Olympus 4/3 system lenses

Hello!

I have an old Olympus e-510 with the standard kit lenses (14-42
f3.5-5.6 and 40-150 f4-5.6 both Zuiko lenses), and was wondering if
someone has an opinion about a good lense to buy to make landscape
photography? Or may be should i wait for olympus to release the E-4 and
see if they will keep using the 4/3 system?

Thanks in advance

A. Cascalheira

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It depends on your style of landscape photography but personally I would
get a wider angle lens, Olympus do wideangle zooms which should be ideal
for landscape work, e.g. 11-22mm, 9-18mm or 7-14mm.

I don't think they will abandon 4/3 any time soon since they introduced the
new micro 4/3 cameras, however the micro lenses won't work on a 4/3 DSLR
since they assume reduced lens to sensor distance, However if you buy a
normal 4/3 lens and later get a micro 4/3 body, the lens will work on the
micro 4/3 body with the aid of an extension ring.

 

As the other person responded, it is very unlikely that Olympus and
Panasonic (to a lesser extent) will abandon 4/3 and m4/3
I had the 12-60 but while it was a great lens it is not that much
wider than your kit lens. (Though the optical quality is much better.)
I also had the 11-22, which people have argued is possibly one of the
best zooms from any manufacturer, and the only reason I sold it was I
just did not use it enough. The 7-14 is much more money and the 9-18
for a standard grade lens (like the two you have) is reportedly very
good. I am waiting for the announced m4/3 version of the 9-18 myself.
Steve

 

Thanks both!

I will take a look at the proposed lenses and will follow your suggestions.