Olympus has just officially announced the new Olympus PEN E-P7 and Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro lens (Pre-order at Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama).
Olympus PEN E-P7 is a rangefinder-style Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera, featuring a 20MP sensor , 5-axis in-body image stabilization, an downward-tilting 3″ touchscreen with 1.04 million dots, a 121-point contrast-detect AF system with face and eye detection, 4K/30p video at a bit rate of 102Mbps, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro lens is 16-50mm equivalent lens for Micro Four Thirds. This new lens has 16 elements, which include Super ED, ED and EDA glass. A large ‘DSA’ element reduces sagittal comatic aberration, and the ‘ZERO’ coating reduces flare and ghosting. It has a minimum focus distance of 23cm (9″) across the focal range and a magnification of 0.42x. Seventy-two millimeter filters are supported.
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro lens costs $1,099.99, first available for pre-order at Amazon/ B&H/ Adorama.
Below are the detailed specifications of Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro lens:
Principal specifications | ||
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Lens type | Zoom lens | |
Max Format size | FourThirds | |
Focal length | 8–25 mm | |
Image stabilization | No | |
Lens mount | Micro Four Thirds | |
Aperture | ||
Maximum aperture | F4 | |
Minimum aperture | F22 | |
Aperture ring | No | |
Number of diaphragm blades | 7 | |
Optics | ||
Elements | 16 | |
Groups | 10 | |
Special elements / coatings | 1 DSA + 1 Super ED + 1 ED + 1 HR + 2 aspherical ED elements, ZERO coating | |
Focus | ||
Minimum focus | 0.23 m (9.06″) | |
Maximum magnification | 0.14× | |
Autofocus | Yes | |
Motor type | Linear Motor | |
Full time manual | Yes | |
Focus method | Internal | |
Distance scale | Yes | |
DoF scale | No | |
Physical | ||
Weight | 411 g (0.91 lb) | |
Diameter | 77 mm (3.03″) | |
Length | 89 mm (3.5″) | |
Materials | Magnesium alloy | |
Sealing | Yes | |
Colour | Black | |
Zoom method | Rotary (extending) | |
Power zoom | No | |
Filter thread | 72 mm | |
Hood supplied | Yes | |
Tripod collar | No |
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