(FT4) 100macro and 14mm 2.0(?) coming! And two more primes after that?
We all knew it. Olympus needs more Four Thirds prime lenses. Preferably fast prime lenses! And it seems Olympus now will do something, and it looks like it will be something BIG!
1) Olympus plans to release four lenses for the classic four thirds mount (not micro).
2) One is the 100mm macro which has been on Olympus official roadmap since the beginning olympus lens list .pdf). The roadmap says the 100macro should be released after 2009 but this is probably not true! It could be released this year.
3) Then we will see the 14mm (probably with 2.0 aperture).
4) The information we have about the other two lenses is yet to be verified. They could be faster but we are not certain about that.
In total three sources (two trusted and one new) confirmed that Olympus is working on the release of more prime lenses . The new source (in which we trust) added the 14mm lens information.
We don’t know when the lens will be released because there is this “small thing”, the micro four thirds camera release. So it will probably happen some time after the release of that camera. And we don’t know if they will anounce them all together. Of course we will keep you updated with more information soon.
I hope you will enjoy this rumor.
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cherrytree
5 years ago |I’d expect them all in 2010.
Olypus recently said some years they will concentrate on lenses and some years bodies. They’ve clearly concentrated on bodies this year.
Borgenicht
5 years ago |Now that they have covered the e-450, e-620 and the e-30, theyv’e pretty much just got the e-3 successor to work on because the e-530 is just a repackaged e-620. now until this time 2010 is lenses time.
Colvin
3 years ago |Sorry, too little too late, three years ago, when finally moving from film to digital I purchased a E-510 with high hopes for Olympus and the four thirds system. After waiting for two and a half years for some professional glass (or even decent quality mid-level enthusists lenses) I finally gave up and switched to Canon. A wide array of lenses is a must to attract serious shooters. I now have two Canon cameras a APS-C and one full frame and a very nice selection of lenses, something that just doesen’t exists in Oly world.