On 2/25/2016 8:04 AM, Frank wrote:
Small chronology remark: the Pana 12-35mm arrived (long) before the Oly
12-40mm.
That makes more sense.
The new 12-60mm might be a better lens then the 12-50mm (although I was not
unsatisfied with it, on sunny Italian holidays), but it will be hard to
beat the 12-40mm (with which I'm very, very satisfied).
Different strokes. I'm up over 11,000 shots with my 12-50, and still happy with it. Some use with the HR feature of the
E-M5 II have shown that it out resolves the 16 MP sensors of current OM-Ds and Pens and will still do so with 20 and
almost certainly 24 MP sensors.
The 12-40/2.8 looks darn fine, and I'd like the C-U/macro without a separate mode, but I have a hard time imagining
myself being happy with twice the weight and less reach. And as to speed, my LR catalog says 1,393 of those 11,164
shots, 12% were at f5.9 or faster. I'm seldom looking for faster, in practice.
But I do vote for the fixed ultrawide as well. 8-9mm would be OK for me, and
would make me sell my 9-18mm.
My fear is that they would make a 9/2.8, and it would be no smaller or lighter
than the 9-18.
C'mon, small, light 7/4.0!!!
Actually, I'm afraid the sensor pack might be so thick a 7 prime would have to be retrofocus design, and thus gain size,
weight and cost. Lensrentals' database shows Oly and Panny at ~4 mm, so there shouldn't be a physical problem if the
rear node of the lens is near the physical back end.
Short Moose
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What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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