Oh man. This is what i'm talkin about!

42.5mm F1.2 with IS. NUff said. Money is no object.

Fly by wire.. gaaah. All this gorgeous optics with more or less useless manual functions. I hope Voigtländer make a 42.5 f0.95, please.

@oscillian I just thought of one possible amending factor: if we get remote FF through wifi on the gh3, then the focus mechanism may be excused.

@RRRR Good idea! I was also disappointed these are fly by wire again :/ As if nobody would actually use manual focus…

@stonebat Of course but if you can set focus points in a phone app and only need to push them to make the lens focus to these points, if could replace a follow focus (that wouldn't work very well with fly-by-wire-lenses)

I hate the X lens labels.

When everyone must watch the voigtlander 0.95 to have light, panasonic introduces this f1.2 and let me say, it's over. The ois in lens is a must!

Still want the 17.5mm NOW!

And the first M43 lens with aperture ring

I dont get it ...42.5mm?... Is there a significance to an 85mm equiv in terms of FOV?.... Am I nuts or is this not super useful? ---for video I mean-- Headshots I can image would look nice.

Nikkor 55/1.2's optical performance will likely get beaten by far, as it doesn't really get contrasty before f5.6 or even f8 on FX, but its image on the microFT sensor is totally diffracted then already.

It is very exciting that the Pana introduces OIS with this ultra fast 42.5mm prime lens.

Wondering how the aperture ring works on the 42.5, by wire like focus? Mechanical? Are there other pany/oly lenses that have this?