towns)
Oly 25mm f/1.2 AF (for a further super-all-around eq 50mm)
Oly 60mm f/1.1 AF (for having the best portrait lense around)
Pan 150mm f2.0 AF OIS
Oly 250mm f2.0 AF (smaller because without OIS)
Pan 300mm f2.8 AF OIS
Oly 500mm f4.0 AF (not sure about this one)
I then hope that sigma makes us fast zooms at decent prices.
17mm and 25 mm currently ranking #1 and #2. Sure we are lacking this focal length badly.
@admin
A much more interesting rumor: another F0.95 lens maker for MFT – at this time from CHINA!
http://micgadget.com/25748/would-it-be-amazing-if-this-f0-95-lens-is-made-in-china/
Looks nice. I don’t think it is a portrait lens, though, just as I don’t think that a proposed 60mm 1.1 is a portrait lens — not more than the 45/1.8 or 75/1.8.
Check out Robin Wong’s portrait of a child: the veins in the eye ball are perfectly in focus, but at aperture 1.8, the eye lashes are already out of focus! In my view, this indicates that that the 45 or 75 at aperture 1.8 already has sufficiently small DOF, and in reality needs to be stepped down aperture wise to give sharp portraits.
Lenses with such big apertures can of course have other artistic uses; I’m just saying that I don’t see the need for this in a general portrait lens.
Well, I didn’t vote as I’m not so sure if I’m ready to pay the extra price for the SK quality. I’d be satisfied with Zuikos on the FT HG and SHG level.
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And, OT: Admin, thanks for the box. Finally I could log in again.
A good poll! I voted based on this:
– Desperate need for top of the line modest wide TS lens not only for architecture bit also for still life (This would actually be my first purchase)
– Need for am f2 or faster Fashion Catalog lens. In the business, that’s the equivalent of the Nikkor 300mm f 2.8 on full frame. That means an M43 lens of 150mm f2 or f1.2
– Finally, a fast sharp 3/4 lens. That would be the 60mm f/2.4 macro! I was surprised so few people selected that!
Thanks for doing the survey
I voted wide-angle…or a long macro. Either would be of interest to me.
I still can’t believe they’re doing a(nother) 14…sigh.
M4/3 is pretty well covered, but still needs fast tele for birding and wildlife.
Voted for 200 f2.8 and 300 f2.8 (although a 300 f4 would probably be good enough, lighter and more affordable). Birders will need the 400 5.6
In all honesty, none of the above. They’d all be too pricey for my budget.
I voted but I wouldn’t “buy” any of them. Schneider are just too expensive for this amateur.
We have too many 25mm already, wtf guys ?
What is missing is tele primes, and a proper T/S lens. Voted for a 100mm and a 300mm primes, but a 135mm f/2.8 would be even better.
None of the above. I guess we comparatively have enough primes.
I would prefer Sigma, Tamron, Tokina and Schneider to make an AF zoomlens. Good ones, to give Oly and Panny some competition or add a nice difference to coming lenses. Not exact copies in focal lengths, but usefull speed and focal lengths.
Something like
UW/W angle 10-25 mm f2.0- f2.8
Street/portrait 20-75 f2.5- f3.5
Short telezoom (?): 70-130 f2.5- f3.5.
Telezoom 125-275 mm: f2.8-f4.0
A micro lens like: 80 mm f2.5
Need to be good wide open. Will cost quite a lot. I am not sure about the size, but some might be really big so not a good thought of mine after all.
I have a feeling that quite some m43 users are not having a big problem with paying much, but it needs to be good.
I voted for the 10mm. Mostly beause the hope is that Black Magic will release their next iteration of their cinema camera with a m4/3 mount. Because it uses a slightly smaller sensor than an m4/3, it would need a good sharp wide angle prime. Plus filmmakers will pay these kind of prices more than photographers will.
Ill take a 12mm f2.8 tilt/shift Super Angulon please!
It’s all about the f/1.2 lenses. They are the most exciting proposals hence those 3 are high up the voting order regardless of focal length really. I think a lot of people want to send a message that we would like to see more fast glass generally for m43rds. :o)
Do you think it’s possible we’ll see a tilt/shift-lens for the system?
I would be really happy with one of those!