The new Olympus 45mm f/1.8 is now available for preorder on Amazon US too (Click here). This means one thing, that the lens will be in Stock soon! And probably a couple of days before the [shoplink 23110]Panasonic-Leica 25mm f/1.4[/shoplink] which has been announced three weeks before.
The Olympus 45mm is one of those lenses that are easy to recommend. Relatively low price, well thought specs and top notch image quality! Read the reviews at Lenstip or DSLRmagazine to get impressed by this lens!
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Had my pre-order in with Adorama and Amazon since June 30th. Have the 25mm on order with Adorama as well. I can’t believe these lenses have been on pre-order for 2.5 months! They might as well put the 12-35mm and 35-100mm on preorder now!
The 45mm was only announced a few months ago, so waiting for them to actually ship is fairly standard. A couple of months is nothing…
I ordered my Voigtländer Nokton 25mm on February 2nd and had to wait until the first week of July to get it! Now, THAT was painful. I got so tired of waiting, in May I walked into Photo Village in New York and bought a Nokton 35mm to hold me over. (good move actually) 😉
Everybody was aware that 45mm release date is Sept 9 for USA, so it’s not even a week late for now. Having Amazon to start taking pre-orders again is very good sign. I have mine from June 30 too and hope to get it soon.
>Everybody was aware that 45mm release date is Sept 9 for USA,
Olympus made that announcement for JAPAN, but I suppose a worldwide release on that date was possible… of course, I am not aware of any other English posters (besides myself) with the lens in hand as yet.
Damn I pre-ordered mine July 2nd and I am impatiently waiting. I was wondering if there were any ppl ahead of me on the list and I guess there is, mpgxsvcd!!
soo, i know the lens are very different… but which do you think has better image quality all around the leica dg or the zuiko 45?
cuz i was leaning towards the leica… but with the 200 dollar price difference, im thinkin about the 45mm.
Pre-ordered from B&H on 8/18 and I thought they would not bull until they ship, well it showed up on Bill Me Later and I am still waiting for the lens.
I don’t own either of them, but from what I’ve read in the reviews of these lenses, the leica one is WAAYYY sharper in the center, but not so much at the edges than the oly one, but the oly one is pretty sharp in the center and okay at the edges… and the leica one is a macro lens….
@ Ron W: I did exactly the same thing and got exactly the same treatment from BML. Not only that, B+H said the lens would ship in September–they just changed it to “ship date unknown”. Geez.
Some samples posted for your enjoyment…
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&thread=39351707
What do they mean preorder? I ordered mine eons ago…. darn, I can taste it.
I’ll be getting the black version when they bring that out.
Ordered the 45mm for 250 euro, Redcoon informed me that they will send it 11 october……
i would buy the black version when will it be announced?
+1
@amanda thanks for your tip.. ordered mine 2 @ redcoon.nl