Just open your purse and get a cine-zoom.. ;) I too was expecting a fast lens but when you put together the wish-list on here you find yourself in the cine-zoom department; the production costs for such a lens would make it very expensive for enthusiast end users who want a good zoom lens for stills and video.
It would be cool if Samyang, Tokina (or other cheapish optics manufacturer) decided to make a moderate zoom with cine specs, though.
I've now seen several sharpness tests that all have different results. So much for the science of testing. But the samples look good. I suppose as others have noted the lens could be out-resolving the sensor, which would be very cool. OTOH, there could be sample variance. Wait and see.
@ feha overpriced?
Try buying a 90mm f 1.8 eq. for that price in europe....
Panasonic prices are always over the edge when launched, but at street level they always go down.... check the 14-140mm
same price but better, accordingly with dxo, than say a nikon
and the size of the sensor, for me, is a plus. The GH2 and OM-D EM5 turned out just the right size...
I have big doubts that this 1.4x converter works good with anything except few long lenses, mostly primes.
If Panasonic could make a proper 1.4 converter like this http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/ef_lenses/extenders/extender_ef_14x_ii/index.aspx then we would have a whole range of options from the new x series too, ie constant f4's 30-90 and 90-250 with OIS.
@Alfi666, well I'd agree if the Toyota was specced as a BMW.. or Toyota.. But the fact is this is a weather sealed lens that seems to perform suberbly well, including OIS, substantially smaller than a full frame system (which is one of the reasons why M43 is so attractive).. There is no BMW with the specs like this Toyota.
Maybe this lens won't appeal to the casual m43 user, but it is certainly bang on for photography enthusiasts and videographers in particular. "Less DOF control" than full frame as dpreview states, equalling it to f5.6, is just another way to think of smaller frame = less = worse etc.. Sure, you cannot do as shallow DOF with m43, but you don't have to stop down as much to have the whole frame (or close to the whole frame), tack sharp, in focus either - meaning it's easier to control low light conditions at reasonable iso.
Obviously this all depends on how the cameras handles high sensitivities for stills and vid respectively.. Not to mention detail when it comes to video. (short DOF was the saving grace for first gen full frame & aps-c dslrs)
OK. rant over. Im sure you don't subscribe to dpreviews ideas and conceptions wholeheartedly so some of the stuff above had nothing or little to do with our discussion! ;)
i agree the MFT lenses are overpriced as there is no big competition ...
I don't see many overpriced lenses really.
@feha: You are right, AF101 is considered as PRO, but let's be realistic again... the sensor is the downside of that camera.
I'm not saying that this is a bad lens at all... I was just expecting price about 600-700Eur... at this price point, I don't find myself investing in m4/3 glass, but I understand that for some it might be worth the price.
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