Also Olympus will follow Panasonic lens miniaturization route and along the E-M10 and 25mm f/1.8 lens they will also launch a very compact zoom. I have been told size and image quality are very close to the Panasonic. One source said that the major difference is that the new Olympus zoom has a built-in protection cap just like the lens used by the Olympus Stylus 1.
No info about exact focal length and price yet. But I hope I will have them soon 🙂
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If this becomes an alternative to the 14-42PZ that works on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (with OIS and with closing up the lens on shutdown) this would be great news!
OIS on an Olympus lens would be too strange 😉
Not entirely, as they used it in the Stylus 1.
it will start from 12mm…
Would be Great ….
If an Olympus lens is similar to a Panasonic lens in size, I expect it to have better speed, IQ, and/or zoom range, since it does not need to have OIS. Just don’t expect a lens hood. This is not a PRO lens.
I expect it to be wobbly, bigger, need 3 firmware updates to work properly and cost twice as much …and forget the IS …and increase the filter size to 47. Die Oly Die.
Well as the ibis in my E-pm2 is absolutely useless, I´ll go for the Panasonic pancake zoom.
why is it useless? was thinking of buying this camera
Its the same as my EP1 – and it has bad and good areas…
On the whole if shutter is above 1/50 sec leave it off! Results can be variable and even blur 1/200 sec shots at times!
But at the other end around 1/10 sec the IBIS does work fairly well… deffinate improvement on hand held no IS… Be nice if the IS turned off at a set shutter speed, and also include an auto off mode where the IS is only engaged when the shutter speed drops below the 1/FL rule! Alas it does not – not to say all shots are poor with it on 80% of the time no issue – the other 20% can be spoilt by sensor motion blur!
NICE! Glad I sold the earliest Olly 14-42 kit that came with my E-PL1…..these new little zooms will make that old thing worth about 2 cents soon…..
More kitlenses, just what we need :/
…Hopefully the new Zoom comes along an also tiny Pen, like the GM1… .
While I think the Panasonic 12-32 is an interesting lens, I feel the range, for the average user, is a bit wide. I’d like to see Olympus do something with a tiny bit more reach. If they could pull this off with a 14-42 and not make it any slower, that would be a hit! However, I’ll admit I don’t know anything about lens physics or if it’s even possible….
Give me a 17-50 zoom. I never go below 35mm (equivalent).
I absolutely agree – I think the traditional 14-42 is a more useful range for this type of lens.
I disagree. If you really care about the marginally more reach, you can always crop a little bit, often lose nothing (we already have too many pixels) and be happy.
The other way around, is instead impossible: if a lens that’s not wide enough, you’re screwed.
I personally would appreciate a kit zoom starting even at 11mm or 10mm (even at the price of even less reach) but I agree *this* would be too much for the average user. But 12mm is absolutely needed, it’s the 14mm that’s dull!
I second this and thats why I want it to start from 12mm aswell!
Was thinking of buying the 12-50mm just because of the 12. This 12-32 would be perfect for me. 14 is just not wide enough. Having a 12 will kill my GAS for a 9-18, which is good for me.
How about a quality telephoto zoom lens from Olympus? Canon has a few, at various f stops.
Given the ability of the e-m5 and e-m1 to do 1600 ISO with relatively little problems, and even higher, I would welcome a quality telephoto zoom lens, such as the current 75-300, even if the f stop is a little small, as long as the zoom remains relatively small.
How about a prime, high-quality telephoto lens (or lenses) and/or a high-quality tele-extender. I could start using the tele-extender right now with my 75mm f/1.8.
I wish Olympus would focus on professional stuff, bigger, heavier, more professional.. The E-M1 is the right way, compared to the E-M5, which was (is) a quite professional tool in a toy clothing. But what I really wish is that serious company would make a professional mirrorless FF System —- nahh not Sony!
If you want something bigger and heavier just because it seems more professional, you bought into the wrong system. 4/3 failed to capitalize enough on the benefits of a smaller sensor, and that system crashed and burned.
would it be even possible to mount m43 lenses to a full frame olympus camera?
Or would these m43 lenses be too small or whatever? I’m just curious.
At best, they would vignette badly, covering about half the frame.
If you care about FF, go Nikon or Canon. The Nikon D800 and to a certain extent even the Nikon Df are great cameras in general, and great for the price, if you don’t mind the bulk.
If you do mind the bulk, then why do you want Olympus doing the same bulky stuff? People are really crazy…
I shoot video, mainly. I need an EVF (that’S why I don’t use DSLR anymore) and the IBIS of the E-M5 is just amazing, also the softly performing auto focus in video. The Nikons pump like crazy, impossible to use. And the Canaon AF just didnt work in video. I need AF for example when I shoot with a crane or slider, I can’t afford remote controlled focus pulling stuff. I wish the E-M5 was a bit bigger because it would make my handheld shots even smoother, a bit more weight also would help in that.
Seems most users of m34 are just not professionals and call others who use the system in a way they do not understand CRAZY.
“One source said that the major difference is that the new Olympus zoom has a built-in protection cap”
You have my attention, Olympus.
I wonder if there is a 3rd party solution for the Panny 12-32.
See, GM1 competition.
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@topic:
Hard to believe that Oly managed to make a zoom as small as Pana, but good news anyway. So what about the specs?
What Range?
Starting at?
Quality?
Focus ring?
Zoom ring / Power zoom?
Lens cap?
No OIS is a given.
It’ll star from 12mm for sure and probably end at42/45…this is what told me Olympus Italy.
New OMD EM10 will priced 599€. (Olympus Italy )
sounds GOOD.
E-M10 is the m43 version of the Stylus1, and it looks like it’ll be similarly priced.
P&S upgrader will have an interesting choice to do, for ~700€:
* Stylus with smaller sensor but 10,7x bright zoom (f2.8)
* E-M10 with bigger sensor, 3x (or 4x) zoom (f unknown), but interchangeable lens system
Interesting times 🙂
If 600 Euros will be the list price for EM10 then Oly would be wise to keep the OM5 series or upgrade in their system. Is that price for camera with lens or body only?
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i would really like something around 25x
like 12-300mm. is that even posible? how big would it be?
i see a lot of bridge cameras with up to 50x can it be similar here?
or if i want a super telephoto like that the best way is to buy one of those bridge cameras?
It is certainly possible. And it is going to be about as big as Nikon 18-300 for APS-C (unless it is slower than f/5.6 at the long end). But something more reasonable, like 11-200/2.8-5.6 could also be reasonably sized.
i would buy that 18x sounds really good (coming from a point and shoot)
very interesting for zooms fans.
This sounds like a great little kit lens and as such, I’m really interested in the integrated lens cap. That’s pretty novel for this format. No mention of weather sealing, but if it becomes the kit for an OMD, then one would hope it will be rugged.
This rumor may explain yesterday’s discounts. Hope they launch soon!
Built-in lens cap mechanism. One of the most underrated features in kit zooms. I’m interested, Olympus.
Yeah, it probably sucks for filters though
I Wonder how they will differentiate with the PEN line. There must be something more than the Price (600$-600€). Or it will cannibalize the PEN sales..
If Olympus offers a camera with IBIS as small and lightweight as the Panasonic GM1, it’ll be a miracle camera. I have the GM1 and it’s already a technological marvel. But I’d like IBIS… both in general, but especially in as lightweight a body+lens as possible to substitute for a GoPro for RC flight applications.
It would be amazing if Oly made a cam < 1/2 lb. with IBIS and with a high quality lens (like the Panasonic GM1 combo). (FYI, the GM1 weighs in at 0.6 lb. which is a touch on the heavy side for RC flight.) So, I hope Olympus and Panasonic compete and really outdo each other (not just duplicate).
will i finally get my 17-25 pancake zoom? 🙂
i think theres a whopping 5 of us in the world that would love that!
I am skeptical of the claim this new Oly compact lens will be as compact and small as the Pany 12-32 one on the GM1. Most rumors say the new lens will likely be the same lens as already shown by Kodak for their new m4/3 camera as same focal length and lens cap mechanism. It is however smaller than the existing Oly 14-42mm lenses. Another downside will be the rumored slower f6.3 at the normal end.
Would be 12-45 / 3.5-6.3 then…
12-50 is the perfect zoom range. Just that the current kit lens is a ho hum performer.
I got the Panasonic 12-32 and am using it on my EPM-2 and am very impressed with it. Only thing lacking is a built in cap which is very useful for the way a lens like this gets used. If Oly does this lens right it could be great.
Yeah the inbuilt lens-cap is certainly interesting. I was thinking about that a couple of weeks ago, about the GM1 kit lens, that it was a shame that it had a lens cap. I also thought “for my uses, i will probably never get a camera with a lens cap again!”.
It works quite nicely on the Stylus 1 & there is (a 3 leaf) one available for the XZ-1 & 2 cameras too.
Size and image quality are very close to *which* Panasonic? The 14-42 PZ or the 12-32?