More details for the Olympus 9mm f/2.8 wide-angle prime lens surfaced on the web. First Olympus 9mm f/2.8 mft lens specs and price information leaked.
According to sources, the announcement date for the Olympus 9mm f/2.8 lens is very close. Previously Olympus is said to be working on a new 9mm f/2.8 “PRO” lens.
Even the latest rumor doesn’t mention this lens will be a PRO or not. The rumored price tag suggests that it will be a high-quality PRO-series lens; as expected Olympus 9mm f/2.8 lens could join the PRO series for Micro Four Thirds cameras.
Olympus 9mm f/2.8 MFT Lens Specs and Price Leaked
Olympus.9mm f/2.8 Lens Rumored Features
- 8 elements in 7 groups
- Plastic and metal
- Distance markers
- No snapshot manual focus control
- No focus-by-wire
- Compact for competition
- ¥91,000 around $900
Olympus currently has the new 9mm f/8 fisheye lens which acts as a body-cap. Olympus PRO lenses are high-quality lenses and sure has higher price tags.
via 43R