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Panasonic 12-32 on an Olympus E-PM2

Started Feb 15, 2015 | Discussions thread
photofan1986
photofan1986 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,841
Re: Panasonic 12-32 on an Olympus E-PM2

CNY_AP wrote:

Shutter shock has nothing to do with the lens other than a "slow" lens causing the shutter speed to be in the range in which shutter shock is noticeable (around 1/60 to 1/200s is my understanding). PM2 has a setting to reduce/eliminate shutter shock (adds a delay after the curtain or something).

On slrgear, this lens is very very sharp and tempts me to buy a used GM1 instead of a cheaper PM2.

Not so sure. In a tiny and light lens like the 12-32, there are many floating elements. You can hear it by shaking the lens. That alone makes it more prone to shutter shock.

And the setting to reduce shutter shock on the E-PM2 does not do much good, I tried it.

Then again, I'm sure there will be people happy to live with this issue. As always, some seem no to see the issue. Good for them. But I just wanted to warn the OP that I would not have used a PM2 with this lens. Any other more recent Oly would do fine, though, thanks to effective the 0sec antishock feature.

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