Panasonic 12-35f2.8x in end june

[zan82]

How about a poll on the kind of pricing you guys think the lens will cost here?

 

[wonglp]

How about a poll on the kind of pricing you guys think the lens will cost here?

No point in having one unless our puny market can determine price

 

[garagez]

How about a poll on the kind of pricing you guys think the lens will cost here?

good idea....just for fun sake

 

[sin77]

Based on previous posts, do u all think $1400 is possible as street price? It will be tempting then.

I only worry it's not possible since 1000 pounds way above 1400 sing.

 

[Oly5050]

Haven't you heard me rant about why Olympus seemed to have dropped the ball and ceded a good number of high grade lenses to Panasonic?

U r right. Really feels tat way!

Actually, maybe this is a deliberate decision made by Olympus. If you look at what Panny is doing, they are basically replicating what Olympus had done before with the 14-45 (the old Oly kit lens from E500?), the 14-42, 7-14, and now the 12-35 and 35-100. Its like panasonic sort of sorted out the question of deciding what focal length lens to manufacture by simply following Olympus' 4/3 road map. On the other hand, Olympus having done all that for their 4/3 system, now seems to be more focused on primes for the m4/3 range, leaving panasonic to take up the slack on the zooms. Could it also be that Olympus is trying to revisit the lens range in the old OM series? I do not if this is the plan or just how things happen to turn out. And by doing so, they help to provide some product differentiation between m4/3 and 4/3. I know it does not make sense in that you should have more zooms in the less pro range, but then again, the counter argument is that if u want things small and good, primes is indeed the way to go versus an equivalent zoom.

 

[NazgulKing]

Actually, maybe this is a deliberate decision made by Olympus. If you look at what Panny is doing, they are basically replicating what Olympus had done before with the 14-45 (the old Oly kit lens from E500?), the 14-42, 7-14, and now the 12-35 and 35-100. Its like panasonic sort of sorted out the question of deciding what focal length lens to manufacture by simply following Olympus' 4/3 road map. On the other hand, Olympus having done all that for their 4/3 system, now seems to be more focused on primes for the m4/3 range, leaving panasonic to take up the slack on the zooms. Could it also be that Olympus is trying to revisit the lens range in the old OM series? I do not if this is the plan or just how things happen to turn out. And by doing so, they help to provide some product differentiation between m4/3 and 4/3. I know it does not make sense in that you should have more zooms in the less pro range, but then again, the counter argument is that if u want things small and good, primes is indeed the way to go versus an equivalent zoom.

Weren't there lots of OM Zooms? Some of which were constant aperture?

 

[ziggy]

Actually, maybe this is a deliberate decision made by Olympus. If you look at what Panny is doing, they are basically replicating what Olympus had done before with the 14-45 (the old Oly kit lens from E500?), the 14-42, 7-14, and now the 12-35 and 35-100. Its like panasonic sort of sorted out the question of deciding what focal length lens to manufacture by simply following Olympus' 4/3 road map.

These are 35mm equivalents - 28-90, 14-28, 24-70 and 70-200 - popular focal lengths which almost all lens manufacturers will produce and sell in quantities,