Olympus 12-200mm review at Imaging Resource

Imaging Resource field tested the Olympus 12-200mm lens. The conclusion:

The Olympus 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 lens continues a long tradition of impressive and versatile lenses in Olympus’ Micro Four Thirds lineup. It’s not the best-performing lens I’ve ever used, but it can produce good images across its entire focal length range, as long as you understand its limitations at longer focal lengths. Further, it offers a zoom range you simply don’t often find in a single lens. With one optic, you cover everything from landscapes to wildlife and everything in between. Plus, the lens can focus quite closely, allowing it to act as a pseudo-macro lens. For the price, you get an incredible amount of versatility and generally impressive performance.

The Olympus 12-200mm is in Stock for the first time at GetOlympus, Adorama and Bhphoto

This is why youtuber Dave Maze (Kinotika) switched to Olympus!

Dave Maze:

The Olympus EM1 Mkii is now the camera I shoot video with for most of Kinotika thanks to a huge firmware update! I have noticed that not many people are talking about this camera on YouTube and I really want to share my thoughts on this amazing camera. Even though the Olympus E-M1 mk2 is a bit old by now…the new V3 firmware breathes new life into it…making it one of the best all-around video/ photo hybrid cameras out there in my opinion!

Olympus says they are developing a new 500mm MFT lens!

The Japanese website Newsswitch interviewed Shigemi Sugimoto from Olympus:

  • In 2018 we couldn’t launch new products  because of the factory relocation
  • The policy is now to announce multiple lenses every year from this year.
  • We will continue to launch cameras in three areas: entry, middle and high end level.
  • A super telephoto lens that reaches 1000mm in FF terms is under development, and it will reach 2000mm with a 2x teleconverter
  •  True value of MTF lies in scenes where mobility, image stabilization, and tripods cannot be used. It is possible to provide photos with a high degree of freedom that cannot be achieved by other companies.
  • E-M1X has introduced many of the world’s first technologies.
  • The PEN series has been highly acclaimed by women. The point is how to fight in the mature mirrorless market.
  • We are considering automating lens production. There are many areas that require high-precision work and are difficult to replace with robots. Combination with hand action is also difficult.

 

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