(FT5) Olympus 300mm PRO specs and price leaked: Costs 2600 Euro!

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UPDATE: You can now preorder the new Olympus 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens on Amazon US (Click here).

A readers sent me that image and the specs of the Olympus 300mm PRO lens that will be announced on January 6th. Don’t know where he got them (some German magazine or store brochure). Specs:

  • 300mm f/4.0 IS PRO (600mm equivalent)
  • 17 lenses in 10 groups
  • 140cm close focusing distance
  • 77mm filter
  • 93x227mm, 1475g
  • In lens stabilization (up to 6 stops!)
  • weather sealed
  • Price: 2600 Euro
  • Shipment in March

The text I received from the source also says:

  1. The Olympus lens weights 4-5 kilo less than comparable 600mm FF equivalent lenses like the [shoplink 57342 ebay]Canon 600mm IS USM[/shoplink]. On Amazon the Canon sells for $11,500 (but the Canon FF lens gathers more light as it’s designed for FF cameras).
  2. Another advantage of the new Olympus lens is the stabilization system which is said to be best of the world.

Stay tuned on 43rumors. Follow the live announcement on January 6 at 6am London time here on 43rumors.com

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Olympus 7-14mm review at SLRgear: “great build quality, as well as excellent image quality.”

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SLRgear posted the full Olympus 7-14mm PRO lens review:

Though it’s still a small collection of lenses at this point, Olympus’ Zuiko Pro line continues to impress with high quality performance and excellent build quality. The new Olympus 7-14mm ƒ/2.8 Pro lens steps in as the premiere ultra-wide zoom lens for the Micro Four Thirds system, offering performance and quality for advanced and professional shooters alike. The high cost of the lens — at around $1,300 — is certainly a discouraging factor for budget-conscious MFT shooters, but this is, at this point in time, a unique lens that offers a versatile ultra-wide focal length range, a bright ƒ/2.8 aperture, weather-sealing, great build quality, as well as excellent image quality.

7-14mm store links to Amazon US  and Adorama (Click here).

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The full list of Olympus Panasonic products coming at CES!

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And now let’s recap the full list of CES products coming from Olympus and Panasonic:

  1. Panasonic announcement on January 5th at around 5-6am London time:
    – DMC-TZ100 (colors black and silver)
    – DMC-TZ80 (colors black and silver)
    – LEICA DG VARIO-ELMAR 100-400mm F4-6.3
    – HC-VXF990 (camcorder)
    – HC-VX980 (camcorder)
  2. Olympus announcement on January 6th at 6am London time:
    – Olympus Zuiko 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens with Dual IS

Important: PEN-F is not coming at CES but shortly after the event!!!

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a bit of everything…

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Olympus EM-5 Mark II – Video Test: Low light & High ISO (v 2.0 firmware)

Testing the Panasonic GH4’s 4K Video Capabilities (Akihabara)
Y Optics Mitakon Speedmaster 25mm f0.95 Review (Jan website).
Olympus Art Filters? Are You Interested? (Thewanderinglensman)
Street Fotografie in Wien (Christian Mari).
Plenty of Olympus EU auctions at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].
Las 10 cámaras que han marcado 2015 (Quesabesde).

Vit: “A simple promotion video for a remastered song. Was shot on single gh4 + Sigma 18-35 1.8 CinelikeD. It was rather unprepared no-budget shooting in photo studio that took around 2 hours. The biggest issue was to sync video and master audio – the band got problems to hear the phonogram so their tempo was different from the master audio. Had to do multiple shifts and edits to make everything look acceptable. But despite all efforts in finding shots without mistakes in performance and careful grading the video was not appreciated. The reason was ‘The wooden floor looks bad in the shot and the window is ugly’. So as a conclusion I would remind You about the importance of proper planning, sketching and a very long and detailed criteria for evaluation list beforehand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5y33DxhnsE”

 

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With secret code you get the E-PL6 with lens for $249 at Newegg.

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43rumors reader Keegan sent me this: Olympus E-PL6 for $249 when using the following coupon “NAF1229CLN123” at Newegg (Click here).

Superlow prices offered by Quickndone Canada (ships to US for free):
[shoplink 57257 ebay]Panasonic GH4 for $949 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 57017 ebay]Olympus E-M5II for $849 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 57010 ebay]Black LX100 for $549 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 57011 ebay]Silver LX100 for $549 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 57012 ebay]Olympus 25mm f/1.7 for $279 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 57013 ebay]Panasonic 35-100mm f/2.8 for $779 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 57014 ebay]Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 for $639 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 57015 ebay]FZ1000 for $599 (Click here)[/shoplink].

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(FT5) First official pictures of the Leica 100-400mm MFT lens!

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Digicameinfo confirmed the new Leica 100-400mm MFT lens will be announced on January 5th. So these are all the products Panasonic will launch on the same day:

– DMC-TZ100 (colors black and silver)
– DMC-TZ80 (colors black and silver)
– LEICA DG VARIO-ELMAR 100-400mm F4-6.3
– HC-VXF990 (camcorder)
– HC-VX980 (camcorder)

And on January 6 Olympus will launch the new 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens!

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