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Panasonic OIS compatibility on Olympus bodies?

Started Feb 24, 2018 | Discussions thread
Motorazr
OP Motorazr Junior Member • Posts: 36
Re: They went backwards
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Guy Parsons wrote:

Holistic Photog wrote:

Not supporting OIS lenses with no physical switch is a step backward and probably more an attempt to bite into Panasonic lens sales than anything else.

Yes, that decision rates as totally 100% stupid.

They have gone backwards by 6 years to do that.

In dumbing down the E-M10 Mk3 they went just a few too many steps too far.

I realized the other day that the E-M10 mkIII not supporting OIS with unswitched lenses makes perfect sense if...:

A. If IBIS on the E-M10 mkIII outperforms OIS on Panasonic's unswitched (shorter focal-length) OIS lenses which I believe to be the case, and

B. If Olympus didn't want E-M10 mkIII owners errantly using "Lens IS priority" when it would likely only hurt image quality.

Panasonic's longer focal-length OIS lenses DO have OIS On/Off switches and those ARE supported for high-magnification situations where IBIS often can't compensate for more aggressive image shake.

Maybe not such a horrible move by Olympus then (though they could certainly have explained this in their product documentation as a "feature" instead of leaving it as an omission).

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