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Olympus Announces the New 7-14mm f2.8 and 8mm f1.8 Fisheye Lenses

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Last Updated on 05/12/2015 by Chris Gampat

Olympus 7-14mm f2.8

Today, Olympus is officially announcing their 8mm f1.8 fisheye lens along with their 7-14mm f2.8 PRO lens for the Micro Four Thirds system. Both lenses are tailored to the higher end user and so they also have weather sealing which is fully complete when using the higher end Olympus OMD products.

We knew about these lenses, saw them, and spent significant amounts of time with the a while ago. Tomorrow, we will have our first impressions posts with both lenses. But in the mean time, the tech specs are after the jump.

Want them? The 7-14mm f2.8 will go for $1,299 while the 8mm f1.8 fisheye will go for $999.00.

Olympus 7-14mm f2.8

7-14mm f2.8 side

 

Performance
Focal Length 7 – 14mm
Comparable 35mm Focal Length: 14 – 28 mm
Aperture Maximum: f/2.8
Minimum: f/22
Camera Mount Type Micro Four Thirds
Format Compatibility Micro Four Thirds
Angle of View 114° – 75°
Minimum Focus Distance 7.87″ (20 cm)
Magnification 0.11x
Elements/Groups 14/11
Diaphragm Blades 7, Rounded
Features
Autofocus Yes
Physical
Filter Thread None
Dimensions (DxL) Approx. 3.11 x 4.17″ (78.9 x 105.8 mm)
Weight 1.17 lb (534 g)

Olympus 8mm f1.8

Olympus 8mm f1.8

 

Performance
Focal Length 8mm
Comparable 35mm Focal Length: 16 mm
Aperture Maximum: f/1.8
Minimum: f/22
Camera Mount Type Micro Four Thirds
Format Compatibility Micro Four Thirds
Angle of View 180°
Minimum Focus Distance 4.72″ (12 cm)
Magnification 0.2x
Elements/Groups 17/15
Diaphragm Blades 7, Rounded
Features
Autofocus Yes
Physical
Filter Thread None
Dimensions (DxL) Approx. 2.44 x 3.15″ (62 x 80 mm)
Weight 11.11 oz (315 g)

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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