Panasonic rumors getting interesting

[armand]

The 24-70/4 and Z bodies themselves seem reasonably compact for the sensor size — but so far that is where it ends. I would like to see something like a 70-200/4 or ??-300/4 zoom lens so as to extend that balance of compactness and performance further into the telephoto range, in addition to the 70-200/2.8 on the current Z lens roadmap. I would also like 24-105/4, 24-120/2.8-4 or such, which would greatly increase the number of outings for which I could leave the telephoto zoom behind.

But why is this discussion in this thread?! Panasonic, take these as suggestions for your L-mount lenses!

I get the feeling the compactness ends around 105mm if you look at what seem still reasonable sized 24-105 F4 from Canon and Panasonic, for their 35mm mirrorless offerings that is (Panasonic already has a very compact 24-120 equiv for their m43), depending on the image quality. Sony already has a still acceptable sized 24-105 that seems good quality but from what I'm reading not that much better than the Nikon 24-120 F4.

It seems the advantage is on the wide end, see the future 15-30 for Nikon Z or the current 12-24 on Sony.

[BJL]

armand,
    I agree in the sense that once one goes much beyond "normal" FOV, camera compactness is almost entirely about lens compactness through imposing limits on the effective aperture diameter (focal length divided by aperture ratio), either by accepting a higher minimum f-stop (f/4 or f/5.6 or beyond) and/or by using a smaller format, with smaller photo-sites then a key driver in the down-sizing. Only the wide to normal FOV range benefits much from body design changes like removing the SLR OVF assembly.

[Telecaster]

I'd like to see more long lenses like Nikon's new 500/5.6. For a 500mm lens it's tiny. Put the best tech into slower, smaller, more practical packages.

-Dave-