Last years roadmap did show a fast 28/30 to 70/80mm lens
ThePhoBlographer reports that Panasonic did show to the press an updated Lens Roadmap that has yet not been made official:
During our meeting with Panasonic about their new LUMIX S1r II, the company showed us a lens roadmap with two major curiosities. In two locations were generalized names. There was one from the 24-60mm range and another from the 100-500mm range.
Looking at the company’s current lenses, we can’t see them replacing the 24-70mm f2.8 so soon. Furthermore, in the roadmap, the lens that we saw wasn’t reaching into the 70mm range at all. We highly doubt that they’d make a 24-60mm f2.8 — that would be wildly unpopular and unreasonable.
So it looks like the large aperture zoom has shifted from the original 28-70mm -ish focal length to a more interesting 24-60mm lens. ThePhoBlographer is confident that it will have a constant f/2.0 aperture:
However, if there indeed is a 24-60mm f2 coming, then we’d be insanely excited about it.
Damn, I think this would be way more interesting than the Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 and Canon 28-70mm f/2.0 lens. Having 24 instead of 28mm at the wide end is way more useful than the missing 10mm at the tele end.
So let’s hope that Panasonic will release the new lens roadmap soon, because this is certainly big news!
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Lumix S1rII preorder links:
In USA at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
In Europe at Fotoerhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK.
Lumix S1rII battery grip links:
BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotoerhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK.
