(FT4) Olympus announcement on December 14. Lens has powerzoom!

Finally I got the news! The new Olympus high quality zoom lens will be announced on December 14! That’s Wednesday next week! Ironically that is also the last day Olympus has to present their financial results to avoid the delisting from Tokyo Exchange.

That’s all I know about the announcement: There will be a new zoom lens which has super-high-speed-AF, it has with powerzoom (it’s a video-lens!), it starts with 12mm and has NO constant aperture, it’s similar but equal to the [shoplink 23681 ebay]Olympus Four Thirds 12-60mm f/2.8-4[/shoplink], and has a high optical quality. I hope to get more info about the specs and price soon. But it sounds like this could become a “cheaper” alternative of the Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 (or brighter) zoom that will be announced in January.

On Wednesday (6-7 am London time) you can follow the announcement live on 43rumors.

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