Yes, everyone is waiting for a fast and affordable portrait lens. I don't think olympus is going to deliver because they usually go for small size, which means slow speed in terms of lenses. I think 50 mm f/2.0 would be sufficient, but hey it can't be fast and cheap enough.
Yeah, I would love a F2.8 tele zoom...
May not be anytime soon.. Sigma was able to adapt their APS-C lenses for 4/3 because fundamentally the 4/3 system was not mirrorless and was using PDAF. But for the m4/3 system, CDAF is something that Sigma may need to develop from scratch or at least spend time fine tuning.. hence, it'll be a long time before they release a bright zoom.. probably release a few primes first.. but I doubt anything in 2011.
I did mention I was interested in native lenses. The 25/0.95 can arguably be considered native, but none of the others can.
Now if only I could convince all the people in my images to pause as well, I'd be set
And of course the wind...I agree that primes aren't ideal for certain situations.
I'd hope so too, but as my the title of my post says, it's been 2.5 years, so I'm starting to wonder...
That would be pretty funny! I'm a tad skeptical though - Sigma has generally been slow about adopting new mounts. I can imagine them adapting their existing lineup to mFT, but developing entirely new designs for mFT seems a bit less likely. Hope I'm wrong though!
Faster than f/2.8? Nope, these are as fast as f/2.8. I agree that it's nice to have options, but I wouldn't necessarily characterize these as fast. In particular, the 17/2.8 seems like a typical example of what could be done better - it's not only slower than similar focal length lenses (the 20/1.7 and 14/2.5) but it's performance is actually worse than the kit zoom.
I'll grant you the Voigtlander. I guess what I should have said rather than 'native' was supports AF. The Voigtlander is a great lens, but only for those who like MF. Don't get me wrong - plenty of people obviously like to use MF. I however am not one of them.
Very impressive lenses! Not really practical for the vast majority of stills shooters, even enthusiasts though.
All true, suppose fair. The key thing about native lenses is that they AF quickly. I guess if AF (and size) is no concern, one doesn't need native lenses at all.
IS is very hard to implement in a wide aperture lens.
Voigtlander's 25mm is definatley native (designed for u 4/3 image circle) and there will definately be more to come.
Open your mind mfbernstein, give a manual lens a try!
Tedolph
Have to admit that I haven't tried the GH2 yet, as none of the local shops have ever managed to keep one in stock long enough for me to see it. That said, I'm a bit skeptical. Every test I've seen indicates a fair amount of chroma noise, even at low ISO. Moreover, the higher MP count means that middling lenses are going to be a lot more obvious.
To be clear, I'm not complaining about the AF speed of the native lenses (except, perhaps the original Olympus micro 14-42). It's that the selection of such lenses seems rather limited to me. The 4/3 lenses, while usually optically excellent, all suffer on AF speed.
If so, I'll be a very happy camper!
We'll see. I'd expect Voigtlander to make designs that will cover APS-C sensors, and then offer different lens mounts, so as to leverage the Sony NEX market as well.
I have tried it, that's how I know I don't like it.
They are too busy making $9,000 intermediate-level DSLR's right now.....
Cosina is making so much $$ on the f/0.95 I am sure they will make other lenses for u 4/3 (they joined the consortium) as soon as production capacity allows. That might take some time considering that the f/0.95 exceeded all thier sales expectations (a lens 100% of you wil want, and only 5% will buy).
It is better on a live view camera than on an optical TTL SLR. Much better.
TEdolph
... as so many shots from you are a living "proof" of.
Bill, I mean no offense, but exactly what body-lens-settings-post did you use for those photos? There's no EXIF, and frankly, they look extremely odd to me, like an acrylic painting. Was that the intended effect?
ZoranC, welcome!
