The new Olympus 17mm PRO lens is set to start shipping out next month. Mirrorlessons posted the full review of this lens:

The M.Zuiko 17mm f/1.2, despite its excellent optical performance, is more of a niche product than any other PRO lens released to date. This is because its fast maximum aperture only brings a tangible benefit to certain kinds of photographers – namely professionals who shoot environmental portraits or who work in poor light conditions on a regular basis. For all other genres that require a moderate wide angle, such as street, documentary, or landscapes, the f/1.2 aperture and the beautiful bokeh that accompanies it is a nice bonus but far from a necessity.

17mm at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.
45mm at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.

Sigma 16mm f/1.4 MFT lens is in Stock via Adorama and Amazon.

Photographyblog tested the new Sigma 16mm f/1.4 MFT lens:

The Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN C lens offers two classic focal lengths depending on the camera system that you use – either a wide-angle 24mm for APS-C compact system cameras, or a slightly longer 32mm for Micro Four Thirds cameras, which is close enough to the classic 35mm focal length. It’s acceptably sharp when shooting wide-open at f/1.4 (at least in the centre), has good build quality, nice bokeh and fast and quiet auto-focusing, all at an affordable price.

The Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN C is tack-sharp in the centre of the frame from f/2 onwards, although you need to stop down to f/2.8 to get acceptable results at the edges of the frame. Disappointingly, as with its 30mm f/1.4 sibling, the lens does suffer from obvious chromatic aberrations when shooting wide-open at f/1.4, along with some vignetting, although stopping down to f/2 almost completely removes the purple and green fringing that is so prevalent at f/1.4.

Build quality is again very good, with the brass lens mount and sober all-black design adding to the high-quality feel, and Sigma have even generously included a very good circular lens hood. The auto-focusing system proved to be very quick and reliable on the brand new Panasonic G9 camera that we tested the lens with, and manual focus over-ride at any time is a great feature.

The £449.99 / $449.99 asking price of the Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN C is pretty good for such a fast, well-built lens. Although shooting wide-open at f/1.4 isn’t without some issues, we can still heartily recommend the new Sigma 16mm F1.4.

Size and weight comparisons between the Lumix G9 and other Lumix G cameras (Lumix Experience)
Panasonic Lumix G9 review so far (CameraLabs).
Shooting wildlife with Panasonic G9 (CameraJabber).
Get a grip – close up look at the G9’s battery grip (Lumix Experience)
Biggets news: Dog pissed on the G9 :)
Eure Fragen zur Panasonic LUMIX G9 Krolop&Gerst
Panasonic Lumix G9 4K 50fps ISO6400 Sheffield At Night (Youtube).
Prise enmain du Lumix G9 (Focus Numerique).

Panasonic Preorder links:
Panasonic G9 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Wex UK.
Leica 200mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon IT.

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ePhotozine shared a set of full size images shot with and without 1.4 Teleconverter. This is for sure a High Quality lens and let me add this: It’s also sexy to look at!

And Gordon Laing from Cameralabs is near to finish his 200mm lens review. And new imae samples can be seen at Photographyblog too.

Panasonic Preorder links:
Panasonic G9 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Wex UK.
Leica 200mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon IT.

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