NazgulKing
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I don't mind a fast 17mm prime, really. f2.8 is fine, but I think they can do better.
[ News ] : Olympus 4/3 lens development in 2011
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Heheh, great minds think alike :angel: I'm arranging for SHG orgy for the hands on.
Benares
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Would be ideal if the 14-35 and 35-100 would be there too:heart:
The 150/f2 is by far the *best* lens out there.
(of course not counting the lenses used on satellites and spyplanes...)
microcosm
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Panasonic is Matsushita Corp. Calling them giant is an understatement. They definitely have more than muscles to flex should they see a particular division of their business needs "extra firepower".
Olympus on the other hand are artists disguised as engineers. They are usually on some kind of designer drug and that is why they can create glass that is simply out of this world.
One possibility is the merger between Olympus and Panasonic. That alignment would be awesome. Imagine the merger of both P&O technologies to create the ultimate m43 camera... something to behold.
There will be support for the cameras, but just in case, I might have to buy the E-5 for the sake of the glass I have now. LOL. Can you imagine that being a reason to buy a camera?
After that I might not be buying Olympus anymore. Unless something dramatic happen to the m43 development. I was hoping to see the SHG lenses being updated, but no. 2010 seems to be the year of demise for the regular 4/3 platform.
Anyway, Pen sells and Pen will replace the E-System as the new direction of Olympus. But I really cannot imagine myself buying a Canon system... ha ha ha...
You have been aiming for the SHG glass for a while now, if there is a sale (most likely some retailers might do that, especially US online retailers, then it is time to pick up one).
SHG glass is nice, but kinda impractical to lug them around.
Unless E-5 + SHG = magic...
Olympus is going to have to do a lot more than put out the current quality of lenses for micro Four-Thirds is they want to sell to professionals.
I can understand if you're not going to sell bodies that you have to stop development of lenses, though I thought that was going to happen several times since 2003.
They won't be able to target professionals with pancake or collapsible lenses. The good thing is that the lenses won't be as big or weigh as much but they're not going to be incredibly small, either. Imagine the 90-250mm being only a bit bigger than the current 50-200mm.
I wonder if bag companies are going to produce new, smaller bags and backpacks to hold everything securely. Will things become so small eventually that we'll have to hire a child to wear the backpack for us? :bsmilie:
Whatever they do, I just hope that they get it right.
I can understand if you're not going to sell bodies that you have to stop development of lenses, though I thought that was going to happen several times since 2003.
They won't be able to target professionals with pancake or collapsible lenses. The good thing is that the lenses won't be as big or weigh as much but they're not going to be incredibly small, either. Imagine the 90-250mm being only a bit bigger than the current 50-200mm.
I wonder if bag companies are going to produce new, smaller bags and backpacks to hold everything securely. Will things become so small eventually that we'll have to hire a child to wear the backpack for us? :bsmilie:
Whatever they do, I just hope that they get it right.
microcosm
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The magic factor is you bro... and I think you do have it. Now you need a glass worthy of the magic.
microcosm
Senior Member
Ranting aside.
The current range of lenses are already complete. I don't see a need and neither will I buy primes. So I am happy with the glass I already own... and if Olympus can continue developing camera bodies for the Zuiko Digital lenses, that would keep me happy.
The news is "stopping development" which is fine by me.
I will faint if the statement was "stopping producing".
They will continue to sell the ZD lenses while diverting their attention to the development of M.ZD lenses. That is in dire need.
The current range of lenses are already complete. I don't see a need and neither will I buy primes. So I am happy with the glass I already own... and if Olympus can continue developing camera bodies for the Zuiko Digital lenses, that would keep me happy.
The news is "stopping development" which is fine by me.
I will faint if the statement was "stopping producing".
They will continue to sell the ZD lenses while diverting their attention to the development of M.ZD lenses. That is in dire need.
If they stopped production of Zuikos, i would rob all the banks in Singapore, curse the MRT Control Station officers for such lousy service, start a topic in kopitiam regarding how stupid the design of NUS is, offend a lot of mods in CS and then i finally commit suicide and 'shoot my own funeral'.
Ok. thats an exaggeration.
I've been thinking abt this for a while. As an owner of m43 cam, one main draw is a large sensor in a small body. But now that APS-C sensors with 50% larger area in mirrorless small form factor is out, I wonder what is the main draw of a m43 cam. Regardless of the current quality of those cams, won't u say that their foreseeable future is much brighter than our m43? But I'm not really pro so i may be missing something. Anyone care to fill me in?
JW73
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That's my concern in the earlier post as many consumers will feel that APs-C sensor like nex models are better. However, looking at Panasonic's lens lineup, I would denfinately go for m4/3. The m4/3 are smaller in size(especially the zooms) which is more relevant to the concept of total micro-system.
One thing that draws people to the PEN is looks, another could be the images produced, another thing in the future could be the lenses just as 4/3 lenses has drawn people to the 4/3s system
A lot of changes in camera designs since cameras have been miniaturized into compact cameras, the Kodak brown box if I'm not wrong to today's compact,kinda scary :bsmilie:
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