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It's time for the next mFT lens review...



http://www.opticallimits.com/olympus--fo...-pana45175



Your comments are welcome...



Bye Sebastian

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Thanks Sebastian. Don't forget to add it in the Lens review index (non forum pages), it doesn't appear there for me.



Hmm I can't help being puzzled with their X strategy, at least marketing wise. The told us it would be video friendly but also *higher quality consumer stuff* as the price shows. (not to be mixed with high grade stuff).

Yet the 14-42, OIS issue apart, didn't really do much better than its ancestors but at least it has a design trick up its sleeve with the collapse-ability.

The 45-175 is indeed smaller than the 45-200 but I'm surprised it's not a big notch better. It's better in Vignetting & CA but it's also more expensive for slightly lower sharpness than the 45-200 that is IMHO, not a very sharp lens to start with... <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Both X lenses surely innovate but shouldn't be regarded as anything else than new kit lenses IMHO.



Which makes the X designation for the upcoming High Grade a bit moot if it's not only about video?



Oh well... Still that lack of consistency in m43 land from Oly & Panasonic.