[Brightcolours]

you2, I was specifically talking about equivalent lenses, not about how sharp a lens is or is not (in the part that you seem to have an issue with). Nor about weather sealing, the $500 Canon is not weather sealed and the $1300 Olympus is.

 

But yeah, do we know how the "resolving power" of the $1300 Olympus is? The 12mm sample image is not that amazingly sharp near the edge, and it is stopped down one stop. But we don't know, as it is not tested yet. Neither do we know of the new Canon I mentioned.

 

Can we have an idea of how the EF-M 18-150mm will perform anyway? Yes, we can. 

Photozone found the Canon EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM to perform pretty well:

http://www.opticallimits.com/canon-eos/7...is?start=1

 

From the published MTF charts we can tell that the new EF-M 18-150mm will be sharper at 150mm than that EF-S lens at 135mm:

 

EF-S 18-135mm MTF:



EF-M 18-150mm MTF:



 

So, you should not be too worried about its resolving power, it should to be alright.