Close look: The new Olympus 12-100mm PRO lens

The new 12-100mm PRO lens is a perfect travel zoom and also a perfect lens for budget filmmakeras. The full presentation page with MTF graph can be seen at GetOlympus (Click here). Let’s take at two lens reviews:

Neil Buchan Grant tested the lens on a trip in Cuba and writes:

This 12-100 is, I suspect, the sharpest and most contrasty zoom lens Olympus have brought out to date. My impression just from working with the files is that its sharpness and resolving power has to be up there with the best Olympus’s best primes. After 2 weeks of shooting every day with it, I would now consider it indispensable on any travel shoot.

Alex McClure tested the lens for Steve Digicams and says:

The first thing I noticed was how small it is. In fact, it’s only about 1-1/4″ taller than the M.Zuiko 12-40 f/2.8 Pro lens. With most wide range zooms you have a great end and a good end, meaning one side is super sharp and the other end is just sharp. 
That is not the case with the M.Zuiko 12-100mm f/4 Pro IS lens. It is super sharp from 12mm all the way though to 100mm.

More previews and image samples:
Traveling light: M.Zuiko 12‑100mm F4 Real-world Samples (Dpreview)
Introducing the Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 PRO lens (Youtube video).
Meet the new Olympus 12-100mm F4.0 IS Pro (Dpreview)
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO Sample Photos (ePhotozine).
Olympus M.Zuiko 12-100 mm f/4 IS PRO – Toma de contacto (DSLRmagazine).

Olympus preorders:
E-PL8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de. ParkCameras.
25mm f/1.2 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
12-100mm f/4.0 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
30mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
FL-900r flash at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.de. ParkCameras.

Panasonic preorders:
G85: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
FZ2500: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
Lx10: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.