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Panasonic 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II problem. Help Please

Started Jun 11, 2015 | Questions thread
timo Veteran Member • Posts: 5,927
Re: Panasonic 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II problem. Help Please
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Hi

I should be grateful for some advice, please.

I am using a Panasonic 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II on an Olympus EM-10 and find that when the lens is zoomed hard (there is no further available movement of the zoom ring) to the 42mm position, the display in the viewfinder sometimes shows 40mm and the EXIF data also shows 40mm.

On other occasions the display and EXIF data correctly show the 42mm setting.

Has anyone else experienced this type of behaviour before and does this suggest that it is an incompatibility issue or could the lens be faulty?

The lens is new

Thanks

Is this really a serious matter? It sounds as if the electronic sensing in the lens may not have been correctly callibrated, but I can't see why this is of any great consequence, provided the lens works well optically at full zoom.
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