7-14mm F2.8 Olympus lens

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Specs

3 Super ED lens elements, 1 ED lens element, and 2 ELD elements
Manual focus clutch
L-Fn button for assignable functions (now we copy Samsung)
$1300 price
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WENHU6S/

Psyco

Now that we all have our Speedboosters and Tokinas 11-16mm.... Olympus realises that there is a market for FAST ultra wide lenses and is working on an update of the 7-14mm F4.0 - it only took ages;-)

I would still prefer if they complet there highend set (Oly 14-35mm/35-100mm F2.0) and give it F2.0.

Price point will be interesting.

Hazna

Comes out in 2015 . So who cares for now...

igorek7

"My dear fellows," he said calmly, "before three years are up, either I will die or Timur will die. Or, the donkey will die!" http://www.readliterature.com/h010614.htm

LongJohnSilver

I'm a proud owner of a pana 7-14mm that for underwater use is unrivalled (being the only one rectilinear). This, at F2.8, will be a best seller.

Maybe I'm a dreamer but it would be nice having a prime wider, lighter, small and fast. A 5mm F2.8.

e.g. Despite of its peculiarity (aka unique) Tokina 10-17mm fisheye zoom is one of the most used and amazing lens for underwater use. I wish we have something similar native for m43...

Tokina 10-17 on a Red Epic at 5K

pvjames

This is awesome! Very early teaser. I hope Panasonic updates their 7-14mm now.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/olympus_zuiko_digital_ed_7_14mm_f2.8_pro/

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Kob

Could someone please advise if this lens, mounted on GH3, still provides full auto-focus capabilities and light metering just as a Panasonic lens would do?

eatstoomuchjam

It seems like a safe bet that it will be completely functional on any micro 4/3 body since it's being released by one of the two main companies making micro 4/3 cameras and since there are few, if any, known incompatibilities between Olympus micro 4/3 lenses and Panasonic bodies. However, the lens doesn't ship until June so it seems unlikely that many people will have tried it on a GH3.

Kob

@eatstoomuchjam
Thanks. This is comforting to know. Had it not been auto-focused/metering on the GH3, I would have gone with the manual Kowa Prominar 8.5mm F2.8 now. Since there is a very good chance that it will auto-focus, I guess I will wait for June to verify.

Kob

From 43rumors.com:

"7-14mm PRO lens will ship between late June and early July. It will cost 1399 Euro"

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/olympus-m-zuiko-7-14mm-f-2-8-pro--dot-sight-hands-on-26952

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.mirrorlessons.com/2015/02/09/om-d-action-factory-event-prague-hands-m-zuiko-8mm-f1-8-7-14mm-f2-8/

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Officially announced

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Samples

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://olympus-imaging.jp/product/dslr/mlens/7-14_28pro/sample.html

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.mirrorlessons.com/2015/05/12/from-tywyn-to-london-part-i-olympus-7-14mm-f2-8-image-samples/

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/reviewsamples/albums/olympus-7-14mm-f-2-8-samples-gallery

Vitaliy_Kiselev

The Olympus 7-14mm PRO lens is VERY sharp, and the sharpness matches the other two PRO lenses, 12-40mm and 40-150mm. There is a minor increase of sharpness when stopping down from F2.8 to F4, but the difference is quite small, I am perfectly happy at what the lens produces at F2.8. The sharpness is also very good all across the range from 7mm widest all the way to 14mm.

http://robinwong.blogspot.it/2015/05/olympus-mzuiko-7-14mm-f28-pro-lens.html

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.alessandrocarpentiero.com/olympus-7-14mm-2-8-test-preview/

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Vitaliy_Kiselev

https://www.flickr.com/photos/terakopian/sets/72157651057955793

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.mirrorlessons.com/2015/05/25/wide-butterflies-an-olympus-7-14mm-f2-8-and-8mm-f1-8-fisheye-gallery/

Fitzy

I just received some of these at the camera store I work in. Amazing looking and feeling lens! A whole lot bigger and pro looking than the little Pana one. Being a 2.8 a very good companion to the BMPCC

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