Not to hijack the thread (but here I go), I have the Oly version of this adapter
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/842941-REG/Olympus_V3230500W000_MMF_3_Four_Thirds_Adapter.html and no more 43 lenses. If anyone is interested, just shoot me an email. On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Anthony Farr <[email protected]> wrote: > That's good news, because it means I can save a load of dollars when I > buy an adapter, because Panasonic's is much pricier. Are Panasonic's > shake sensors built into the lenses and not the bodies? > > I had thought they were controlled from the bodies, because the > stabilization mode selection is controlled from the body's menu on my > Panny G2 and there's no switch on the lens. Did the G1 use a switch > on the lenses like the 4/3 Panny DSLRs did? > > regards, Anthony > > > On 16 August 2012 03:44, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > (older stuff snipped) >> >> Actually, the FourThirds to Micro-FourThirds adapters are identical in >> function. Panasonic's in-lens IS on their Elmarit-D 14-50 and 14-150 >> mm lenses for FourThirds format works fine on the Olympus bodies >> (although it is unneeded for all the modern ones which have IBIS). >> Panasonic only produced four lenses for FourThirds SLRs anyway, and >> only three of them have OIS (the Summilux-D 25mm does not). >> >> Olympus bodies simply don't have the firmware for controlling the >> different options of the Panasonic OIS, just like they don't have the >> firmware to allow the Summilux and early 14-50/2.8-3.5 or >> 14-150/3.5-5.6 lenses' aperture rings. The OIS is switched on and off >> by a mechanical switch on the lenses, and operates only in Mode 1 >> (continuous). (The aperture is controlled by standard Olympus on-body >> controls.) Did a fine job with my E-1. >> >> All the FourThirds SLR lenses have been fully usable on all >> Micro-FourThirds bodies from the beginning with both Panasonic and >> Olympus adapters, with the exception of auto-focus capabilities. All >> Olympus bodies will support autofocus functions, albeit not >> particularly quickly, where Panasonic felt that the AF was poor enough >> on most that they limited support to those that at least had some CDAF >> logic built into them on the earliest bodies. >> >> The latest Micro-FourThirds bodies from Olympus manage the FourThirds >> SLR lenses' AF functions more efficiently so AF performance has been >> improved. My understanding is that they might implement a PDAF module >> in an adapter to supplement the CDAF and improve focusing speed, like >> Sony has done. >> >> Whew, has this discussion moved off the track from the Si ... ;-) >> -- >> Godfrey >> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
