![]() What a great time to be a filmmaker on the MFT system. OM SYSTEM could very well be playing to their strengths and focusing more on their sports/wildlife audience, thanks to the platform’s inherent extra reach it gives to pros and enthusiasts alike. The other two super telephoto lenses start at 40mm and can potentially reach 300mm at the long end, possibly with the help of teleconverters. Macro shooters on the m43 platform are in for a treat because we’ll be getting a macro lens that sits somewhere between 75-150mm. Olympus’ revised roadmap revealed three unnamed lenses to be in development. Revised OM System Roadmap Hints at Three Mystery M.Zuiko Lenses If OM System can bring the price down to around $800 (versus the f2.8’s $1,300), I think many sports shooters and wildlife enthusiasts will be more than glad to have an affordable pro-level telephoto glass alternative. What’s interesting is that the 40-150mm f/4.0 Pro is positioned to directly compete with its 40-150mm f/2.8 older brother. Sources also have reason to suspect that the 40-150mm f/4.0 Pro won’t be compatible with any of Olympus’ teleconverters as hinted by the way it’s presented on the roadmap. We however don’t have much to report in the case of the 40-150mm f/4.0 Pro, except that it’ll get the same level of weather sealing as with every PRO series lens. So far, only the 20mm f1.4 PRO has seen some media coverage since the revision. ![]() When OM SYSTEM updated their roadmap at the last quarter of 2021, they slapped on the 20mm F1.4 PRO and the 40-150mm f/4.0 Pro among other interesting lenses. The standard focal length, fast aperture, and compact form factor can potentially make the 20mm F1.4 PRO an amazing street photography go-to lens. While the premium prime lens is a featherweight at approximately 250 grams, the newest OM SYSTEM lens features a complicated optical design made up of 11 elements in 10 groups, and three extra low-dispersion elements or Super ED elements, in OM terms.Īnother highlight for this lens is that OM SYSTEM claims that the 20mm F1.4 PRO is optimized for their famed High-Res mode, which lets you stack numerous images to create a highly detailed image. ![]() It was officially launched by the end of December 2021, but we can expect more units to hit the shelves this Q1 of 2022.īearing the PRO badge, the 40mm equivalent standard lens features professional-grade weather sealing. Olympus, now OM SYSTEM, ended the year strong with the announcement of the aforementioned rebranding and the very first OM SYSTEM-badged lens - the M.Zuiko 20mm F1.4 PRO. So today, we’re scouring the ends of the internet for micro four thirds lens releases officially announced, or rumored, to drop sometime this year and beyond. Both Olympus and Panasonic are being a little coy with sharing any development for the system, Panasonic even more so. Now it’s time to look ahead and see what 2022 has in store for the m43 community. ![]() Panasonic on the other hand launched the Panasonic Leica 25-50mm F1.7 (which we reviewed here) late last year, a follow up to the massively successful Panny-Leica 10-25mm f1.7 (see our review). Olympus, who’s slowly rebranding to OM System, has shown signs of life with the release of the spectacular M.Zuiko ED 8-25mm f/4 PRO last year as well as the announcement of a halo camera that is promised to take advantage of next-gen computational photography tech. All things considered, 2021 has been a great year for micro four thirds shooters. ![]()
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