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Macro, Fisheye and Wide prime lenses are expected to be unveiled by Spring 2011. Why so late? 🙁
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I hope there’s also a FT roadmap – or is this the official end…
Like that promising 100mm macro?
I think the 105mm Macro from Sigma is good, so no Zuiko is urgent here. Maybe some (Not Top) Pro 250mm Prime? But Christmas is still to come
Sigma 105 macro isn’t good (no internal focus, slow and and, you can as good use some 30 year old lens like vivitar 105mm macro) … the sigma 150 macro is good, but is too long for 4/3…
Yah after the 100mm macro I realy don’t trust this lens road maps of zuiko ….
I have the sigma 150 and like it, but hear that all the sigma lenses have problems with internal paint flaking. So far I havent seen it, hope I never do.
A new zuiko 100 would be welcome.
I don’t need that one, but it is long time in Olympus lens road-map. The renowned 50mm f2 ZD with focus limiter and internal AF with SWD would serve my needs better 🙂 and something fast in 25mm range with Zuiko Digital labeling either – in short more primes for FT. If they quitting with FT in silence no other new lenses at all will be expected (Photokina).
I don’t think I can click through to a bigger image….
well you can save the image 😉
It’s certainly nice to see new lenses. But as long as there is no replacement for my 14-54mm in form of a mFT 14-54 or 12-60 there is no way I’ll move to micro four thirds – even though I’d love a smaller body and less weight. The cameras are there, but why no versatile high quality zoom?
Any Idea what aperture the wide prime will have?
A stop less than what you’d like?
Maybe this is real: http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-08-28-english
Was posted before by “P”
3.5?!?! come on Olympus!
And why?
Olympus is still the only mirrorless company with stabilised pancake option. They can make smaller and slower pancakes because stabilization can help here. They can afford it.
BTW: for average user (not profi) it is better to have “slower” lens => less problems with HO.
I tried once video with people around the table .. not again with big chip and S-AF…
Why so long? Because Olympus are slow.
Sad that no decent speed zooms are on the horizon. 14-35F2, 35-100 F2-2.8 FTW…
Olympus continues to disappoint.
Since the focal lengths of all these three primes will be covered by Panasonic by spring 2011, the zooms announced today are more exciting to me. Now we can only hope Olympus is going to come out with an interesting new m4/3 body. That has been the better part of their m4/3 lineup up to now.
None of the primes (macro fisheye, prime) is a new addition. They were there on the original roadmap published three quarters of a year ago: http://www.photographyblog.com/news/olympus_publishes_micro_4_3_lens_roadmap/
The only “novelty” is the 40-150 announced today.
Make that “macro, fisheye, wide”. None of these three is a new addition.
Great news! 🙁
Primes are delayed to spring 2011 and at the moment we know they will be not fast nor very “high-quality”… (looking at respective patents, those lenses are in line with 17mm). I suspect we will see a new kit lens during next spring: a compact 14-45mm MSC. Maybe primes will be postponed again… that will be when I will sell my E-p1 and m43 stuff!
Shame on you Olympus!!!
The primes are not delayed. They have alway been anoounced for Spring 2011. One could have wished they would have been brought forward like the 75-300, but that does not seem to be the case.
I am not interestet in the presented lenses either, but the discussion here is ridiculous: a 2/14-35 for mFT – sure, that makes sense…
If there will be faser zooms one day they will be max f2.8-f4. And ther will be no fast 5x Zooms like the 12-60. mFT is about light and compact.
Just my 2 cents
MFT is about smaller and lighter, not small and light if you see the distinction. IMO MFT need some faster zooms too, at least a 14-54 or 12-60 equivalent.
Right now Olympus strategy seem to be as small as possible, at least when it comes to lenses while Panasonic also goes after the entry level dSLR segment. I guess this makes sense as Olympus still have FT-bodies and not enough resources do everything with MFT at the same time.
When the 75-300 comes out in december then Olympus will have basically the same focal length span in FT and MFT, but not as wide selection of primes and faster lenses.
Olympus really need to get a more advanced MFT camera out, preferably this year, but 2011 at the latest. By then it would also make sense to start converting some of the more advanced FT-lenses to MFT-format. Still, IMO it’s an error to offer only the 14-42 kit zoom now as the fairly slow focus speed hurts Olympus image.
Exactly! If Olympus can manage to make a m4/3’s body + lens pocket size then great, however if they can’t (which has been the case so far) they should just worry about making these cameras/lenses smaller and lighter than DSLR’s. It’s been 2 freakin’ years since the m4/3’s announcement and there is still no hint at any kind of serious gear from Olympus. Not all of us want to use a DSLR for our serious work and a m4/3’s camera for travel, some of us want a mirrorless camera to do it all. I want a mirrorless OM-1 with lenses to match. I hope the mirroless announcements by Nikon and Pentax aren’t this disappointing. I especially have high hopes for Pentax since they understand prime’s matter.
Yeah this is very disappointing to say the least. How the he’ll can they ignor all the discussion on these boards demanding fast primes? I just don’t get it…
click on image to enlarge, doesn’t work for me. using firefox.. anyone else?
Not here either. Right-click -> Show Image.
Same here!
Same here ,too!
You can just drag it into on an new Tab instead!
For FireFox, right click on image and select View Image. Then single click to enlarge.
Soryy guys! My fault. Now I fixed the link!
Judging from this map, Olympus’ “road” seems to have a pretty slow speed limit…
What a joke! How can they not have a single f/1.4 lens planned? Are extreme telephotos and fisheyes really more important to Olympus then either a 25mm/1.4 or 50mm/1.4? Hell, they don’t even have a decent standard zoom planned.
This is really frustrating. Too little, too late 🙁
And still no candid/portrait lens (i.e. no 40mm f/2 or faster, small and light, fast AF), but another useless-to-me 50mm macro (i.e. not so fast, large and heavy, and with slow AF) 🙁
What are they thinking? Look at the poll of the previous post: nobody likes their new stuff, where are the things everybody is looking for?
Maybe they are waiting for Nikon and Canon to catch up!!
Very disappointed 🙁
Now, I’m eager to see if either Canon or Nikon release a mirrorless at photokina (and I always hated Nikons, and thought Canons were just ok, bah)
I think Olympus are doing their best to destroy m4/3. All these slow, overpriced zooms and no fast primes. Are they completely oblivious to the popularity of the 20mm 1.7?
MICRO 4 FAIL
No new pancakes???
damn i don;t really like what Oly offers us at all .
Is pretty clear now that the m4/3 is aimed at amateurs and enthusiastics…probably will never be prosumers or pro aimed…thats a shame…so if you want those stunnning glasses for OLY you still have to choose 4/3…but then what? a smal E3 uptade or the older cameras…maybe OLY is quiting the prosumer market?…i simply dont understand OLY strategy now…anyone care to evaluate?
There was so much value to be had with the Oly regular 4/3 line. $900 for that lens is laughable.
Just give us a few nice fixed lenses… we have 12,17 and 50mm (soon), not counting Panasonic/Leica lenses. Why not add 9/2.8 and 100/2.8 (or something)
I appreciate that Olympus is bringing out lenses, but for available light indoor shooting, or even outdoor shooting in less than bright sun, the zoom selection is really, really slow.
In order to do the kind of shooting I like to do (natural light), I’l have to mount my Four-Thirds zooms on the Micro Four Thirds bodies, and that kind of defeats the purpose of having a small camera body, yes?
So, I have to ask exactly what market the long Micro Four Thirds zooms are aimed at. What good, really, is a 600mm equivalent F6.x zoom? Certainly not sports. Not wildlife. Not fashion photography. Still life? Ew.
Thanks!
Dana Curtis Kincaid
I want small 5x-6x zoom lens (smaller than 14-150) with silent and faster autofocus as a kit lens replacement…
I don’t need fast apertures on zoom lens when I have fast pancakes.
(Nikon have cureently big success with his 18-105 option, I think)
When do you think there should be this option?
Don’t care about Oly lenses.
Cause they’re no good enough, no fast enough, no sharp enough.
Cause they seem ridiculous toys.
Cause they’re zooms.
Cause I need a 9, 10 or 11mm and no one (neither Pany or Oly) will make it soon.
Cause they’re is a lot of cheap and excellent alternative lenses (in C-mount, Leica M, LTM…).
Cause Voigtlander will make the right lenses for us.
Unfortunately for they, Oly and Pany don’t read forums and users wishes (prosumers and pros).
Amateurs are plenty, but by the way prosumers and pros are opinion leaders.
The worse for they!
My unique need, I hope they will make soon a very compact camera with integrated EVF or RF and silent shutter.
Shame on you, Olympus.
Any detailed info available for 12 mm prime? Especially size and price are important for me. I do not care about aperture that much: f/4 would be enough (of course f/2.8 or f/2 would be better). I’d love it to be a pancake with reasonable price.
Here’s a question for the forum. We all talk about the proposed Olympus wide prime as 12mm. Has this actually been confirmed anywhere or is this just wishful thinking? I hope it is not just based on that blurry spot on the roadmap – because that could be anything from 11-14…
I ask because the *12mm* prime is the only new lens of any interest at all to me on this roadmap. If it turns out to be another damn 14mm, I will feel totally ripped off. The ubiquitous 14mm focal length can already be had in any number of existing and proposed lenses.
while there is a great benefit from the small size of these lenses, the 9-18 for example, and the little fisheye that Panasonic made already shows us the size the Oly will likely be. I’m amazed at how they are pricing this lot! Why are these lenses costing more than their DX or FX versions from CaNikon?