So we've just had a lot of lens announcements at Photokina:

• Olympus: 15/8, 17/1.8 and 60/2.8
• Panasonic: 42.5/1.2, 150/2.8 and 35-100/2.8
• Schneider: 14/2.0, 30/1.4, 60/2.4
• SLR Magic: 23/1.7, 25/0.95, 35/0.95, 35/1.4
• 'Big Photo': 15/2.4 shift

That's 14 lenses, 13 of them primes!

Several long-standing complaints about the m4/3 line-up seem to have been addressed:

• quality 35mm EFL lens (with AF) - 17/1.8
• semi-affordable macro - 60/2.8
• fast portrait prime - 42.5/1.2
• 'event' zoom - 35-100/2.8
• fast long telephoto prime - 150/2.8

So do the newly announced lenses take care of you for the foreseeable future? Or are you waiting for the next big show (PMA)? And if so, what are you hoping for? Cheers,

DH

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Still hoping for ports of the E system's 12-60/2.8-4 and 50-200/2.8-3.5 lenses. In spite the loss in speed, these to me are more useful FOVs than the Panny offerings.

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E-M5, mZD 12/2, mZD 17/1.8, mZD 60/2.8, mZD 75/1.8, mZD 75-300/4.8-6.7 II (and they all fit albeit snugly in my Billingham Hadley small)

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Almost. Still waiting for the Oly 12 - 60 and the new 25.

Well, some of those lenses will not be here for a long time. The Panasonic 14mm and 150mm said 2013 to 2014. That is a long time... I would not expect something beyond that for at least three years from now.

I'm still waiting for a shift lens, a 14mm 1:4 shift would really make my day. And I'd love to have something like a 20-70mm 1:4; together with the 7-14/4 that would be enough to cover almost anything.

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The 60 macro and 35-100 are all I want.

Paul

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Generally speaking - yes (check signature).

But to be greedy, then I would add the M. Zuiko 75-300 & upcoming M. Zuiko 17mm ƒ1.8

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Now that I have options for macro, I'll be shopping for one in the new year.

Also looking forward to reviews on the Schneider lenses, and perhaps the Pan150 one day.

I still voted "not quite" because I still feel there are gaps. Only one fast telephoto...another UWA would be great (a prime?)...otherwise I'm quite content with what we have.

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Panasonic Lumix 12-35mm F2.8
Panasonic Leica Summilux 25mm F1.4
Panasonic Lumix 45-175mm F4-5.6

Well, there was the 15/2.4 rumored on the German website that I included (hmm... haven't seen an announcement yet - wonder what that means?).

DH

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Yeah, I've seen that too, but for some reason I'm not too confident it will happen. Unknown supplier, no other announcements, f/2.4 wide open may compromise performance. From earlier experience I know that a lens has to be damn good to support shift and remain acceptably sharp and distortion-free, let alone the colour balance that can get progressively cooler towards the corners (the PC-Nikkor 28/4 comes to mind, although I really loved that lens).

The option of a Canon EOS-M with the T/S 17/4 is an alternative, albeit a big, heavy and expensive one.

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