Well the new lens is even bigger than the old one from panasonic, but
a breeze lighter.
Just cost cutting I suppose. Where are the fast lenses?
Iwert
2010/3/8 Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Just got press releases from Panasonic. G2 to replace G1, G10 as cheap
> version of G2 (no AVCHD), and new, compact 14-42mm standard zoom.
> Obviously the old Panasonic lens looked huge against the Oly unit.
> This one will be 64mm long by 61mm diameter (that's around 2.5mm x 2.4
> inches in the specila murkin edition), slow as a snail at f3.5-5.6 and
> with a 52mm filter ring. Haven't seen a pic so I don't know if it
> erects.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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