Olympus fast zooms may be coming in 2013

Constant f-stop zooms are an anachronism, amd Panasonic already has some: for example, a f2.8-4 can be as small and light as a constant f/4, so why throttle such a lens to constant f/4?  And Olympus has shown that f/2.8-3.5 and f/2.8-4 designs can offer a wider zoom range than constant f/2.8 zooms.

So I would love to see Olympus update lenses like the 14-54/2.8-3.5, 12-60/2.8-4 and 50-200/2.8-3.5 to MFT versions.

P. S. if you need the exta speed and shallow DOF of  a constant f/2.8 zoom in 4/3” format, you might be better off with f/4 or F/2.8-4 zooms in a slightly larger format like Nikon DX, where the higher minimum f-stops can be offset bey slightly higher usable ISO speeds. Small bodies with sensors with extremes of low f-stops achieved through big, heavy, expensive lenses is a poor match.

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Smaller lenses, better in low light, more telephoto reach: you can have any *two* at one time.