Not bad - two out of three:
M.ZUIKO Digital ED 45mm F1.2 PRO and
M.ZUIKO Digital ED 17mm F1.2 PRO
I wonder how my PL 42,5/1.2 and 15/1.7 fare against Oly's 45/1.2 and 17/1.2 ...
It will be interesting to see how this develops. Knowing my own taste when it comes to lenses, I think I might light the two PL lenses more than the Zuiko varieties, although I'm sure the latter are better from an objective point of view. It's the Leica way vs. the Olympus way.
What I do notice on the usability side is:
- The PL 42.5mm offers dual IS on Panasonic bodies.
- The PL lenses have aperture rings (that work on Panasonic bodies).
- The PL 15mm is much cheaper, smaller and lighter, but also a stop slower.
- Personally, I like the Leica inspired, simplistic design of the PL lenses, but that's personal.
From what I see in samples, Olympus has done a fantastic job with these two lenses, and on an E-M1 body, they are clearly the ones to have. What I do find a bit worrying though is the following illustration:
It's the GX8 with the two new Zuiko lenses on the left and the D610 with Nikkor 35 and 85mm f/1.8 on the right. While I don't doubt that the Zuikos are better than the Nikkors in most ways, the same can probably be said about the D610 sensor vs. the one in the GX8 and any other m4/3 camera. It is after all 4 times as large. The Nikkor lenses are less than half the price and much lighter, making the weight of the combos comparable, but not the price.
These are totally different technologies, and I've come to the conclusion, at least for now, that I need both systems. That means I'm not really a candidate for the two new lenses. That's mostly for those who shoot m4/3 only.