New 40-150mm PRO lens review by Tyson Robichaud and Thom Hogan.

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A great 40-150mm PRO image from Tyson Robichaud.

New double review on the 40-150mm Olympus PRO lens:

Tyson Robichaud writes:

In good light, or with decent contrast, this lens is fast to focus though, so situationally, it’s pretty damn quick.  It’s sharp, contrasty and has good fidelity at lower ISO’s which is where most folks will probably be shooting this for outdoor sports, wildlife, studio or outdoor portraiture or the like, and in those situations I think it will be a great addition to any micro 4/3 system shooter’s bag.

Thom Hogan writes:

Olympus has a real winner with the 40-150mm f/2.8. A very usable focal range, excellent optics, a really nice build with no real flaws in handling, and focus performance at Olympus’ state of the art means that this should become a classic m4/3 lens. Once Olympus has completed their initial Pro line (7-14mm f/2.8?, 12-40mm f/2.8, 40-150mm f/2.8, 300mm f/4), an E-M1 owner should be able to go from 14mm to 600mm equivalent in a four lens set that delivers one heck of a lot of performance in reasonably small packages.

40-150mm PRO shop link:
In USA/Canada at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus and GetOlympus Canada.
In Europe at Wex UK, Technikdirekt and Amazon.
In Asia at Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.

 

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Olympus lens savings are back (up to $100 off on primes and zooms).

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The Olympus US up to $100 lens savings are back on GetOlympus (Click here) and other US stores:
$100 off on the 12mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 17mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 25mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 45mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 75mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$80 off on the 40-150mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12-40mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 75-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

Panasonic cameras:
Panasonic GF6 with kit lens sells for $349 only at Amazon US (Click here).

Olympus cameras:
Silver E-M1 now sells for $1,049 on [shoplink 50562 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
Black E-M1 for $1199 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
Silver E-M1 for $1199 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
Black E-M1 with two lenses and extras for $2149 at Amazon (Click here).
$200 off on the E-M5 sold at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
$100 off on the E-Pl7 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
$150 off on the E-PL5 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
$100 off on the Olympus SH-1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).

 

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Samyang launches the 135mm f/2.0 (and a Cine 135mm t/2.2) for Micro Four Thirds.

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UPDATE: It’s now on preorder at BHphoto (Click here). And Cine version also (Click here).

Small surprise, Samyang just launched not one but two 135mm lenses. They both come for Micro Four Thirds mount camera too! One is a non-Cine 135mm f/2.0 and one is a Cine 135mm t/2.2 lens. The press text and images can be seen here:

135mm f/2.0:  syopt.com/en/camera/photo-lenses-135mm-F2.0-ED-UMC.php
135mm t/2.2: syopt.com/en/camera/cine-lenses-135mm-T2.2-VDSLR-ED-UMC.php

UPDATE: First test of the lens at Lcap.tistory.com

via Dicahub.

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Sunday US deals (Olympus/Panasonic/Samyang)

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Panasonic
Panasonic GF6 with kit lens sells for $349 only at Amazon US (Click here).

Olympus:
Silver E-M1 now sells for $1,049 on [shoplink 50562 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
Black E-M1 for $1199 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
Silver E-M1 for $1199 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
Black E-M1 with two lenses and extras for $2149 at Amazon (Click here).
$200 off on the E-M5 sold at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
$100 off on the E-Pl7 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
$150 off on the E-PL5 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
$100 off on the Olympus SH-1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).

Samyang:
There is a $135 price drop on the Samyang 7.5mm fisheye lens which now sells for $229 only at Amazon US (Click here).

Gariz reminder:
Gariz announced the new half leather case for the LX100. You can buy it on eBay in [shoplink 50570 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 50571 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 50572 ebay]Camel (Click here)[/shoplink].

 

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These are the first images of the Samyang/Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 lens.

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As you know Samyang often design Full Frame DSLR lenses and then offers it in different mounts like Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds. It’s not really the best solution for us because it makes the lens unnecessarily bigger. But on the other hand their lenses do deliver a very high optical performance for a very low price.

So it’s good to know that they will soon announce a new 135mm f/2.0 lens and you can read specs and see more images of the lens on [shoplink 50596 ebay]that eBay Hong Kong page (Click here)[/shoplink].

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