Chuck,
My E-M5 is my first M4/3 camera & I do not own Pana M4/3 body yet. Before I
established my M4/3 system, I read many information from internet to
compare Oly M4/3 lens in equivalent focal length. Finally I chose Pana's
lenses to fulfill the range other than 12-50 (24-100)mm because of:-
1) 7-14, the image quality is much better than Oly's 9-18 and I prefer
wider focal length. Moreover, the speed is faster than 9-18. Although its
weight is almost double of 9-18, & cannot put the filter in front of the
lens, I do like its barrel will not be expanded while zooming.
2) 45-175X, inner zoom is my favourite, the barrel won't be expanded during
zooming. A bit heavy than Oly's 40-150 but 46mm filter size much smaller
than Oly's and its power zoom feature is a great benefit for video shooting.
Besides, lens hood is included for Pana's lens except 2 cake lenses of
20/1.7 & 25/1.4. You have to pay extra money for the lens hood for Oly's
M4/3 lenses :-(
Regards,
Michael
On 9 August 2012 21:14, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks. Did you already have the Panny lens for use on a prior
> Panasonic camera or did you specifically choose this lens over an
> Olympus equivalent? If so, why?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 8/9/2012 8:49 AM, Michael Wong wrote:
> > Chuck,
> > There is no switch off OIS function on the lens for the 45-175X but there
> > is no conflict between the OIS & 5-axle IS of E-M5 since pictures are
> sharp so
> > that I thought one of them will be self-disabled when an OIS Pana lens is
> > being mounted on Oly M4/3 camera. Of course, I prefer 5-axle IS since its
> > performance much better than OIS from the review in Hong Kong's
> photography
> > forum.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9 August 2012 20:34, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> How does the Panny work on the E-M5 with its in-body IS? Does the lens
> >> itself require the IS to be turned off? I assume that focal length is
> >> being reported and utilized by the E-M5?
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/9/2012 8:18 AM, Michael Wong wrote:
> >>> Upon I purchased Pana 45-175X, I have a choice for faster speed at
> >> 45-50mm
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