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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm 1:4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO
https://1.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_01.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_01.jpeg)
Olympus announced its intent to make a 150-400mm F4.5 zoom (https://forum.olympusclub.pl/news/6192364071/olympus-developing-150-400mm-f4-5-pro-lens-with-built-in-1-25x-teleconverter) back in January, and has brought along a demonstration sample to show off at CP+ in Yokohama. The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm 1:4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO has a name that matches its considerable size.
Features (of some sort) galore
https://1.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_05.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_05.jpeg)
The side of the lens shows five switches, which we'd expect to give direct access to AF/MF, IS, focus limiting and two other things – possibly including the control to engage and disengage the 1.25x teleconveter that's built in. Bringing the TC into the optical path turns the lens into a 187.5-500mm F5.6. That's 375-1000mm F11 equivalent, if those numbers aren't already big enough for you.
Sensibly sized
https://3.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_03.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_03.jpeg)
Considering the range it covers it's a relatively compact lens. While it's easy to point out that it's an F9 or F11 equivalen (https://forum.olympusclub.pl/learn/2799100497/equivalence-in-a-nutshell)t, it's equally worth highlighting that there aren't many 300-800mm/375-1000mm lenses for other format. If you need that impressive reach in a lens that you can actually pick up, this will be one of the only options.
There's a predictably large lens hood/bucket to go with it.
Who's it for?
https://4.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_04.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_04.jpeg)
Olympus says the lens will be available in 2020 and is intended for sport, wildlife and bird photographers.
M.Zuiko Digital 2x Teleconverter MC-20
https://2.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_02.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_02.jpeg)
Also on show was a non-built-in teleconverter: the MC-20, which will be available in Summer 2019. This doubles the focal length of a lens it's attached to, but at the cost of 2 stops of light. The MC-20 can be used with 150-400mm F4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO as well as the existing M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm F4.0 IS PRO and M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F2.8 PRO.
Combined with the forthcoming zoom and its internal teleconverter, we believe you'd get a 375-1000mm F11 lens (equivalent to a 750-2000mm F22 lens on full frame, in terms of depth-of-field and per-image light capture (https://forum.olympusclub.pl/learn/2799100497/equivalence-in-a-nutshell)). Though the combination seems rather specialist.
Więcej... (https://www.dpreview.com/articles/7452340372/cp-2019-olympus-shows-super-tele-zoom-and-2-0-tc-under-glass)
https://1.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_01.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_01.jpeg)
Olympus announced its intent to make a 150-400mm F4.5 zoom (https://forum.olympusclub.pl/news/6192364071/olympus-developing-150-400mm-f4-5-pro-lens-with-built-in-1-25x-teleconverter) back in January, and has brought along a demonstration sample to show off at CP+ in Yokohama. The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm 1:4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO has a name that matches its considerable size.
Features (of some sort) galore
https://1.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_05.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_05.jpeg)
The side of the lens shows five switches, which we'd expect to give direct access to AF/MF, IS, focus limiting and two other things – possibly including the control to engage and disengage the 1.25x teleconveter that's built in. Bringing the TC into the optical path turns the lens into a 187.5-500mm F5.6. That's 375-1000mm F11 equivalent, if those numbers aren't already big enough for you.
Sensibly sized
https://3.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_03.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_03.jpeg)
Considering the range it covers it's a relatively compact lens. While it's easy to point out that it's an F9 or F11 equivalen (https://forum.olympusclub.pl/learn/2799100497/equivalence-in-a-nutshell)t, it's equally worth highlighting that there aren't many 300-800mm/375-1000mm lenses for other format. If you need that impressive reach in a lens that you can actually pick up, this will be one of the only options.
There's a predictably large lens hood/bucket to go with it.
Who's it for?
https://4.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_04.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_04.jpeg)
Olympus says the lens will be available in 2020 and is intended for sport, wildlife and bird photographers.
M.Zuiko Digital 2x Teleconverter MC-20
https://2.img-dpreview.com/files/p/E~TS520x0~articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_02.jpeg (https://www.dpreview.com/files/p/articles/7452340372/Olympus_150-400mm_02.jpeg)
Also on show was a non-built-in teleconverter: the MC-20, which will be available in Summer 2019. This doubles the focal length of a lens it's attached to, but at the cost of 2 stops of light. The MC-20 can be used with 150-400mm F4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO as well as the existing M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm F4.0 IS PRO and M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F2.8 PRO.
Combined with the forthcoming zoom and its internal teleconverter, we believe you'd get a 375-1000mm F11 lens (equivalent to a 750-2000mm F22 lens on full frame, in terms of depth-of-field and per-image light capture (https://forum.olympusclub.pl/learn/2799100497/equivalence-in-a-nutshell)). Though the combination seems rather specialist.
Więcej... (https://www.dpreview.com/articles/7452340372/cp-2019-olympus-shows-super-tele-zoom-and-2-0-tc-under-glass)