The OM-1 Mark II looks like an OM-1 with OM System replacing Olympus. The 150-600 looks like a Sigma FF 150-600, but is $1000 more than the FF version.
The OM-1 Mark II looks like an OM-1 with OM System replacing Olympus. The 150-600 looks like a Sigma FF 150-600, but is $1000 more than the FF version.
That lens is ridiculously big for 4/3. What’s the point? And it’s not extended for zoom, it will be even longer, unless that’s n internal zoom lens. No thanks, definitely not for me.
The OM-1 Mark II looks like an OM-1 with OM System replacing Olympus. The 150-600 looks like a Sigma FF 150-600, but is $1000 more than the FF version.
That lens is ridiculously big for 4/3. What’s the point? And it’s not extended for zoom, it will be even longer, unless that’s n internal zoom lens. No thanks, definitely not for me.
The OM-1 Mark II looks like an OM-1 with OM System replacing Olympus. The 150-600 looks like a Sigma FF 150-600, but is $1000 more than the FF version.
That lens is ridiculously big for 4/3. What’s the point? And it’s not extended for zoom, it will be even longer, unless that’s n internal zoom lens. No thanks, definitely not for me.
The OM-1 Mark II looks like an OM-1 with OM System replacing Olympus. The 150-600 looks like a Sigma FF 150-600, but is $1000 more than the FF version.
That lens is ridiculously big for 4/3. What’s the point? And it’s not extended for zoom, it will be even longer, unless that’s n internal zoom lens. No thanks, definitely not for me.
I need a replacement shillelagh for my daily walks. Maybe when extended (assuming it does) this will be perfect. That and I can protect myself from wild animals when out shooting!
seriously tho, would be interesting to see if people actually buy this lens. They did with the 150-400 but that is a diff beast altogether.
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The OM-1 Mark II looks like an OM-1 with OM System replacing Olympus. The 150-600 looks like a Sigma FF 150-600, but is $1000 more than the FF version.
That lens is ridiculously big for 4/3. What’s the point? And it’s not extended for zoom, it will be even longer, unless that’s n internal zoom lens. No thanks, definitely not for me.
All the lenses that support 600mm F6.3 tele-end would big like that. There's no magic in lenses, especially long-barreled tele lenses. The one 'ridiculously big for 4/3' is the '600mm F6.3' specification itself.
Well. As far as rebadges go, they did put some work in. At least it's SyncIS and TC compatible. I wouldn't touch the lens with a ten foot pole and OMDS continues to give me no reason to spend more money on the system. Oh well.
The only visible thing seems to be that it says “OM System” on the EVF hump instead of Olympus, but doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the OM-1ii, it might be, but it might also just be an edited image for the lens to be demonstrated.
Simple a results of economics of scale. M43 is a niche products and not selling a lot of quantities, hence to be profitable you need to use parts of others systems to absorb the development costs.
Well. As far as rebadges go, they did put some work in. At least it's SyncIS and TC compatible. I wouldn't touch the lens with a ten foot pole and OMDS continues to give me no reason to spend more money on the system. Oh well.
Yes, I was worry about omiting the Sync IS and TC. But it seems to put some effort in Sync IS and TC compatibility. So technically it is not a complete rebadged,
The lens is very compact when not extended, so can be stowed/carried far more easily, whilst the Sony 200-600 and probably Nikon 180-600 have the edge on dof/resolution upto 600, when switched in crop modes and with Canon too this lens is really holding its own, against Fuji 150-600 also f8 at 600, so f12 at 900mm
This new lens is offering very similar levels of performance but with the added speed of the m43 lens it will make the overall experience so much better than what Canon and Fuji are offering with their new super tele's. As soon as I add the tc to the 200-600 on Sony, it slows down, the dof is now f8-9.5 from 300-840 too, add in 1.5x crop to get to 1200mm and I'm also at f14.
Got to say, if this comes in under £2k in the UK, with sync is, (ever used 200-600 on Sony bodies, half the time it isn't doing anything!) then these guys are onto a winner imo.
Olympus just killed any aps-c aspirations Canon had with the 200-800 and who wants to shoot f7.1/f9 on aps-c, it's absolute madness, ok the resulting dof/resolution after diffraction might be similar but imo the noise and speed will favor OM. Also, I think this can kill Sony aps-c too with the 200-600, which is around 450-900 f9.5 vs f11, 0.5 stop dof better on Sony aps-c but 1/3 stop slower speed, and then the Olympus pushes on to 1200mm without tc.
For birders, wildlife, it seems right on the money if its iq is good enough, and on that I'LL take Sigma iq at 600mm over that Canon RF 200-800 at 800 which you can see for yourself here;
