Comments on: (FT5) Panasonic announcement at 6am London time! X lens with nano surface coating.

By: audrey

audrey — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:55:39 +0000

I got this as soon as it came out..It has been amazing but i am looking for a newer version. Anybody got any ideas?

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By: joesiv

joesiv — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:58:33 +0000

A pro lens’ can be an F4 lens’, look at canon, they’re L series are pro, and they have many f4 zooms which are really popular too.

And in most cases pro would be constant aperture, but olympus’ high grade lens’ were all variable aperture 2.8-3.5 or 4.

So really aperture has nothing to do with “pro”, and I agree “pro” is just a marketing term.

I don’t believe this X lens is professional in any way though, as it appears to be all plastic, and profesionals often will give up size for image quality.

However, this lens’ does seem to fullfill some of the promises of the mFT system for small body + lens. it’s going to be very popular.

By: Techfreak

Techfreak — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:50:19 +0000

If quality is not less, than Lumix 20mm and powerzoom is convenient and works fast, then very likely, that I will consider it somewhere in future.
This one + 20mm would take the same space as a single 14-45 I have now – that is quite nice.

By: flash

flash — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:31:57 +0000

As long as its an option, and you can change the lens to one you like better, all is good. I like to focus and use primes with digital, I feel I can crop a little to get the right framing later if needed. But I understand I am not the majority and if I was doing video or wanted a real small versatile lens maybe this power zoom would be nice.

A nice traveling kit for me might me this lens supplemental with a 135mm telephoto prime lens (and at times a low F stop standard standard lens for low light or even one of the better wide angles that have been released such as the 12mm Olympus) and mini Olympus camera body(IBS advantage) or the small Pany; it all would fit in my jacket pockets.