(FT4) Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 almost as big as the kit lens.

February 21, 2011
Rumors
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One of our sources told us the upcoming Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 Micro Four Thirds lens will be almost as big as the current Panasonic 14-42mm kit lens. If the rumor turns out to be true than the size will be a bit more than we expected (or hoped) to be for a lens that is “rumored” to come without in lens stabilization (OIS). It has almost double the size of the [shoplink 14796]Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 lens[/shoplink] pancake. We still don’t have the 100% certain specs so I hope there is room for a surprise that can explain the size (a bit faster than f/1.4? Incredible image quality? or last moment added OIS?). The lens is expected to be announced late March/early April.

Links:
– I used the awesome Four Thirds matching simulation to compare the lens size!
– The [shoplink 16340]Four Thirds Panasonic/Leica 25mm f/1.4 lens[/shoplink] (which should have almost double the size compared to the little Micro Four Thirds sister)
– The Panasonic 20mm pancake at [shopcountry 14796]

UPDATE: Samsung doesn’t make any big secret about their lens roadmap and they just announced 5 new NX lenses (Click here to read more at MirrorlessRumors.com)