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Do you want a 10.5mm f2 prime?

Started Jul 22, 2015 | Polls thread
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That Kowa

TN Args wrote:

James Pilcher wrote:

I might purchase an 8.5mm f/2 or f/2.8 prime, as long as it's in the premium range and not a plastic fantastic consumer lens.

The Kowa 8.5mm f/2.8 is a premium lens, available since earlier this year.

The Kowa is big, heavy, and manual focus. Although AF is not as important with such short focal lengths, it is nice to have. I would like a sister to the M.Zuiko 12mm f/2, silver color, AF/MF focus clutch, and relatively small size. That's why an 8.5mm f/2.8 (or even 3.5) interests me: overall size.

I'm in no hurry for such a lens, but it would certainly catch my eye if it were to appear on the Olympus lens roadmap.

Jim Pilcher
Summit County, Colorado, USA
Life is good in the woods

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