Your comment is a little ambiguous. I don't need an FT to mFT adapter, but you pointed to the latest Olympus MMF-3 adapter with the weather sealing. Is that the one you have, or do you have the MMF-1 or MMF-2?
G On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
