Let me know what you are waiting for…
More or less One month from now we will have a long list of new product announcements. I put together a poll and mixed reliable and non reliable rumors about possible Photokina stuff. And here is the question for you:
What's the hot stuff you are waiting for (select a maximum of three products).
- Panasonic GH3 (32%, 2,419 Votes)
- Olympus "professional" m43 camera. (31%, 2,313 Votes)
- Olympus 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 lens (18%, 1,378 Votes)
- Olympus Four Thirds camera (15%, 1,138 Votes)
- Panasonic 35-100mm X f/2.8 lens (15%, 1,136 Votes)
- Olympus 25mm f/1.8 macro and pancake lens (15%, 1,114 Votes)
- Olympus PEN with integrated viewfinder (14%, 1,098 Votes)
- Olympus f/2.0 zoom lens (14%, 1,082 Votes)
- Panasonic GL1 rangefinder styled camera. (13%, 999 Votes)
- Panasonic wide angle and fast pime lens. (12%, 899 Votes)
- Sigma m43 designed prime lenses. (8%, 588 Votes)
- Olympus 60mm f/2.8 macro. (8%, 587 Votes)
- Olympus E-P5 (7%, 509 Votes)
- Tamron f/2.8 zoom lens (5%, 407 Votes)
- Olympus E-PL5 (5%, 354 Votes)
- Olympus E-PM2 (3%, 215 Votes)
Total Voters: 7,579
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Stevey
10 months ago |Is there any chance of the 12-60 given we got the 12-50 only recently ?
anonymous
10 months ago |if a m4/3 12-60 would be high optical quality, like the 4/3 one – it would be a great companion to a high grade m4/3 camera, unlike the 12-50.
So IMO, one does not exclude the other.
Stevey
10 months ago |I live in hope too. But I’ve been hoping for this since m43 was born. The 12-50 was a major disappointment so I’m thinking of getting the Pan 12-35, even though I’d much prefer an Oly 12-60. Have there been any rumors about a 12-60 ?
Ranger 9
10 months ago |That’s right, and then they could introduce a “medium-quality” 12-55 to fill the gap in their product line. And then a “near-high-quality” 12-57.5, and a “slightly better than consumer quality” 12-52.5.
Come on, people, they are not going to introduce a 12-60 when they just introduced a 12-50! There are too many other gaps in the line that need filling.
DonParrot
10 months ago |You are aware that the FT range features a high-quality 14-54 and an even better 12-60, aren’t you?
Anonymous
10 months ago |I think it would, if they choose for a 2.8-3.5, so basicly a near-constant aperture type zoom.
mpgxsvcd
10 months ago |Give me a GH3 + 35-100mm and I will be happy.
Stevey
10 months ago |I’d like to see a m43 version of the excellent Oly 50mm f/2 macro. Not in the list, and not rumored. SIGH.
Tom
10 months ago |from a video perspective…
GF/GL style over GH “prism hump” type of body
let’s ditch AVCHD and do something like PRORES or DVCPRO OR clean HDMI out
23.976, 25, 29.97 or else no go… bonus 60 (59.94) and/or 120fps (119.88) for slow motion
Integrated viewfinder OR clean HDMI output
weather sealed would be nice
best clean HDMI out, better AES input, ok line level input (no mic please)
did I mention clean HDMI output?
Esa Tuunanen
10 months ago |50/60p shouldn’t be some bonus but standard video feature in any above lower end cameras.
And that’s also for cameras which aren’t designed “purely” for video.
(Sony already has it in products announced year ago)
Anonymous
10 months ago |>>>GF/GL style over GH “prism hump” type of body
I use the EVF all the time, so NO MORE GF style bodies, “Prism Hump” all the way!
>>>let’s ditch AVCHD and do something like PRORES or DVCPRO OR clean HDMI out
PRORES files are huge and cumbersome, where AVCHD or AVC-INTRA are far more compact. If it’s a Mac AVCHD problem, then it’s time to complain to Apple about AVCHD support.
>>>better AES input, ok line level input (no mic please)
What supplies the AES audio source ? ( especially when you are working on location )
Nothing wrong with MIC level audio, we just need a low noise-floor, though the GH-2 has a RMS noise-floor of -63 dB, which is as good as the HMC-150 camera.
hannes
10 months ago |Good Tele m43 lens with macro capabilites
DonParrot
10 months ago |Hey admin, I made only two votes – the Oly pro cam and the 12-60 – as you missed out the 50-200 2.8-3,5.
Mark Patterson
10 months ago |Yeah, a good zoom to 200 would be much better than my third vote, which was the Pany 100mm zoom.
sneye
10 months ago |You may keep wishing. The 12-50 needs a weather sealed 50-200 companion, but it will be just as slow to keep the size reasonable.
sneye
10 months ago |What about that Panny fast telephoto prime?
Jens
10 months ago |+1
teroll
10 months ago |What about the additional schneider lenses???
Anonymoose
10 months ago |What about the tweet post that disappeared?
ED
10 months ago |I DID NOT IMAGINE THAT RIGHT???
physica
10 months ago |actually…. i’m waiting for a weather-seal pancake lens……match with the Weather-seal level of E-M5 or better…
TomR
10 months ago |+1 it is the logical product. For my liking it wouldn’t have to be pancake but just small like 12mm.
Soeren Engelbrecht
10 months ago |A relatively compact 14-40/4.0 would probably make me switch from Nikon DX to m43…
Jevfp
10 months ago |There is pana 14-42mm X power zoom already ,. It’s very compact,. Now it s time to switch from nikon,..
lusterus
10 months ago |300mm f4, about 1000 euro
greets
Esa Tuunanen
10 months ago |And what would you do with long tele without actually tracking capable AF system?
Camera with Nikon 1 like hybrid AF would be better goal to reach before that or at least at the same time.
With Olympus now using Sony sensor I could see chances for hybrid AF sensor in the future because Sony must be working on that considering SLT’s mirror causes ~2/3 stop light loss and unlike Canikon they want to get rid of mirror stuff.
Olympus and Sony might even have some cooperation behind curtains. Despite of often being big competitors Japanese corporations can also cooperate when it comes to threat from outside. For example Korean industry giant Samsung must be using their resources to research that because well working hybrid AF would give huge boost to credibility of NX-system.
Roy
10 months ago |You can’t shoot stationary or slow moving subjects with a long lens?
Esa Tuunanen
10 months ago |Sure but size and weight of that lens along with price (more likely 1500-2000 for good optical and mechanical quality) means that those are mostly bought only for use where they are actually needed like animals/birds which don’t let you closer.
lusterus
10 months ago |for my “garden safari” i donnot need fast af, but i need af. i really miss good tele for mft.
greets
bart
10 months ago |C-AF is very useful for sure, but many uses for which one would need a long tele do not require C-AF at all.
- birds at the feeder
- Closeups of far away scenery
Beyond that, I’ve been using the 50-200 with my e-m5 for concert photography, using manual focus.
For that matter, until 1985 there were no SLRs that had any practical form of AF but there were plenty tele lenses.
Atlasman
10 months ago |A 300mm f4 would be fantastic!
nicwalmsley
10 months ago |every forum i see, people want a better 17mm
Dummy00001
10 months ago |… or better 20mm.
BLT
10 months ago |Yes yes better 17mm pancake PLEASE PLEASE!
MacT
10 months ago |pen with viewfinder, articulated screen and 50p video
Miroslav
10 months ago |How wide and how fast is Panasonic wide angle and fast prime lens?
Voted for PEN with integrated viewfinder. A NEX-7 lookalike at half the price would be awesome.
Barton
10 months ago |A Canon high-end superzoom bridge camera.
Dave
10 months ago |A bridge for this troll.
Alan
10 months ago |Good one Dave…
Lez
10 months ago |All we need is MFT version of 12-60 and 50-200!
Matthias
10 months ago |Oly 12-60 is really needed…
fan_guo_lai_xiang_xiang
10 months ago |I just got the 12-35/f2.8, no need for dat (hypothetical) 12-60. A PEN body with the E-M5 sensor would certainly get my attention. GH3 probably to pricey for me anyway, and I don’t do video.
Incessant Troll
10 months ago |haha implying that the 12-35 is appropriately priced
Yun
10 months ago |Mine , GL1 is the most important , that’s why I vote for it .
M4/3 already got excellent lenses but the camera sensor itself really need a breakthrough to deliver ultimate image quality .
Hopefully this is the one I been waiting for .
JF
10 months ago |I stopped waiting for the 12-60 m43 version which would be my perfect all around lens (climbing, hiking, traveling,…) and bought the 12-35… so I’m not really waiting for 12-60 anymore but in absolute terms, yes the 12-60 f2.8-4 tack sharp “macro” is a dream…
I also would like a 7 or 8 mm f2.8 or even f4 prime tack sharp all frame weather sealed + filter thread for landscapes and seascapes…
tom
10 months ago |“…I also would like a 7 or 8 mm f2.8…”
1000+
wayne wong
10 months ago |need a compact, fast tele prime
grmlfz
10 months ago |I’m waiting for the banding issues to be solved….
Grmlzf
mountainwalker
10 months ago |I am still quite happy with my FourThirds equipment. FourThirds should not die, should not be “cannibalized” through m43. In sports and in tele range, the good old mirror has true advantages.
bart
10 months ago |No, the flipping mirror has no advantage for those, but pdaf does, and many pdaf implementations still need that miror. The way to address that is known, so with time the mirror can go whithou affecting sports capabilities.
Mirror and tele lenses are only related in that the mirror has to be oversized, and hence tele lenses are actually a good reason to want to remove the mirror.
JF
10 months ago |Hehe, a shot with a 60 mm f2.8 panasonic lens:
http://www.lumixlifestyle.co.uk/london-2012/photos-of-the-day/previews-ahead-of-london-2012-3-days-to-go/the-serpentine-3/#galleryimage
???
I want Panny 10/4 pancake
10 months ago |It’s a 35-100X f/2.8 OIS comes in late 2012, rumoured to be up to $300 more expensive than 12-35X
digi2ap
10 months ago |@JF – this is surely 60mm from the 35-100mm zoom lens at F2.8??
JF
10 months ago |I think so…I don’t remenber if there was a rumor of a 60 mm f2.8 prime ? there was a rumor of a panasonic prime but don’t remember the focal…
TheEye
10 months ago |I want to see an 8 or 9 mm f/2.5 or 2.8 prime.
Vlad
10 months ago |+1 here.
ED
10 months ago |Still waiting for more gh3 specs..Admin, when will we get more info from ur sources??? Hope soon..
Lily
10 months ago |I’m waiting for a weather-sealed telephoto zoom. My 4/3 40-150 won’t focus on either my GF3 or my EM5, and I’m not going to buy a m4/3 version until they release something that’s weather-sealed.
digi2ap
10 months ago |Glad to see that I’m not the only one waiting for the GH3. Still have the GH1 and I really hope the GH3 is going to be worth the upgrade.
JF
10 months ago |E-M5 is worth the upgrade for stills shooter ! I switched from GH1 to E-M5 and I’m very happy but don’t do any video…
Mike
10 months ago |I’m also a GH1 shooter waiting for the GH3. I do both stills and video. Really hope the banding disappears, the camera is hackable and they’ve raised the max framerate to 60p. As a bonus I hope they’ve included a real 3.5mm mic jack and headphone jack. Weather sealing would be icing on the cake.
SteveO
10 months ago |Admin, I think your list could be more helpful:
- You should include categories for both a 4/3′s pro body (E-x) and a 4/3′s consumer grade body (E-xxx), both with the E-M5 sensor.
- add “with E-M5 sensor” to the E-P selections, this being the only reason most would upgrade
- state that the 12-60 f2.8-4 would be for mFT (obvious, I suppose, but just to be clear)
- add “affordable and fast Olympus 17mm pancake prime” to the list
- maybe even add “more $400-500 primes of Olympus 45mm optical quality”
aqasem
10 months ago |+1
17mm f2.0 pancake
Dummy00001
10 months ago |20mm mk2?
sorry my inglish
10 months ago |my vote goes for E5 with 800$ brand new
caver3d
10 months ago |Dream on. That won’t happen until after the E-7 is out for some time.
twoomy
10 months ago |I’m actually waiting for two other things:
1. “First-party” batteries and the E-M5 grip to become widely available. Forget thinking too far into the future for a few moments. I want these companies to make widely available what they have ALREADY announced!
2. A new wide-angle zoom that supercedes the Pany 7-14mm and the Oly 9-18mm. While I have both lenses and they are convenient, the Pany doesn’t take filters and the Oly doesn’t have the greatest corners. I want a high-end corner-to-corner sharp wide angle that takes filters. I’m not holding my breath though…
JF
10 months ago |+1 for both…
Esa Tuunanen
10 months ago |Filter would have to be specifically tailored to lens/lens for it.
It would be about impossible to add flat filter in front of bulbous front element without it causing lots of vignetting or at least it would be huge in size. (imagine big Cokin filter in Canon IXUS)
Or it would have to be also bulbous/spherical instead of flat, which would make it basically part of optical design.
JF
10 months ago |I have some Cokin Z-pro that work fine with the 9-18 mm at all focals, as you say it produces lot of vignetting at 9 mm but you can partially remove it in PP (if noise is not too high…it is better with E-M5 than with GH1 which produces noise and banding in long exposures…)
twoomy
10 months ago |Actually, I’d be happy with a reworked Oly 9-18mm. Just make the circumference of the lens wider so you have better corners, and filters would still fit without a problem. (Coming from Nikon SLRs, I use a ring adaptor and 77mm filters on the 9-18mm, so vignetting isn’t an issue.)
I have seen custom filter fittings for the Nikon 14-24mm and they are amazingly large. Anything for the Pany 7-14mm would be similar and quite bulky.
bart
10 months ago |Additionally, that front element is strongly curved for a reason and putting some flat piece of glass in front of it is not such a good idea.
Jalo
10 months ago |I’m waiting m.zuiko 17mm 2.0 with similar design and manual focus as the 12/2
And also, m.zuiko 400mm 5.6 or faster
jojonas
10 months ago |HEAR HEAR!!
Walter Freeman
10 months ago |One of:
200 f/2.8 (specifically matched with EC14 and EC20)
300 f/4
scooby70
10 months ago |I’m hoping that Panny can move IQ on and specifically increase DR and at least match the OMD. I’d also like reduced lag in the EVF and indeed a new EVF technology to enable night time photography. At the moment the current EVF acts like a little torch shining directly into my eye and I’d love to see and end to that problem. I’d also like to see an alternative to the IMVHO hateful FBW technology.
I won’t hold my breath on any count. I expect another yawnfest from Panny.
bart
10 months ago |Pana’s evf actually uses an illuminated reflective surface (lcos) and could eaxily support managing display brightness to match ambient light withou affecting contrast or such by managing illumination.
Ever since I studied Panasonic’s evf implementation I’ve been wondering why they didn’t implement such a feature.
Narnian
10 months ago |What I would like to see is Samyang come to the fore with some nice primes. They are off to a good start with the fisheye. Even if you don’t buy them they could help put price pressure on the other vendors.
rrr_hhh
10 months ago |I’m curious to know the specs of the next generation Pens, especially so since Olympus indicated that they want to redefine the Pen line.
However my single most wanted piece of gear is a wide angle shift lens, coming from whatever manufacturer.
Partyender
10 months ago |25mm f/1.8 macro would become my primary (and possibly exclusive) lens on my camera.
Zonkie
10 months ago |Yes, but why a macro? I’d prefer if it wasn’t macro so it would AF faster. Instead of macro, could we have it a bit wider aperture, maybe even f/1.4?
Ash
10 months ago |I am hoping against hope that the 25mm would be weather-sealed to compliment the E-M5.
Macro is nice but not that important in my book.
Partyender
10 months ago |There is already Panasonic 25mm F1.4 so the macro ability would bring new lens instead of copycat.
Jordan S.
10 months ago |Once my Oly 75mm arrives, I’ll really only have two holes left for me in the m4/3 lineup. A fast short telephoto zoom (the 35-100/2.8) and a fast longer prime (say a 150 f/2.8 or 200 f/2.8)
Given the pricing for the 12-35, though I don’t know if I could afford the 35-100, but at least we’d have an option.
Ergo607
10 months ago |What I really, really want is a 12-120-ish f/4 zoom. Not to big, metal and glas and weather sealed. I want the replacement for the PL 14-150 for m43′s. How I mis that lens…
Anyone?
Consumer
10 months ago |I am waiting for Olympus 12-150/f4, weather sealed, with optical quality of the current 12-60. ONE GOOD TRAVEL LENS, that’s it!
Jordan S.
10 months ago |You realize that lens would be pretty huge, right?
Pekka Potka
10 months ago |Missing from list was THE most glaring omission in mFT lens line: UHG 17 mm lens. Speed can be anything between f/1.4 and f/1.8 as long as it performs right already wide open. (Which, by the way, means it can’t be a pancake.)
-p-
aqasem
10 months ago |+1
Esa Tuunanen
10 months ago |Unfortunately many here seem to want to force everything into “lowest common denominator” slot instead of allowing diverse system from small (and cheap) to bigger not undersized high quality optics.
hendrik
10 months ago |if the performance from wide open is excellent (low distortion, great edge to edge sharpness), i think f/2.8 is good enough since oly has IBIS. I prefer smaller size lenses for this pen cameras.
bart
10 months ago |While the IBIS in the e-m5 is really good, it still can’t stop motion, only higher shutter speeds can do that.
hendrik
10 months ago |We can use high iso with EM5 right?
I prefer nothing but compact lens instead of faster lens with larger size, because its the design of micro4/3: compact size
pdc
10 months ago |Excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean by UHG?
BLI
10 months ago |UHG? I don’t know, but what about Ultra High Grade? Fits with the context and Pekka’s previous suggestion that a better lens than the Pana 20/1.7 is needed at this focal range.
Pekka Potka
10 months ago |Yes, meant SHG… Super High Grade. Olympus has no similar quality denominations for mFT lenses as with FT, but I guess such will emerge. 75mm f/1.8 is the first mFT lens where both build quality and image quality are SHG. Anyway f/2.8 is not enough and we (meaning I of course) need a better lens than Lumix 20mm. Maybe optimum would be around f/1.8 considering speed and size. It only is not enough for the status of SHG class.
-p-
eliot
10 months ago |you seem to be missing an option
fast 34-36 equiv af lens in an oly 12/2.0 style
rubits
10 months ago |I came to troll another poll, but it seems like we’re all agreeing on this one.
om-4
10 months ago |25/50p support from Oly, please!!!
plus built in ND filter
aqasem
10 months ago |I’m waiting for
17mm f2.0
hendrik
10 months ago |Waiting for E-P3 with 17mm kit going for sale around 400 usd
hendrik
10 months ago |Seriously, we need wide 10mm (20mm eq. for 135 format) prime lens with normal filter thread (46 or 52mm) from Panasonic.
Dmitry Pashkevich
10 months ago |Olympus E-M5 price drop, that’s what I’m definitely waiting for
Ram
10 months ago |Any chance of an Olympus 500mm for Four Thirds?
Rasmus
10 months ago |Probably not. 500 mm would be a horribly specialist lens, with an angle of view equivalent to 1000 mm on 35mm frame. Also, it would either be quite large, very slow, or both. Hand-held shooting not possible for other people than army snipers.
A small telescope with T2 adapter would probably be a better option.
lnqo-M
10 months ago |No, 500mm F4 need not be more large so Zukio 250mm F2 for old OM system.
Esa Tuunanen
10 months ago |> A small telescope with T2 adapter would probably be a better option.
Also it would low light gathering ability thanks to their f-ratio which would make low end f/5.6 consumer teles look fast.
And human isn’t some stabilized gun turret, snipers shoot with rifle very well supported.
Bart
10 months ago |Refractor telescopes of around 500mm with an F6 or better aperture exist, and aren’t extremely expensive.
I use a William Optics ‘short tube’ 480mm with a 80mm aperture, which makes for a nice F6, and which can be had for less then $300.
If you want better quality (what I use is a mere achromat) you’ll pay a bit more obviously, but a nice ‘semi apo’ can still be had for $500 or so.
So no, light gathering isn’t really an issue.
Needing a very stable support however is a huge issue, since such devices aren’t exactly light-weight or small, they are made for usage on a serious telescope mount.
Esa Tuunanen
10 months ago |> nice F6
Nice slow F6.
And problem isn’t needing sturdy tripod to keep lens pointed for long exposures but keeping shutter speed fast because animals and especially birds tend to move lot which is why better light gathering ability (smaller f-ratio number) is needed.
Also how much aperture control it has and what about autofocus?
There are reasons why astronomical telescope constructions/designs aren’t widely used as photographic lenses.
Otherwise someone (if not camera brands then third party makers like Sigma) would have surely based system camera lenses to those.
Bart
10 months ago |I’ll quote you from a few posts up:
>Also it would low light gathering ability thanks to their f-ratio which would make low end f/5.6 consumer teles look fast.
The difference between F6 and F5.6 in brightness is less then 1/3 stop and consequently hardly noticeable, so your earlier statement is not very accurate to say the least.
Additionally, there are much faster telescopes (upto F2) for somewhat more money.
> And human isn’t some stabilized gun turret, snipers shoot with rifle very well supported.
The first problem with a ’1000mm equiv’ field of view is getting it pointed at something long enough to frame and focus. Additionally, a 500/6 is quite heavy unless you are talking mirrors, so that tripod (or monopod is a lot more practical often) isn’t just there for long exposures really.
You are right that there are drawbacks when using a telescope with regards to AF and aperture control, telescopes tend to not provide those. Technically it is possible to get both AF and aperture control with most telescopes, but this is not practical for general usage.
That doesn’t change that many people who want to use very long focal lengths (and aren’t doing some action photography) will use a telescope. Practical and decent quality photographic lenses at 500mm or more exist but are rare and usually expensive, and if you can live with the drawbacks of a telescope, its a very useful alternative for such long lenses.
BLI
10 months ago |Some “bird” lens would be useful. From my test of the 75-300, the AF was adequate at 75mm/4.8, but relatively poor at 300mm/6.3 (on a sunny day without a cloud, with subject in the shadow), and in the shadows the colors became greyish/muddy; probably the 90-250/2.8 is much, much better even with TC, but very expensive. Either a good/fast telezoom which admits good TC, or ditto faster fixed focus.
rootkit
10 months ago |I use Borg scopes (as well as others) for astrophotography, and they are popular for birding in Japan. They are lightweight, relatively small and are part of a very configurable system. Importantly for birders you can build a system as fast as f/3.8. With a suitable flattener or reducer, optical quality is far, far better than lenses.
http://www.astrohutech.com/
Recently they’ve been focusing more on birding, releasing kit like this:
http://www.tomytec.co.jp/borg/world/blog/2012/07/20120727.html
And irises, so you can control DOF:
http://www.tomytec.co.jp/borg/products/partsByC/17
The closest you can get to autofocus is to use a focus confirm adapter. I’ve only played around with focal lengths up to about 400 with the EM-5, but the IBIS is incredible and makes it a lot easier to focus.
The Master
10 months ago |I think there is a real need for a 40 mm 1.2 Pana/Leica or even a 37.5 mm 1.0 or vise versa. Other than that, maybe a really good and compact 25 1.8 (not macro, which would make it too large.) Of coarse a client shutter GH3 and or rangefinder type body would be nice about now as well.
Atto
10 months ago |m4/3 ideal for street, so I really want two key lenses:
Fast 14mm f1.8 -be realistic, no bulky f1.0 o something like that-
Fast 17mm 1.8, again please a compact lens, not pancake, but speed enough and keep f.95 for voigtlander and those manual lenses.
For both… super fast and quiet AF.
Igor
10 months ago |For me, the most anticipated are the Panasonic 35-100mm f/2.8 and GH3.
How about a MFT prime lens with auto-focus (!), which can provide a high imaging quality at the aperture f/1.2 and the focal length somewhere between 30mm and 40mm?
Michael
10 months ago |The day there’s a PEN with a built-in EVF, I will own it. Until then, I’m perfectly happy with all my gear.
Mike C
10 months ago |Waiting for DXO’s evaluation of the E-M5′s sensor. Really.
lnqo-M
10 months ago |Yes, but DXO say we need wait too Seprember, for new Test evaluation of camera sensor.
Esa Tuunanen
10 months ago |You forgot to read between the lines and writing there says they’ll maybe give E-M5 review after all second half of year Canikon cameras have been reviewed.
snowflake
10 months ago |Only 8% voted for sigma lens?
They make very good lenses, there macro/tele leneses are great.
If there is not any demand they will not jump in. Too bad the possibilites that would result if Sigma made a dedicated series of lenses for m4/3 was mentioned with the choice. More would have selected Sigma.
m4/3 is the future, I hope they join the revolution.
(Although I think they are going to make one lens, but I think it is also for NEX, not a dedicated lens, I think. Correct me if I recall wrongly).
Esa Tuunanen
10 months ago |Sure any optically high quality lenses would be interesting but right now there’s more pressing needs elsewhere for m4/3 to fight against competition/ready for coming competition.
Like Olympus mirrorless with E-M5 sensor whose controls and ergonomics actually compete with enthusiast DSLRs. (if we forget good video) Now that they finally have competitive sensor body isn’t ergonomically even at level of E-400 serie.
Also Panasonic needs new GH/high end body with more modern sensor, video frame rates up to competitors anounced in last year and better ergonomics. At least G5′s more substantial grip is step to better direction.
Bart
10 months ago |Gee, I happen to own an E-420 and E-M5 (among a whole lot of other cameras). No, the E-M5 isn’t at the same ergonomics level as the E-4xx, its actually way beyond it because of having 2 control dials and can be adapted to the size of your hands much better.
Oh, you meant ergonomics of the E-M5 can quite be improved? absolutely!
If you personally prefer one or the other thats fine, but your totally absurd exaggerations really don’t help with making your points.
David Tenser
10 months ago |What I’m waiting for is for the silver body only E-M5 to actually show up in any store…
Ash
10 months ago |Its not on the list, but looking forward to the release of black 12mm and 45mm lenses!
Niels
10 months ago |A 100-400 mm lens or even just a 75-300 that is optimized for the long end and truly does reach 300 — and from Panasonic, please, because I use pana cameras and want a power ios and light speed AF
Niels
Charles
10 months ago |How about the upcoming lenses from Schneider Optics?
theartofrain
10 months ago |I voted “Panasonic GL1 rangefinder styled camera.” but a GX2 or E-P4 with a viewfinder and weatherproof would do just fine!!! ; ))
I like the boxy shape of my awesome GX1 (and of my gf’s E-P3), and I just want a solid m4/3 camera with a built-in viewfinder that doesn’t push my nose against the LCD screen.
Also, a weatherproof update to Panasonic’s epic 20mm/f1.7 pancake would be awesome.
Forge
10 months ago |Actually, would love a Olympus 125/1.8 to extend the current 45 / 75 set out a bit further.
Rasmus
10 months ago |What I’m REALLY waiting for is for Olympus to start delivering stuff, not just releasing it. These constant shortages and delays are getting ridiculous. I didn’t preorder a 75/1.8 because I’m tired of all the waiting. If I stumble upon it some day I’ll buy it, otherwise not.
John H
10 months ago |Olympus lenses in black, e.g. 75mm f1.8
zhediek
10 months ago |i want 14-140 f1.4 for my gh2
ccttpopen
10 months ago |They make very good lenses, there macro/tele leneses are great.
I agree with this :A 100-400 mm lens or even just a 75-300 that is optimized for the long end and truly does reach 300 — and from Panasonic, please, because I use pana cameras and want a power ios and light speed AF
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