Micro Four Thirds lenses For the Four Third lenses that can be mounted on MFT bodies, see

Four Thirds system lenses. For the Four Third lenses that support AF, see [4]. For those support fast AF (Imager AF), see [5]. As of June 2010, there are twenty-four Micro Four Thirds standard lenses which can be used by MFT camera bodies: Standard zoom lenses

Panasonic Lumix 1445mm f/3.55.6 (35mm EFL = 28-90mm) Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 1442mm f/3.55.6 (35mm EFL = 28-84mm) Olympus M.Zuiko Digital II 1442mm f/3.55.6 MSC (35mm EFL = 28-84mm) Panasonic Lumix 1442mm f/3.55.6 (35mm EFL = 28-84mm)

Superzoom lenses

Panasonic Lumix 14140mm HD f/45.8 (35mm EFL = 28-280mm) Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 MSC (35mm EFL = 28-300mm)

Telephoto zoom lenses

Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/4-5.6 MSC (announced September 2010) (35mm EFL = 80-

300mm)

Panasonic Lumix 45200mm f/45.6 (35mm EFL = 90-400mm) Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300mm f/45.6, Mega O.I.S. (35mm EFL = 200-600mm) Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 MSC (35mm EFL = 150-600mm)

Wide-angle zoom lenses

Panasonic Lumix 714mm f/4 (35mm EFL = 14-28mm) Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 MSC (35mm EFL = 18-36mm)

Prime lenses

Panasonic Lumix G 14mm lens f/2.5 ASPH (35mm EFL = 28mm) Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/2.8 (35mm EFL = 34mm) Panasonic Lumix 20mm f/1.7 (35mm EFL = 40mm) Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 lens f/1.4 (announced 13 June 2011) (35mm EFL = 50mm) Toy Lens 26mm f/1.4 (announced December 2010)(35mm EFL = 52mm) SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 (announced August 2009)(35mm EFL = 70mm) Noktor Hyperprime 50mm f/0.95 lens (announced February 2010) (35mm EFL = 100mm) SLR Magic

was recently tapped as a new producer of this lens as of May 2011[29]

Noktor Hyperprime 12mm f/1.6 lens (35mm EFL = 24mm) (announced June 2011)[30] Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm Olympus 45mm f/1.8 (35mm EFL = 90mm)[31] Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 12mm Olympus 12mm f/2.0 (35mm EFL = 24mm)[32] Voigtlnder Nokton 25mm f/0.95 (35mm EFL = 50mm)[33]

Macro lenses

Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 Asph. (35mm EFL = 90mm)

Fisheyes

Panasonic Lumix G Fisheye 8mm f/3.5 (35mm EFL = 16mm fisheye) Samyang 7.5mm 1:3.5 UMC Fish-eye MFT (35mm EFL = 15mm fisheye)

3D lenses

Pinhole

Panasonic LUMIX G 12.5mm 3D lens f/12 (35mm EFL = 25mm)

Wanderlust Pinwide f/96 - f/128 'lens' cap[34

Image Stabilization - Different approaches Of the eleven Panasonic lenses, the 8 mm, 714 mm, 14mm and the 20 mm are not image stabilized (IS). Whilst none of the Olympus lenses have built-in IS, all Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras have in-camera IS, and therefore all Olympus M.Zuiko Digital lenses benefit from the camera's stabilization system. The advantage with Olympus' in-body IS is that even vintage manual focus lenses can make use of the body-stabilization when used with an appropriate mount adapter. This latter fact has added to interest in Micro Four Thirds cameras by many hobbyists, especially amongst users of traditional Leica or Voigtlander rangefinder cameras. Lens compactness and mount adaptability A promise of the Micro Four Thirds standard is reduced lens size and of particular interest are the Panasonic 714mm ultra-wideangle (equivalent to 14-28mm in the 35mm film format) and the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 918mm ultra wide-angle lens (equivalent to an 18-36mm zoom lens in the 35mm film format). The reduced flange focal distance of Micro Four Thirds enables such extreme wideangle lenses to be made significantly smaller and cheaper than for a traditional DSLR, because the retrofocus optical schemes can be avoided or made less extreme.

Further, both Panasonic and Olympus manufacture an adapter to enable use of any Four Thirds lenses on Micro Four Thirds cameras. While many Four Thirds lenses accept firmware updates to enable contrast autofocusing, some are slow to autofocus, and some others are manual-focus-only. A variety of companies manufacture adapters to use lenses from nearly any legacy lens mount[7] (such lenses, of course, support no automatic functions.) Since most Micro-Four-Thirds lenses have neither a mechanical focussing ring nor an aperture ring, adapting these lenses for use with other camera mounts will be impossible or compromised. July 27, 2010 Panasonic has announced the development of a 3-dimensional optic solution for the Micro Four Thirds system. Specially designed lens allows it to capture stereo images compatible with VIERA 3D-TV-sets and Blu-ray 3D Disc Players.

Micro Four Thirds Camera Introduction Roadmap Ite m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Model Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 4:3 / 12.1 mp Panasonic Lumix DMCGH1 Olympus PEN E-P1 Panasonic Lumix DMCGF1 Olympus PEN E-P2 Olympus PEN E-PL1 Panasonic Lumix DMCG10 Panasonic Lumix DMCGH2 Panasonic Lumix DMCGF2 Olympus PEN E-PL1s Olympus PEN E-PL2 Panasonic Lumix DMCGF3 Olympus PEN E-P3 Olympus PEN E-PL3 Olympus PEN E-PM1 4:3; 3:2; 16:9 (multi-aspect)/ 14.0 mp (12.1 mp effective) 4:3 / 12.1 mp 4:3 / 12.1 mp 4:3 / 12.1 mp 4:3 / 12.1 mp 4:3 / 12.1 mp Sensor Since 2008, October 2009, April 2009, July 2009, September 2009, November 2010, February [ 2010, March 2010, March 2010, September 2010, November 2010, November 2011, January 2011, May 2011, June 2011, June 2011, June 2011, June

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 4:3 / 12.1 mp 4:3; 3:2; 16:9 (multi-aspect)/ 18.3 mp (16.0 mp effective) 4:3 / 12.1 mp 4:3 / 12.1 mp 4:3 / 12.1 mp

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 4:3 / 16.0 mp 4:3 / 12.1 mp 4:3 / 12.3 mp 4:3 / 12.3 mp 4:3 / 12.3 mp

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Systems comparison
System Models Sony NEX-3, NEX5, NEX-C3 (still cameras), Sony Handycam NEXVG10 (video camera) Panasonic Lumix DMCG1, G10, G2,G3, GH1, G H2, GF1, GF2, GF3 (still cameras), Panasonic AGAF100(video camera) Olympus PEN E-P1, EP2, E-P3, E-PL1, E-PL2, E-PL3, E-PM1 Samsung Samsung Samsung NX NX10, NX5, NX100, NX NX mount 11 23.4 mm 42 mm 15.6 mm APS-C 35.8 23.9 mm Fullframe(M9 ), 27 18 mm H 44 mm alfframe(M8 ), 23.7 15.6 mm APSC(R-D1) Contrast25.5 mm detection autofocus January 2010 Lens mount Sensor size Throat diameter Flange Release focal Focus system date distance Contrastdetection autofocus

Sony NEX

Sony E mount

23.4 mm 46.1 mm (1.815 15.6 mm inch) APS-C

18 mm

June 2010

Micro Four Thirds

17.3 mm Micro Four Thirds ~38 mm 12.98 mm 4/3"

20 mm

Contrastdetection autofocus

October 2008(G1

Leica M8, M9; Epson RLeica M D1, R-D1s, R-D1x, RLeica M mount D1xG

27.80 mm Rangefinder

March 2004 (RD1)

Ricoh GXR

Ricoh GXR

Depends on each s ealed Sealed interchan interchangeable geable sensor lens unit sensor system, and Leica lens M mount unit: APS -C, 1/1.7", 1/2.3" Q mount

Contrastdetection autofocus

Nov 2009

Pentax Q Pentax Q