For unknown reasons Olympus US decided NOT to offer the new Olympus 40-150mm PRO + 1.4x Teleconverter bundle savings in USA. Such a bundle is or will be available in Asia and Europe (news via Photographicwanderings.com).
Here are the PRO zoom and teleconverter preorder links:
40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK.
MC-14 1.4x teleconverter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
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I hope Olympus changes their tune before the 300mm f4 is released.
It will be a small fortune anyway, so what does it matter if it’s bundled with the teleconverter?
I’d rather pay a small fortune and get more, of course it matters. I’m not made of money.
Are you made of brains?
Cuddle very strongly your “Digital Rebel”. In 1-2 years time, when CaNikon finally will cave-in to technical advancement and will dispose of last-century pentaprism+mirror assembly, the like of you will sing the song “EVFs best thing evaaaarrr” in accord to your Corportate directives.
Eventually these naysayers will come to like the taste of crow. I remember how they dissed first the 4/3 and then the m43 systems, making fun of the “puny sensor” for years and years while boasting that CaNikon will soon come out with some miracle stuff that will kill m43 dead overnight.
When Nikon released the Nikon 1 system with its punier sensor, the Nikon trolls were left speechless. And then Canon released the EOS M system, which shut the Canon trolls up for a fair while.
In the end, both of them gave up trying to defend the CaNikon mirrorless products and started diverting the issue by jumping of the “FF” equivalence bandwagon. If you want to see them hop around, just ask them about the CaNikon mirrorless offerings.
Well said… but… what I feel sad is that taking fortified positions on the ground of “everyone knows that” and “this is good, so all the rest must be inferior”, they deny themselves the pleasure of growing in their hobby. Once, two people argued about what was the best in a certain zoom line. Then one turned to me asking “What do you use, Canon or Nikon?”. I said “I’m happy I don’t use neither so my free time is not spent arguing, but shooting photos.” 😉
We want to grow in our hobby, so we reject high price + low quality products. M43 is not the only bad offering, there is also Fuji, Sony, Samsung… Life is too short to shoot that stuff. Still curious to see your award winning pics LOL.
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The pictures are nice, but do you realize you could do the same type of photography with a compact cam? I understand why you say that bigger systems are useless, but really, even m43 is unnecessarily big for this type of photography. Of course, you may change taste one day; but you are there today.
My rant is not about the beauty (or lack of it) of the images, I don’t judge that; it is about the tool you need to produce a given type of images.
This is something I have seen very often: many people shoot what they see when they go around, and expect to see every detail in focus. It is just one of many possible types of photography, the cheapest to achieve (not necessarily the easiest because the composition must be perfect).
“Do you realize you could do the same type of photography with a compact cam?”
Exactly my comment on many, MANY shots done with FF cameras, done by poseurs that thinks toting around big bulky things will classify them as “pros”…then using them with the mode wheel set on “P” 😉
that’s fine, we got $$$ 😉
Which is exactly right. All Olympus lenses are much cheaper in the US than in Europe (not just cheaper than in UK).
This is very good news for all of us living outside the US.
Please enlighten me how this is good news for people living outside the US? Does it make you feel better for some reason?
we just human hehe
ok 🙂
Good.
I hope they are finally re-thinking the money loosing pricing and bonus schemes that buyers have grown to acustomed to in US
This is sad but not unexpected news. Just like they didn’t offer the E-M1 with the 12-40/2.8 or the E-M10 with the EZ lens. Still when time gets near to actual delivery I am hoping there will be a credit/rebate for those early buyers. They did it for the buyers of the E-M1 and the 12-40/2.8. So it is possible.
well that sucks. We should boycott
O/T (sorta): Think Olympus and Panasonic showed all of their cards at Photokina or are they saving something for Photo Expo NYC in October?
We are witnessing the death throes of both companies in the camera market. Nothing remains but rigor mortis, then dust and bones.
That’s fine by me, I’m a necrophiliac.
😉
lol
Love the reply!! 😀
Yeah, yeah, man with small wiener must troll to make himself feel better.
Feel better?
If by dust and bones you are referring to Nikon and Canon, yeah, they’ll still be around too.
LOL they know it and it stings. Check out the losers losing their temper.
I would imagine that Panasonic showed the full hand (and it was AWESOME), but am hoping that Olympus has some surprises left
I e-mailed Olympus about tethering software. Its called “Olympus Capture” and it’s going to be released on the 24th, in 2 days. So something still to come. I also asked about the price and they told me it’s free for E-M1 owners.
Hope then that these will be included in the oft repeated cash back deal when bundled with a new body… Not that I really need a new body…
A consolation to our fiends who experience unkind pricing.
Usually they’re already cheaper in the US and most of the price campaigns they do are also in the US.
We don’t need no stinking bundles.
Too bad. I would probably only get this lens in conjunction with the converter. Hopefully, there will be a bundle, or cash back savings, in the future.
still $600 cheaper than the UK price, nothing sad about >_<
Or $200 pre-tax.
Maybe they don’t expect much sales in US and don’t want to hold up inventory from other regions?
And this is not the first time that US gets the short end of the stick from Oly. If I remember correctly, E-PL7 won’t be bundled with the pancake zoom in US (it is in Europe).
I had he same thought. They wonder why they struggle in the US market, then hamstring sales with moves like this.
40-150mm + 1.4x Teleconverter bundle preorder ~1550 € here in Finland
Preordered both! The Canadian prices are competitive to the bundle prices anyway….I expect they just set the standard price lower in the US rather than mess with bundling.
I think the 30-700 F5.6 by CaNikon cost about 600 USD. Better image quality, better autofocus… Just sayin’.
1. There is no such thing as a 30-700mm F5.6
2. The 70-300mm Canikon lenses that are available for $600 don’t come close to the image quality of this lens, I guarantee it.
3. As for autofocus, if you’re just talking about C-AF then you may actually have a point, but it’s something that can be improved in future Oly bodies, it’s not a limitation of the lens itself.
Do you even HAVE this un-released Olympus lens? How can you Guarantee it?
Dang, fanboys say the dumbest things sometimes….
How you ask? The 4/3 zoom is already sharper and better than any canon or nikon zooms and this is better than 4/3 zoom!
Really? Have you tested these lenses yourself? Are you an accomplished photographer? Have you got an engineering education?
Tell us more, we are all excited.
Here comes another one that is very versed in forum postings… Have you ever won professional prizes for your PHOTOS? Talk is CHEAP.
And have you? With nano four thirds? LOL what are “professional prizes”? Talk is, indeed, really cheap.
Yes, with my FOUR THIRDS sensor camera (do your homework) I have just won the yearly b/w fine arts competition organized by my county for the last seven years. The jury was composed by war-zone photographers and representative from Fujifilm (no, my camera is not a Fuji if you are wondering). Sorry if I used “professional prize” but English is not my native language. And you, hiding behind a funny nick, have something to show about your “works”?
Bye… 😉
Prizes won’t make you right or wrong in the present thread, since we are discussing optics and sensors and not photography. In particular, I have been trying to explain something to the beginners, so they don’t get tricked by the usual sales tricksters. But hey, give us a link if you will.
“since we are discussing optics and sensors and not photography”
but you said:
“Are you an accomplished photographer?”
so I replied in kind.
Now thank you for the patience, but I usually spend little free time on forums, I prefer to go out shooting.
I advise you to do the same 😉
Cheers
BTW on Google+ there are examples from my online portfolio, if you care.
No need to explain, I understand. This place is a cesspool of marketing people trying to sell overpriced garbage.
Link to your google+ pls…
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-70-300mm-4-5-6L-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B0040X4PQI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1411444210&sr=8-2&keywords=canon+70-300
Would this do? And it’s not that big, either.
But it is only a 5.6 lens at the long end, two f stops slower than the Olympus. And it has much less IQ, based on the first reports about the new lens. Not to speak of build quality.
Urgent notice: you are being taken advantage of by some m43 marketing shills. Stop writing nonsense in forums, stop wasting money, learn the basics of photography and come back in a couple of years.
Right! I like your style!
Only a 5.6? Then is the Olympus really a 2.8? With a crop factor of 2x to 35mm? I’d say this puts them about even, and of course, with a larger sensor, the Canon WINS.
Let’s be honest, M43 is size over image quality. It can’t win against larger sensors. I can tell, I have both APS-C and M43. It’s not even close. I shot a brick wall across the street from my house, and on my M43 camera, all you seen was a solid wall. My fuji showed all the bricks.
And the NOISE… It’s not even close.
LOL you should stop shooting brick wall from your house and go out to take real pictures 😉
What do you guarantee? Have you tested both? Have you got any notions of physics and photography? No? You mean, you are just some ignorant geek? Right…
Really? The Canon L 70-300 costs $600?
Ooooh. you meant the cheap, non weathersealed, consumer grade lens.
Let me give you the opportunity to retract your argument and apologise for such a dishonest comparison.
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-70-300mm-4-5-6-Lens-Cameras/dp/B0007Y794O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411444210&sr=8-1&keywords=canon+70-300
Perhaps he was talking about that. It’s not a 80-300, BUT it’s close enough.
LOL dishonest… You sales thurds really crack me up.
There are pretty much NO IMAGE SAMPLES available so far. So how can you say it has better image quality?
Let me guess: in your world, DOF and image quality are the same. right? 😉
Remember: ignorance is bliss. Never learn anything, you will look good writing more junk in the internet. Women will like you (well…).
Of course, anybody with even basic knowledge knows that the cheapest 70-300 on FF beats the dearest 35-150 on nano four thirds. But you love ignorance. Bask in it. Are you a salesperson?
The term “nano four thirds” show how much backwater fanboysh ignorance do you suffer from.
CaNikon will ever get a fat sale to people like you 🙂
Personal attacks in poor English make you look pointless but they are funny. Keep contributing your useful insights.
Yes, saying “ignorance is bliss” “writing more junk” “you love ignorance” is not a personal attack, just passive-aggressive demeanor. Oh my.
Clever. Now? More valuable insights? How much do you get to post here? I get 100 USD each post.
So go buy it, we don’t care what you do.
The unbundled price in the US will probably still be lower than bundled price in Asia and Europe.
Amazon Japan has the bundle listed at ~162,000 yen, so less than the $1500 B&H has on their site for the lens only right now.
Lens only on Amazon Japan is ~$1320 US.
$1499 for the lens in the US.
In the UK that should make the lens around £920 but it is in fact £1299. Lens and Teleconverter in the US $1848 Dollars. The combo deal in the UK is £1499 or $2450. It makes me sick.
The list price is ~30% higher than the Amazon price in Japan, so maybe the street price in UK will be much lower….?
Simple. Order the set from Asia! 🙂
Ah well… Pity for those looking for a bargain… Personally I am just looking for the lens 🙂
Animals are not wide enough in the USA, they come very close, no need for 1.4x
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sorry, not wide but wild…
I love my Olympus gear, but this is more evidence (as though we really need it) that their marketing people are some of the worst idiots in the industry.
Agreed, many of those marketing guys post here under different names, singing the praise of the worst photo ripoff of the decade. Like we did not notice.
I hope this lens will sell like ice cream on a hot day !
If not, we, the Panasonic puppets, will NEVER see beyond 100mm through a decent lens !