A source sent me those images showing for the first time the Olympus 14-150mm F4-5.6 II lens and ECG-2 grip in “real life” images. He writes:
I somehow managed to get my hands on the unreleased 14-150mm F4-5.6 II and a “ECG-2” grip.I’ve attached a picture of the new 14-150 lens beside my 45mm F1.8, for comparison. I did a quick measurement of the lens height and it seems to be the same 83mm height from front element to base (where the lens meets mount, not the absolute rear. So it probably has the same design as the original, only cosmetic changes.
I’ve also tried the ECG-2 grip on my E-M10 + 75-300mm. It works, for it’s not a perfect fit. The grip is larger than the body. Definitely looks like a new accessory for the E-M5 mark II.
The good news is that the new Olympus 14-150mm F4-5.6 II lens is splash proof as you see from the lens mark on the firts of the following images:
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The panasonic 14-140mm II panasonic is 75mm height but the Olympus one is splash proof, that’s nice.
Splash proof! Excellent! Suddenly this is an interesting lens.
I hope Olympus makes more of their lenses splash proof. 14-150 is a good start, I’m hoping for some of the fast primes to become splash proof one day.
Yes, more weather sealed primes too!!!! Weather seal everything already 🙂
Damn, Olympus had better step up or Flamini will murder tackle them for sure.
Yes, interesting, but it appears to be optically the same as the old 14-150 and it is still a f5.6 lens. I really wish for 12-60+/f2.8-4.0 lens in the future.
Yes, that is what I suspect too but it is still a very good step forward to seal it. If it was a 2.8 it would be too big and beyond my budget anyway :/ When I got into u43 I was hoping for a fast 12-60 too but realised it wasn’t coming so I gave up. I wish I’m wrong…
Mm mm that grip looks interesting ! It doesn’t look like the usual ones from Olympus. More like third party grips with arcaswiss like tripod attachment and an L bracket for easier change from H to V.
I believe it is a third party grip. Still it looks really good.
well, the last image there’s mark Olympus ECG-2 grip CHINA.
Chinese site
http://postimg.org/image/a6jgi1dzx/
Thanks! Let me know if you find mroe images on that “chinese” site 🙂
Interesting the text on the image “Olympus has betrayed us”. I would like to know who’s posting it 🙂
Maybe the company who someone else stated that Olympus copied this design from.
Damn, I always wanted a splashproof superzoom. Just might buy that one…
It’s got me thinking too. It is like the APS-C 18-200 standard zoom lens (where for 4/3’s it’s 14-150) & being splash proof would make a great all rounder lens & then I might get the 4/3’s SWD 50-200 for a brighter lens (for the E-M1) which is also splash proof & with more reach rather than the Pro 40-150 lens.
I’ve got the current 14-150 with E-M10 and 25mm prime. Nice small kit.
Perhaps at 90 euros I might buy one. It’s not worth much more.
You just sound cheap!
You shouldn’t have to pay more than 100 in any currency for any product. They are robbing us, the corporations and the governments are evil!
Why do we have to pay, anyway ?
I wan’t to buy your car/motobike/house/laptop/girlfriend at €100 each.
Splash proving is the right way to go. f/5.6 and 14mm are not. 12-100/2.8-4 would be about the same size but way more interesting.
What did Olympus say when you showed them your lensdesign of an m4/3 12-100 f/2.8-4 with the same size as this 14-150?
Something like 私たちは傲慢日本人であり、唯一の私たちはより良い顧客をフリースする方法を知っている.
And priced accordingly 😉
Why would it be priced any more? After all, 100/4 has the same front element size as 150/5.6, and needs shorter barrel and generally shorter focusing element movement range, all else being equal.
Failure of their product managers to specify a good product is mind-boggling.
And their try to sell their old, non-weather-sealed 14-150 for $500 or more, not a cheap price at all for a cheaply made plastic lens of average optical quality. Now tell me who could resist a weather-sealed 12-100/2.8-4 at the same price, even having the same average optical quality?
Same reasoning about going from 14 f/4 to 12 f/2.8 ?
Not a big difference. 14/2.5 is small and cheap, for example. 12/2.8 and 14/2. should be about the same cost/size/complexity on a 19mm flange and 22mm image circle of m43.
14/2.5 is “cheap”. The, take a 12mm, one full stop below – oh, there’s one at Olympus (not even a full stop below). About twice the price. Is it still “cheap” ?
It will be a good companion for the splash proof 12-50mm lens.
14-150 does not aim to be a companion (as 40-150 or 50-150 would have been), it aims to be a replacement, but unfortunately poor replacement because it introduces a number of problems including slow aperture and lack of all-important 12mm.
It’s a superzoom lens. Tell me which Canon or Nikon (or Sigma or Tamron or Tokina or …) superzoom lenses have a fast aperture, please.
Tell me which Canon and Nikon superzoom lenses only go to 100mm as the lens I would like to see? And Nikon 28-300/3.5-5.6 coming in some kits for very reasonable price is equivalent to m43 14-150/1.75-2.8 – I do not propose a lens neither that fast nor that long though – 12-100/2.8-4 should be about 1/4 of the weight and size.
What is the difference between splash proof and weather sealed?
When manufacturers made quite an effort, then they call it weather sealed. Splash proof literally means rain water splash proof. Water proof means the equipment can stay under 1m of water for an hour, and functions properly.
Yes but he was asking for “weather sealed”, not “water proof”
I think splash proof and weather sealed are more or less the same. It means it’s going to be OK in rain, mist, etc.
But NOT under water. No M43 camera or lens is “water proof” as far as I know. That’s why there are water proof cases to but the cam in.
very interesting, might get one, travel lens and splashproof!
That grip with quick release rocks, I hope olympus will be adaptor for Lee, Hitech with new 7-14mm, too
Why real world images? I much prefer images taken in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth or in the Marvel Universe. Haven’t the real world been done to death already? You are so lazy and unimaginative.
What Price do we reckon on this new 14-150mm?
Splash proof is interesting and a positive improvement.
I wish that there could be just one weather sealed pancake lens. A 17, 20, or 25mm f2 pancake with weather-sealing for $400 or $500 would be nice. I don’t need fancy metal build or anything, just something compact and decent quality that works in the rain…
Yeah we seriously need more weatherproof lenses…..having only weatherproof cameras are not enough….kudos to oly for making this lens splashproof
14-150: Diameter increased 🙁
He wrote that it was the same 83mm length, but I don’t see any note on filter size or width. I guess we’ll find out in the announcement.
compared to the 75-300 (by eyes 😉 )
In the photo of the front of the lens (p.2) it looks as if it says 58mm filter.
I see that WEX (UK) no longer lists the old version, so I suspect it will soon be available.
A bit off topic: does anyone in UK or Germany want my 40-150 f2.8 + TC? I ordered in UK and Germany and now both arrived at the same time.
I would have to charge 10% extra to compensate the seller fees and would give admin the link to the eBay listing.
If there’s no interest I cancel my second order and the next on the preorder list gets it.
Who do you think would like to pay 10% more than the regular price ?
Someone who would like it now?! As it’s on back order everywhere and I ordered mine in September last year?
10% is the eBay commission. If someone wanted to collect in London I’m happy to pass it on at cost. In any case, I can see that interest is low and will cancel my order tomorrow.
That 10% is YOUR problem. Who is crazy enough to pay YOU such a premiun. You should have thought about it before you ordered. Not doing anyone a favor here. That is YOUR risk. Sheesh!
A simple “not interested” or rather no reply would have sufficed, thank you. Since there are less trolls here, people obviously struggle to vent their anger…
… and if you had the courtesy to actually read my comment entirely, you could have spared us your opinion: the 10% is neither your nor my problem as I can cancel my second order.
The ECG-2 Grip looks like a Really Right Stuff Ripoff. Here’s a pix of the BOEM5 set. Would Olympus make such a blatant copy ? Or is this a shopped version of a RRS copy ?
I simply don’t think that is an Olympus grip, ECG-2 does not even read like Olympus ID naming.
Just checked ECG is the part code for EM10 grip.
Thanks for checking Pappy. I guess that makes this is a FT0 rumor 😉
A first party grip with an Arca Swiss? Do they actually want my money?
What’s that pitchfork thing hanging off the side of the grip?
Surely it can’t be there to hang lens-hoods off!
The E-M10 is smaller than the E-M5 II. The idea is that if it were mounted on the correct camera, it’d actually fit.
The pitchfork thing allows you to mount the camera veritcally on a tripod. Much like the Really Right Stuff L-Plate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rt0En483Jg
Fantastic pictures, on par with the product photographed.
“I somehow managed to get my hands on the unreleased 14-150mm F4-5.6 II”
Somehow…
like, whoops, how did that happen? I dunno somehow I guess.
I doubt that is the grip, it gets wider at the base when it would need to get narrower to connect to the old second part.
Looks like someone is pulling someones leg 🙂
its a em5 mark 2 grip… check out mirrorlessrumors…
I see, it seems to be some type of alternative grip for tripods…. OOOOOOOOOOOOO this is because of the image stacking. They want their own version for portrait and landscape tripod placement.
14-150 splash-proof…Wow that’s a real winner, if it’s reasonable priced, why would anyone buy the 14-140 or 40-150 R?
Because the 40-150 is prob less than 1/3 the price, and most folk have 14-40 covered anyway?
14-150 ? Seriously, it’s like a super zoom for m43, I guess as long as your taking stills and correcting all the distortion electronically it might be ok. I’d shudder to see it in video mode.