(Updated) Very important Olympus MicroFourThirds prime lens poll! YOUR vote counts!
Officially Olympus has no MicroFourThirds lens roadmap. It will depend from the demand of the people what kind of lenses they will make as first.
That’s why 43rumors wants to start a very serious poll. We want that YOU choose the future Olympus MFT lenses!
How to:
1) You can select a maximum of three primes. On some focal lenghts you can choose between getting a highly portable tiny lens or a little bigger fast lens.
2) You can vote one single time only. Your IP-address will be stored. We can delete your vote if you want to redo the voting.
3) Feel free to add some possible focal lenght by commenting this post. I will quickly add your proposed lens as option inside the poll.
4) The results will be sent directly to Olympus Japan!
Please invite everyone to vote! More we are more Olympus will take us seriously!!!
UPDATE: We added the 7mm, 20mm and 25mm (2.0 or above) lenses. Because they have been recently added we will apply a multiplying factor.
UPDATE2: This poll will stay on the top of the 43rumors page at least until monday. Our first goal is to reach 1.000 unique votes. More we are and more Olympus will have to listen to us!
UPDATE3: 1.000 voters reached. Next target is 1.500 voters.
UPDATE4: Zoom poll will follow after finishing the prime poll.
UPDATE5: Should we send the list to Panasonic too?
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Agent00soul
4 years ago |This doesn’t seem to work. It sticks forever on “Loading…” on my machine.
mcananeya
4 years ago |I care more about performance than I do about speed. An f/2.8 normal lens, or an f/4 wideangle is fine, as long as the lens is sharp wide open and consistently performs at a high level. An f/2.8 lens that isn’t sharp until f/4-5.6, or that doesn’t ever reach particularly high resolution figures, just won’t be interesting, period. Olympus has established an excellent reputation for it’s 4/3rds lenses, and it’s micro-4/3rds lenses should be held to the same standard. Oddly enough, the one lens that seems to have been a bit of a disappointment performance-wise is the 25mm pancake, which is exactly the kind of lens that people are looking for, but that has to perform well.
Best,
Adam
Jón
4 years ago |IF I were to replace my E-3 and lenses with mFT system, I need something semi-wide, that can take filters. (The Panasonic 7-14 is a no-brainer) perhaps the redesigned 9-18 would do the trick, or compact 12mm
Good_Speed
4 years ago |I want 25mm F1.0 !!!!
zygh
4 years ago |I would add to that list the 20mm lens as that gives the ultra normal fov on 4/3. I know Panasonic is supposed to be releasing it but I would definitely choose the Zuiko if it existed.
As a matter of fact, the only 3 focal lengths i would use on the ep-1 would be the 14/2 (gotta have the 35mm equiv of the 28mm; if it were faster than 2, say 1.8-1.7 it’d be better), the 20/1.7 (have beem getting used to the 42mm of my oly 35 sp) and the 50/2. I think these three would to it for me.
Tevilspek
4 years ago |Sorry, I need a reminder (as I’m all about my OM Zuiko lenses I’ll be using); you get a 2x crop factor on the m4/3 lenses as well as the OMs etc right?
So if you’re asking about a 35mm lens in this post, it’s actually a 70mm equivalent?
admin
4 years ago |Yes, a 35mm its a 70mm equivalent!
DT
4 years ago |I want ultra-wide rectilinear prime, say 7mm F/4.5.
Mark Perrins
4 years ago |Sorry to be thick, are the lens focal lengths listed in 4/3rds format or 35mm film camera equivalent?
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4 years ago |[...] still have no roadmap for new prime lenses. So keep answering our prime lens poll! Let them hear your whishes! Related Posts:Very important Olympus MicroFourThirds prime lens poll! [...]
Shawn
4 years ago |It says: Maximum number of choices allowed: 1 when I try to submit more than one prime.
admin
4 years ago |Corrected! It has been only a momentaneous poll blackout.
Agent00soul
4 years ago |I must say I don’t understand the huge interest for a fast 25 mm lens. Back in the film days 50 mm lenses were popular mainly because they were fast but still cheap. For m4/3 I don’t see a reason why a 25 mm would be cheaper and faster than a somewhat shorter or longer focal length. For me, a 17 and a 40 or 50 would be much more useful than a 25.
Kirilius
4 years ago |I see E-P1 has the potential of becoming the perfect tourist camera for its small size and weight. Also let’s not forget that the idea of “micro” is to stay small. Carying a tiny body and a large bag of lenses defeats the purpose of the micro concept. In my view a lightweight version of the existing 14-140 attached to E-P1, that does not cost 1000$ would make it the best camera to carry around.
Harold Glit
4 years ago |Hello
I think the poll can be a good idea especially if IP address are checked to avoid multiple voting BUT
I think this poll has 2 shortcomings :
1/ there is no 20mm in it. I know you can’t list them all and I also know Panasonic is supposed to bring one 20mm pancake but I think it should be said that the 40mm ( in 35mm terms) was the standard single focal length for many small 35 mm cameras like the Minolta CL and the rollei 35 which share a similar philosophy to the ep-1
2 / I think it is wrong to put tiny behind certain lenses.I want a 12mm 2.8 but I don’t want a pancake . I think it is confusing to introduce a size factor in some of the lens choices and not in some others
obviously someone who wants a -say a 1.2/ 12mm is going to get a big lens but I think your poll is confusing in the sense that it can give the impression that people who voted for the 2.8/12mm wanted a tiny lens
for sevarl reasons – the most obvious one being the ratio between camera size and lens size , I think Oly should stay with regular max apertures for the primes
like 2.8 for the wide angle , 1.7 or 2.0 for the standard and 1.7 or 2 for the short portrait lens ( 85mm equivalent)
harold
admin
4 years ago |Hi Harold!
Nobody is perfect!
I tried to make the poll as simple as possible. Olympus should see this as signpost. Nothing more than that.
Bruce
4 years ago |One thing this poll doesn’t get at is what sort of trade-offs people would accept? The highest rated choices, for example, are all fast lenses. But if those lenses are twice as big as a slower lens, would people still want them?
FWIW, my priorities are for small, high-quality, prime lenses. I’m willing to give up a little speed to get that.
Mike
4 years ago |My ideas to this poll:
1.) Prime lenses sell with optical view finder included;
2.) Two colour versions of the OVFs and lenses – black and silver;
3.) Silent AF motors in all primes;
4.) Aperture ring on bigger prime lenses would be really great (not for pancake lenses);
5.) Nothing moves dramatically on the outside of the prime lens (unlike introduced Zuiko zoom);
6.) Nice decent lens hoods like rangefinder lenses have (compact ones) – included.
Notice:
OVF with AF confirmation at least (simple LED indication).
Size and weight of the lens has to be matched with Digital PEN camera.
DennyD
4 years ago |Great poll but Olympus already has some truly terrific lenses. I’d much rather see communication to Japan related to a replacement for the E3 with much better ‘high ISO’ capabilities. In my humble opinion, this is the one item holding Olympus back from truly competing in the semi-professional and professional arenas…..
forester
4 years ago |hi admin. my vote will not ‘load’.
a fun poll would be to have the lens mm as one choice and the f-stop as a second choice. this way people can build their perfect lens. even if the outcome is crazy. the question is ‘what do you want”
I want a 14mm f1.4 … and pancake it. possible or not, this is what I want.
the other issue is cost. I want a 1.4, but I can’t afford one even if they make my lens… so, make it an affordable f1.8. 14mm f1.8 i would actually be able to buy.
admin
4 years ago |Hi Forester!
Try to reload the website! if that doesn’t work try a different browser (firefox, opera, explorer). If that doesn’t work try to clear the cache. I hope I helped you!
Manolito
4 years ago |It says maximun 1 choice… ?
admin
4 years ago |Fixed. It happens when I am editing the poll. Sorry.
Martin Gallego
4 years ago |Long ago we asked the Zuik 100 macro, but it is like shouting in the desert. I can not believe Mr Watanabe …..
Hace mucho tiempo que hemos pedido el Zuiko 100 macro, pero es como gritar en el desierto. No puedo creer al Sr Watanabe…..
Marc
4 years ago |What really surprises me is that there seems to be almost no intrest in a 20 f/2. C’mon you guys, Oly was the inventer (sort of) of the pancake lens with the introduction of the excellent OM Zuiko 40 f/2, which was a) an excellent performer and b) derived from the Pen F 38 f/1,8…
If Oly has its’ history right, then there should be an m43 20 f/2 before all the others…!
Joachim
4 years ago |I would like two pancakes:
1) 20 mm f/2 or f/1.7, similar to the pancake announced by Panasonic;
2) 35 mm f/2,8 or f/3,5, no OIS, no macro, no high-speed aperture that makes impossible to construct a pancake of this focal length.
Other focal lengths in the range between 20 and 70 mm can be used by the help of the “extra optical zoom”, implemented by firmware as known from most Panasonic cameras.
Esoz
4 years ago |Great, great poll. But, I think some people might be confused between 17mm and 35mm, as in not realizing that 17mm is equivalent to 34mm on full-frame and and that 35mm is equivalent to 70mm on full-frame.
Perhaps you should’ve written the equivalencies in little brackets next to each focal length?
Another thing, someone above was asking if people were ready to sacrifice doubling the size of the lens in favor of a faster aperture.
My answer is definitely. If the size will ONLY be doubled, then I (and I’m sure many others) have no problems at all.
Consider the 17mm f2.8 lens kitted with the E-P1: It is tiny, and doubling its size would still give you a fairly compact lens that’s much more capable (read faster, better for low light and better at producing bokeh.)
Serious Amateur
4 years ago |I am happy that everyone, especially the pros, are excited over the E-P1, and want all kinds of prime lenses for this camera.
However, it appears that this camera is targeted towards the serious amateur, who is moving up from a P&S or an UZ camera. For such a buyer, zooms are more practical, so s/he doesn’t have to carry a bagful of glass. This is evident from the fact that the first additional m4/3 lenses ‘confirmed’ by Olympus to arrive by next spring are a wide zoom and a tele zoom.
Pros are not going to give up their E-3s or the like; they just want to have an additional small, capable camera in their gear bag, and some may have a nostalgic factor as well.
I am not against prime lenses, and I believe the more choices one has, the better. Nevertheless, I do not want Oly’s focus on primes at the cost of zooms.
I would also like to see a teleconverter, anywhere from 1.4X to 2X
Finally, I’d like to see that all the Oly m4/3 lenses have the same ring size and not like their recent offering of the 17mm lens (37mm) and the 14-42mm lens (40.5mm).
mark
4 years ago |how about a 5mm or 6mm ultra-wide prime? or perhaps a 4mm circular fisheye? or a tilt/shift lens, or better yet, an adapter to tilt/shift any regular 4/3 mount (or nikon or canon) lens?
Thyl
4 years ago |Look at the 17 mm pancake. So little glass, so much mechanics. In order to maintain compact format while providing a better f-number, a manualf or even fix focus lens might be a good idea.
Rico Lee
4 years ago |I thnk the poll result MUST send to Panasonic also!
admin
4 years ago |I agree with you Rico!
JX
4 years ago |It is suprising that no more people want « tiny lenses ».
What is the interest of a tiny body such as the EP1 if the lens is 3 times as big ?
I’m also surprised but the succes of very fast primes.This is typically the kind of lens where there are front or back focus problems and that therefeore demand a very efficient and precise autofocus module. Will this be the case with th EP1 ?
I checked only « tiny lenses ». I want my camera bag to weight one kilogram. I want to be able to make street shooting without people asking questions. But I also want image quality, this is why theEP1 looks so promising.
Joachim
4 years ago |JX, according to imaging-resource.com there are no problems with front or back focus in the case of Panasonic G1. One may suppose that this applies also to E-P1.
microbi
4 years ago |2/12 (24er)
2/17 (35er)
2/45 (90er)
thx, over & out!
right:
2/25 (50er)
and
2,4/35 (60er) makro
that will make the tea!
AND inbody finder (optical or evil)
AND flashconnection
(not like the ep1 – finder OR flash!)
could be a dream!
Harold Glit
4 years ago |Hello
I voted a few days ago for the 2.8/12mm and the 2/40 mm . I voted for 2 lenses only because it was missing the 2/20mm . Now that lens is there , you should allow people to revote or something
I would like to see my 3rd vote for the 20mm added to the total count
H
admin
4 years ago |I added your vote. The 2/20mm option has been added after 630 voters.
Actually with 1582 voters if I apply the multiplying factor the 2/20mm has been voted 108 times.
Harold Glit
4 years ago |Marc
YOU are so RIGHT . that 2/20mm ( not pancake ) lens should be the FIRST one out ( well ok with the 2.8/12mm as well) as it is the lens of choice of small legend camera like the MINOLTA CL, ROLLEI 35 … and some versions of THE PEN
come on Oly , you can do it
H
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4 years ago |[...] lenses poll (click here to see the final results): The three most voted prime lenses have been the 25mm f/1.4 or faster (42%, 772 Votes) the 12mm [...]
robotslave
4 years ago |If the intent of this poll is to gauge user demand for lenses, then it’s useless as it stands– because there’s no estimated pricing information.
I suggest you run this poll again, except with approximate prices attached to each option; just pull prices for standard 4:3 lenses where they exist, and guestimate the remaining (yes, the engineering trade-offs are different, and MFT should be somewhat cheaper than 4:3 in the long run, but it won’t be at first).
Then we’ll see how many users would *really* buy that super-fast 25mm before an f3.5 portrait/macro for $400USD less…
And hey, why no macro lenses in the choices? Are we just assuming all of them will have macro capabilities?