At the CP+ Panasonic booth you can see this MFT lens timeline. And it shows clearly that at least for 2019 we can expect to get only one single MFT lens which is the 10-25mm f/1.7.
Disappointing :(
The new roadmap contains a small info that should make everyone very excited.it contains a stripe named “Bright Prime Lenses”. At first I misinterpreted it and thought this was meant as a single lens. But at second look I realized Olympus is talking about multiple lenses. The question arises…why did they use the plural?
My guess is that they actually teased the launch of a new super fast prime lens series. Could be f/1.0 or even faster?
E-M1X Preorders:
Olympus E-M1X in USA at Amazon, GetOlympus, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus E-M1X in Europe at Calumet Germany, ParkCameras, Jessops, WexUK.
Yesterday Olympus registered a new camera model in Asia. From what I heard this model will be announced during the second half of the year and it will be a new OMD camera. E-M5II and E-M1II are the next hot candidates in need for a replacement. But maybe Olympus has also something very “new” in their roadmap?
DC.watch reported about the Olympus Japan press event. A couple of notes:
– The E-M1X is not the E-M1II successor. The E-M1 line will continue independently from the E-M1X line.
– Also the E-M5 and E-M10 line will continue
– Olympus repeated their focus on MFT because of the flexibility and mobility advantage
DC.watch also posted this video showing the impressive new stabilization system:
And today also Olympus Japan confirmed the PEN-F has been discontinued. I repeat it once more that I have heard of NO PEN-F II coming any time soon. And if you read on other rumors sites that a PEN-FII has been registered this is a a FAKE news as the registration has only been made to extend the rights on the current PEN-F model.
The fact that we are seeing the PEN-F discontinued before a new model has been announced make me worry a lot for the future of the PEN-F. I have heard from reliable sources that PEN-F sales did not meet the expected sales target…
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Reminder: Don’t trust the other “rumor sites” saying a new Olympus PEN-F camera has been registered. Explanation WHY there is no new PEN-F camera registration:
1) You don’t trust us? Look at 100% reliable Nokishita that did not report this registration because there is NO NEW PEN-F registration!
2) The current PEN-F registration would have expired in January that’s why they made a new registration (with new PLG ID number) to extend it.
3) Olympus registers NEW cameras with “IMxxx” code as usual!
This is the updated Olympus MFT lens roadmap which now includes the new 12-200mm lens.
Preorder: 12-200mm lens at GetOlympus and Bhphoto.
The Japanese store Mapcamera and Yodobashi marked the PEN-F as discontinued. Other Japanese sources confirmed that Olympus informed them that the PEN-F is now out of production. From our sources we know that a new PEN-F II will not be announced soon. It will take some time until a new version will be on market.
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Reminder: Don’t trust the other “rumor sites” saying a new Olympus PEN-F camera has been registered. Explanation WHY there is no new PEN-F camera registration:
1) You don’t trust us? Look at 100% reliable Nokishita that did not report this registration because there is NO NEW PEN-F registration!
2) The current PEN-F registration would have expired in January that’s why they made a new registration (with new PLG ID number) to extend it.
3) Olympus registers NEW cameras with “IMxxx” code as usual!
