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Panasonic OIS compatibility on Olympus bodies?

Started Feb 24, 2018 | Discussions thread
NowHearThis
NowHearThis Veteran Member • Posts: 4,616
Re: Panasonic OIS compatibility on Olympus bodies?

Motorazr wrote:

I just received a new Panasonic 35-100mm f/4-5.6 and I’m surprised at the lack of OIS compatibility on some Olympus camera bodies. It’s not a shock that OIS doesn’t work on any of the older 12mp Olympus bodies. What surprises me though is that Panasonic’s campatibility chart shows a whole group of lenses which won’t stabilize on the E-M5 mkI and E-M10 mkIII. Oddly, to me at least, that same group of lenses DO stabilize on the E-M10 mkI and mkII.

I searched online without being able to find an explanation for this behavior. Why would some Panasonic lenses work on the E-M10 mkI and mkII but NOT on the newest mkIII? And why not on 12mp bodies like the E-PM1 but fully working on the 16mp E-PM2?

Surely someone on this forum knows why this limitation exists.

My Panasonic Leica 12-60 and Panasonic 42.5/1.7 work great on my daughters EM10 (version 1).  No issues, just like on my Pen-F.  As to why other bodies don't work as well, I can't give you a good answer on that.

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Panasonic Leica 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 ASPH Olympus E-M1 III Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-150mm F4-5.6 ASPH Mega OIS Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm F1.7
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