75mm f/1.8. It has a metal design. I haven’t seen that lens yet but I guess it has a similar 12-50mm finishing. It’s a perfect portrait lens!

60mm f/2.8 macro is weather sealed like the E-M5 body and has a close focusing distance of 0.19m.

No price yet though.

Cute! The 75mm f/1.8 may even convert some boheh fetishists to the system. And a weather sealed macro is of course welcomed, but a 100/2.8 would be more appropriate for bug life due to the greater subject distance.

The 75mm seems, at first glance, to be a rather unconventional FOV.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but the much revered ('The Bokeh Master') Canon EF 135/f2.0L, is (was) designed for a 135 film camera back in the mid-nineties (?), and gives excellent results on both EOS APS-C (x1.6) and APS-H (x1.3) cameras (sensors), - both being of 2x3 format design.  The FT sensor is, however, of 3x4 format.  Now, anyone with more comprehension in this matter than that of mine, - could the formats diagonal matter here?, - as that (the diagonal) differs in a 2x3 and 3x4 parallelograms, compared to each other?  What I'm trying to get at, . do we have reasons to expect a 75mm/f1.8 lens mounted to a µFT house to give (more or less) similar bokeh? (... and yeh, I do understand that a lot will depend on the lens constructor's design and intent regarding bokeh, - and that the perception of bokeh is an  'individual and to a large degree a subjective matter).  Any thoughts? Even if I enjoy shooting portraits with manual focusing, the AF of the Oly 45/f1.8 is great, - and a ditto (f-wise & AF) 75mm would still be great, - especially if it can give the same creamy bokeh as one get from the EF135/2.0 from Canon.

75mm is an odd length to have, But, consider having a camera and 150mm f/1.8 at a schools talent show on a Gym Floor with a stage, or a wrestling match at JHS/HS and you are sitting a few rows up on the bleachers.  The 150mm fov is a blessing at f/1.8.

Or an outside little league game where you can stand near a fence at 1st base, again, a good fov, and at f/1.8 or f/2 can make a nice limited DOF photo.

Plus Weddings where being a good distance from the Wedding Couple could provide some great touching candid photos.

It may not be a popular prime in focal length, but, it can have it's moments to help you be a bit creative.

hopefully, it will be around the $500-$600 mark.

It does make me very happy to see Olympus making fast primes, though.  I like zooms fine, but I have become much more of a prime user over the years.  I rotate lenses in my bag based on what I think I'll be shooting, but at most I have two zooms in the bag at any one time.  Generally I bring my Leica 25/1.4, Oly 45/1.8, Oly 17/2.8 and Panny 7-14.  The last slot rotates often and can be the Oly 40-150, Minolta 135/2.8, Rokinon 85/1.4, Panny 8mm fisheye, etc.  I think I'd love to have the upcoming Panny 35-100/2.8, but I'd really like a 150/2.8 or 200/2.8 or something, with the same sharpness as the Oly 45/1.8.     That would be awesome. 

Of course, I'm very seriously contemplating the Oly 12/2....I may even pick one up as early as next week if I can sell a few lenses by then.

I am missing a medium telephoto from my Pen kit, so I am really liking the idea of the 75mm f/1.8. One of my favorite lenses back in my 35mm film days was the Nikon 180mm f/2.8. I found a lot of uses for that focal length, but used it mostly for shooting stage performances.

75mm ƒ1.8 = Rockin! 

Imagine if it was the same price as the 45mm. Although this one is metal.

75mm is an odd length to have, But, consider having a camera and 150mm f/1.8 at a schools talent show on a Gym Floor with a stage, or a wrestling match at JHS/HS and you are sitting a few rows up on the bleachers.  The 150mm fov is a blessing at f/1.8.

Or an outside little league game where you can stand near a fence at 1st base, again, a good fov, and at f/1.8 or f/2 can make a nice limited DOF photo.

Plus Weddings where being a good distance from the Wedding Couple could provide some great touching candid photos.

It may not be a popular prime in focal length, but, it can have it's moments to help you be a bit creative.

hopefully, it will be around the $500-$600 mark.

+1 great points

Macro for me.
Since I have the Oly 45 the Panaleica 45 macro makes no sense for me.

Macro for me.
Since I have the Oly 45 the Panaleica 45 macro makes no sense for me.

Different lenses for different purposes.  I have both and use both.  I use the 45 Macro pretty much exclusively for macro now, and the 45/1.8 for everything else, but there is room for both in one bag.  That said, an Olympus 60 macro could definitely be good.  Down side is that it won't have OIS.