Our reader Klaus sent me the picture of the new Olympus 17mm f/1.8 lens he just got from a store in Hamburg! And French readers should be even more happier because they got a 50 Euro cashback on that lens (read at lepidi).
And we have some small news:
1) Olympus Japan announced the availability of the 17mm acceccories and E-PL5 water housing (both sceduled for a December 21 release).
2) Panasonic Japan released the new firmware update for the 35-100mm X lens. The update enhances the AF (auto focus) performance with the sensor drive at 240 fps for use with DMC-GH3.
3) New Lightroom 4.3 update brings support of the E-PL5, E-PM2, XZ-2 and GH3.
There is still no store showing the 17mm as in Stock. You can save this Slidoo search to get notified when it will be on eBay (login to change country of reference). Preorders at at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon DE.
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It‘s really funny how big the box is – as opposite to the “entry level”, “low cost”, “cheap build quality” 45/1.8, where the box is not much bigger that the lens istself.
Yeah, this lens really is a premium one!
Yeah, I’m with the above guy. Looks like the same size boxes to me.
I’m just guessing here, but it looks like the boxes are the same size, would make sense, because its not very practically to make a new die-cut and box design for every lens… same should go for the 12mm/F2.0 and the pancake lenses…
but again, just guessing.
Wait, the lens cap is included? How cool is that?
white balance sucks
The picture must be taken with a smartphone or something: the lens is after all lying on the table! 🙂
It’s interesting to note that all the lens boxes still say “Pen”, although the lenses fit the OM-D too.
Does anyone have a link to teh french lens offer / know whether is available to non french residents>?
Hi Admin
I know my post has got nothing to do with this rumor, but do you happen to know anything new about the upcoming e-m5 firmware?
Greetz
What about E-M5 firmware update? No news?
Yes, the update, friday… must be saturday by now in the olympus head office…
That’a a shame, I was hoping to update before I go away on holiday 🙁