Two new Olympus specs and price leaked! 9-18mm and 14-150mm
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OLYMPUS INTRODUCES TWO NEW ULTRA-COMPACT AND LIGHTWEIGHT M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED LENSES
Designed for Any Micro Four Thirds Camera, Including the New PEN E-PL1 Announced Today
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., February 3, 2010 – Olympus today announces two new additions to its
™ System lens lineup: the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 (35mm equivalent 18–36mm) and M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-150mm F4.0-5.6 (35mm equivalent 28–300mm). Designed to maximize the performance advantages of the Micro Four Thirds System, the new lenses are significantly lighter and more compact – easily fitting in a jacket pocket.
The new lenses, made with ED (extra-low dispersion) glass for superior image quality, complement the design of the PEN® cameras, including the powerfully simple E-PL1, also announced today, making it the all-in-one package for consumers with any skill level, including those who are new to photography.
The Micro Four Thirds System standard meets the telecentric requirements of dedicated digital design. Light rays strike the imaging element nearly head-on for optimum edge-to-edge image reproduction. It also enables much more compact design than the Four Thirds System standard (or other interchangeable lens systems) because it reduces the outer diameter of the lens mount by 6mm, and the distance from the lens mount to the sensor (the flange back distance) by approximately half. As a result, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL
offer uncompromising professional quality for capturing both still-images and High-Definition (HD) videos, and the lenses are exceptionally compact to make capturing your life more fun.
The super wide-angle M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9–18mm F4.0–5.6 zoom lens (35mm equivalent 18–36mm) offers a 100 percent angle of view, and overturns the rule that super wide-angle zooms have to be big and heavy. With a length of just 49mm and a weight of just 155g, it is less than half the size and 60 percent of the weight of the ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9–18mm F4.0–5.6. With its wide angle of view, including background scenery in group photos is a snap, and it can be used to create unique images with a sense of dramatically exaggerated perspective.
The high-power wide-angle to telephoto M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14–150mm F4.0–5.6 zoom lens is 65 percent smaller and 70 percent lighter than the comparable 10x ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 18–180mm F3.5–6.3, making it ideal for everything from portraits and indoor scenes to sports and landscape photography.
By maximizing the advantages of the Micro Four Thirds System design, compact size, low weight and amazing image quality, the two new lenses significantly expand the photographic potential of the system. The inner focusing mechanism uses a light, compact, single-element unit to enable exceptionally fast, quiet autofocusing for smooth, superior operating ease during still and video capture. The manual focusing mechanism is designed to offer a responsive feel and precise operation, enabling you an affordable, high-quality means to capture your life in stills or HD videos.
Both lenses offer quieter and more responsive AF performance, and provide professional image quality for capturing amazing still images and videos. They are compatible with all Micro Four Thirds System Olympus PEN cameras, and all other current and future cameras that comply with the Micro Four Thirds System standard. When mounted on an Olympus PEN camera, the lenses are stabilized thanks to the camera’s in-body Image Stabilization system and offer effective shake compensation at all focal lengths.
AVAILABILITY
The M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9–18mm F4.0–5.6 will be available in early May, and the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14–150mm F4.0–5.6 will be available in early June 2010.
U.S. Pricing / Product Configurations
M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9–18mm F4.0–5.6 Estimated Street Price: $699.99
M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14–150mm F4.0–5.6 Estimated Street Price: $599.99
Danlo
4 years ago |Hm.. where are the Pancakes?
errorka
4 years ago |title: 14-140 vs pressnews: 14-150!
admin
4 years ago |Thanks Errorka!
fuujin
4 years ago |too slow ones
DjordjeJ
4 years ago |9-18 seems pretty espensive. Regular 43 9-18 is cheeper.
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Chris
4 years ago |Why so slow? I mean, other than the size advantage, I thought the m43 concept was going to make it possible to design fast wide lenses?
Faraday Cage
4 years ago |I wonder what this does to the price and life of the E-P1.
Faraday Cage
4 years ago |oops… wrong thread!
gabriel
4 years ago |This is STUPID ! Ok, it’s Olympus lens, with Olympus design, but there’s already this range with lens from panasonic.
It’s just anothers slow zooms. The only lenses than can make me buy a µ4/3 is the two panasonic prime, especially the future 14mm f2.8. For now, i use a compact, with a equiv 28 f2.6. If i buy a dslr or a µ4/3 it’s not to put a slow zoom on it or an entry level zoom kit. Perhaps my next camera will be the Canon S90, another compact, but with a 28 f2, and a rather good image quality (for a compact). But the price of this beast is two high, i hate the 1$=1€ rule
I dream of a simple camera, with a speed barrel on the body, a aperture control ring on the lens, a good view screen and fast prime. well, something different than all those similar dslr or compact.
Pavel
4 years ago |In fact, this Olympus wide-angle lens is GAZILLION times better than Panasonic 7-14mm just because it allows you to use filters. What do you do with the Panasonic if you need a polarizer or a grad filter? You just don’t take a shot.