What will Panasonic respond with to Olympus 300 f4 prime?

[Advent1sam]

and the the effective 400mm f4 too of the 40-150 with 1.4x tc?

I do wish Oly would release a mk2 EM-5, 1/8000 shutter, focus peaking and silent shutter, oh well

 

[Tony8232]

and the the effective 400mm f4 too of the 40-150 with 1.4x tc?

I do wish Oly would release a mk2 EM-5, 1/8000 shutter, focus peaking and silent shutter, oh well

I doubt it they seem to be slow in issuing telephoto lenses. &You can always use the Olympus so there is that option.

 

[Mark Thornton]

Why should they?

 

[SHood]

and the the effective 400mm f4 too of the 40-150 with 1.4x tc?

I do wish Oly would release a mk2 EM-5, 1/8000 shutter, focus peaking and silent shutter, oh well

I think Panasonic has already said they considered a long telephoto lens but decided not to go there.

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Inoue: .... But we've decided that a long telephoto lens has already been canceled, unfortunately.

DE: So you had been considering it, but decided there wasn't enough market for it?

Inoue: Yes, we had been considering, but looking at the overall situation, what it would take for development and what sales there would be, we decided to cancel the long telephoto zoom. We had already released 150mm, but for the zoom, we are very sorry, but this was our decision.

 

[tgutgu]

Nothing. They are mostly interested in video and streamline their product portfolio for just that. And, honestly, the market for two m4/3 lenses in this class is too small. The O 4/300mm will be used on tripods mostly, so it is equally suitable for Panasonic bodies as well.

For handheld shooting Olympus bodies will be the winners, as Panasonic bodies mostly don't have IBIS and the Olympus lens lacks OIS.

 

[DLBlack]

and the the effective 400mm f4 too of the 40-150 with 1.4x tc?

I do wish Oly would release a mk2 EM-5, 1/8000 shutter, focus peaking and silent shutter, oh well

I think Panasonic has already said they considered a long telephoto lens but decided not to go there.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/new...part-i-why-no-long-teles-and-depth-from-defoc

Inoue: .... But we've decided that a long telephoto lens has already been canceled, unfortunately.

DE: So you had been considering it, but decided there wasn't enough market for it?

Inoue: Yes, we had been considering, but looking at the overall situation, what it would take for development and what sales there would be, we decided to cancel the long telephoto zoom. We had already released 150mm, but for the zoom, we are very sorry, but this was our decision.

 

[TrapperJohn]

µ43 needs more choices in high quality glass, not more versions of the same basic lens.

A 100 F2.8 macro, that would be nice.

Whatever became of that 150 F2.8 they were supposed to be working on? Stretch it to 200, maybe push the aperture down to F2.0... given 4/3's AOV, that would be a very nice lens to have.

Or... recreate the 4/3 PL14-150 in smaller µ43 form, same aperture. I expect µ43's shorter registration distance might make the 14mm end easier to do. That is probably the only superzoom made by anyone that genuinely lived up to the promise, even if the price was a bit steep.

Oly and Panny are in this together. Either both succeed, or both fail. At the very least, they should get together more and coordinate lens designs to fill in the broadest possible range.

 

[tt321]

µ43 needs more choices in high quality glass, not more versions of the same basic lens.

A 100 F2.8 macro, that would be nice.

Whatever became of that 150 F2.8 they were supposed to be working on? Stretch it to 200, maybe push the aperture down to F2.0... given 4/3's AOV, that would be a very nice lens to have.

Or... recreate the 4/3 PL14-150 in smaller µ43 form, same aperture. I expect µ43's shorter registration distance might make the 14mm end easier to do. That is probably the only superzoom made by anyone that genuinely lived up to the promise, even if the price was a bit steep.

Oly and Panny are in this together. Either both succeed, or both fail. At the very least, they should get together more and coordinate lens designs to fill in the broadest possible range.

But which one would contribute to making the three sacrificial lenses you listed above, all of which fall into the category of potentially not being able to recoup developmental costs from sales?

There is something wrong with a duopoly with regard to making a good complete system. Both would probably want to do more of the juicy bits and neither would want to touch the low sales special interest items. But it's low sales items that make a system complete.

As the obvious holes in the system are getting filled more and more, the remaining really niche items will be very slow in coming. A 200/2 indeed! Nobody will touch that for a long time.

 

[MrGubrz]

400/4?

 

[ThePhilips]

and the the effective 400mm f4 too of the 40-150 with 1.4x tc?

I do wish Oly would release a mk2 EM-5, 1/8000 shutter, focus peaking and silent shutter, oh well

Only specialist lenses are missing on m43.

The missing things are:

1. Longish macro. E.g. 4.0/100mm would be an interesting offer.

2. WA tilt/shift. Say, 12mm or 17mm (to match CaNikon's 24mm and 35mm TS lenses.)

3. The "BigMa". 50-500mm zoom would be a very nice addition to the system.

That and improved remakes of the older lenses. Faster focusing 20mm. Cheaper 7-14mm which can take filters. Cheaper 2.8/45mm macro. The 2.8/35-100mm without the jitter in video.

I have no idea about the Panasonic's marketing team. The most of the marketing bickering and politicking I had to witness in my professional career (not related in any way to photography) left the impression that introducing a product without return of investments in short-term/mid-term is always a very very tough sell. In other words, lenses which are cheaper to introduce to the market have higher chances of getting internal approval. (That's where old, established camera companies have the advantage over newcomers like Pana.)

Also, let's not forget, financially Panasonic is still not out of the woods. Last reports I have seen said that only by 2015, next year, one would be able to judge whether the Panasonic's internal reorganization was sufficient or further measures are needed in order to bring the company back to the levels of past financial performance.

 

[Paulmorgan]

and the the effective 400mm f4 too of the 40-150 with 1.4x tc?

I do wish Oly would release a mk2 EM-5, 1/8000 shutter, focus peaking and silent shutter, oh well

With nothing, no point in duplicating what is already available.

There is not going to be a huge market for that 300mm anyway.

 

[MichaelKJ]

and the the effective 400mm f4 too of the 40-150 with 1.4x tc?

I do wish Oly would release a mk2 EM-5, 1/8000 shutter, focus peaking and silent shutter, oh well

I think Panasonic has already said they considered a long telephoto lens but decided not to go there.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/new...part-i-why-no-long-teles-and-depth-from-defoc

Inoue: .... But we've decided that a long telephoto lens has already been canceled, unfortunately.

DE: So you had been considering it, but decided there wasn't enough market for it?

Inoue: Yes, we had been considering, but looking at the overall situation, what it would take for development and what sales there would be, we decided to cancel the long telephoto zoom. We had already released 150mm, but for the zoom, we are very sorry, but this was our decision.

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This is really too bad. I would much rather have something like a 100-300 f4.0 instead of the upcoming Olympus 300/4.0.

While Panasonic apparently has ruled out a 300 prime, I wouldn't be surprised if at some point they decide to update their 100-300.

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[Dennis]

µ43 needs more choices in high quality glass, not more versions of the same basic lens.

I always thought it was a shame, early on, that the m43 lineup was narrow, but deep, because two lens makers were competing with each other, rather than working together to develop a system that was more competitive against others. They both have nice enough lineups now, but I have to believe they could have gotten there earlier and could be farther along now.

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[Falk from Hamburg]

An updated 100-300 would be more than welcome! Renew the arperture mechanism and build. Only thing holding me back is the slow AF-C speed of the lens.

 

[Great Bustard]

and the the effective 400mm f4 too of the 40-150 with 1.4x tc?

I do wish Oly would release a mk2 EM-5, 1/8000 shutter, focus peaking and silent shutter, oh well

A 400 / 5.6 FF equivalent that would be smaller and lighter than a 400 / 5.6 on FF, combined with IBIS bodies (no FF 400 / 5.6 has IS), would a big hit for mFT, methinks.