In a somewhat anticlimactic revelation, we today learned that the two leaked new Olympus lenses are being displayed as concept models only at CP+ and in fact are "under development" with expected launch "by the end of 2012".

Here are the two lenses:


From the Olympus Australia website (pdf):

...

Will Olympus cameras offer peaking?

Any plans for a prime wider than 12mm?

When will the OM-D be available?


Answers to those questions and more at ClubSNAP.com's interview of Toshiyuki Terada, Group Hd Product & Marketing Planning, Olympus.

Link: Interview - Toshiyuki Terada, Group Hd Product & Marketing Planning, Olympus Imaging


[Thanks Rn...

The Olympus E-M5 announcement is expected tonight, and more pictures of the camera in both black and silver finish are leaking out. The picture below is from the OMuser.com Facebook page:



Recap of the expected specifications (source: PhotoRumors):

• 16MP sensor (likely same as Panasonic G3)
• 5-axis image stabilization
• 1.44M EVF
• 3" touchscreen OLED
• No

...

Cosina has announced a new Voigtlander 17.5mm f/0.95 ASPH lens, which joins their existing 25mm f/0.95 lens as the fastest available lenses for Micro Four Thirds.


Like the 25mm f/0.95 Nokton, the new 17.5mm lens is manual focus only.


Given manual focus only, a starting price of 1300 EUR, and a weight of 540g, this is a specialty lens. No doubt it...

In case you missed it, leaked images first shown at PhotoRumors show that Olympus will be introducing two new lenses along with the EM-5, a 75mm f/1.8 and a 60mm f/2.8 Macro.

This is a blown up and cropped version of the leaked image with leaked and existing lenses labeled:



The most recent two Olympus primes, 12mm f/2 and 45/1.8, were very well...