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Impressive: This is how you see the 67km distant Mount Fuji when using the 2x converter on the new Olympus 150-400/f4.5 lens!

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Screengrab from the Olympus video (Click to enlarge).

Olympus just shared a youtube video of what would have been their CP+ presentation (you can see the full video at the end of this article).

On top of this post you see the image of the sunset over the Mount Fuji. It has been taken with the new Olympus 150-400/f4.5 lens, built-in 1,25 converter and additional 2x converter to reach a focal length of 2000mm.  It’s an impressive shot if you consider the image was taken from the rooftop of the Olympus  Ishikawa Facility at 67 Kilometers distance!

Please note this image is a screenshot from the HD resolution video…obviously expect much greater sharpness on original sized files!

And now things become even more impressive. From the same facility Olympus took a handheld (!!!) shot of the moon:

And these are the results (Screengrab form their youtube video – Click on image to enlarge).

At the end of their video Olympus clearly said that further “various” lenses are in development:

This is an IMPRESSIVE performance!

I have no idea of the price of the lens yet but I have been told it will be on market by Summer. I guess pricing will be announced at Photokina…if Photokina will happen (fingers crossed).

Here is the official video (150-400mm lens info from minute 36)

Thanks BLI for sharing this video!

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New image of the Olympus 150-400mm tested in the field!

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Albert Siegel from Dpreview spotted this new image of the the new Olympus 150-400mm lens in the field on bbs.kakaku.com! On kakaku you read:

‘The photographer who posted this image says in the comments in the above link that it was taken during an official Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race Test. He says four men and women were shooting with OM-D E-M1X and M.ZUIKO 150-400mm.’

The lens is rumored to be on market this summer.

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Weird: No Panasonic announcements so far this year

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A bit unusual for Panasonic is the fact that they did not announce any new product at the start of this new year. N new MFT or L mount camera or lens at all has been unveiled. SonyAlphaRumors made this list of products announce in January-February:

Nikon (6 products announced):
Nikon Coolpix P950
Nikon D780
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 120-300mm F2.8E FL ED SR VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200 F2.8 VR S
Nikon Nikkor Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm F1.8 S

Fuji (5 products announced):
Fujifilm X-T200
Fujifilm X100V
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XC 35mm F2
Fujifilm GF 45-100mm F4 R LM OIS WR

Canon (4 products announced):
Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
Canon EOS R5 (granted just development announcement)
Canon EOS Rebel T8i
Canon RF 24-105mm F4.0-7.1 IS STM

Olympus (2 products announced):
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4 Pro

Ricoh-Pentax: (2 products announced):
Ricoh WG-70
HD Pentax-D FA 70-210mm F4 ED SDM WR

Sony (1 product announced):
Sony 20mm F1.8G

Leica (1 product announced):
Leica M10 Monochrom

Panasonic (0 products announced):
no product announced (a part of a new L-mount lens roadmap).

Maybe Panasonic (and Olympus) decided to shift the product launch focus at Photokina in May. But the coronavirus outbreak may will mess with their plans as I expect productiion shortages accross the industry :(

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