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Some questions about lenses for z cam e1

Started Apr 15, 2018 | Discussions thread
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PhotoTurtle Regular Member • Posts: 159
Some questions about lenses for z cam e1

Hi all, I have just ordered one of these on the $199 sale, and I have some questions. For some background, this will be my first return to owning/using an ILC after a few years without (GH2 was my last one a few years ago until it was stolen). I did pick up a GX7 for a while but sold it a short time later.

Anyway, on to my questions. I would appreciate it if you could give me your thoughts based on your experience or even second-hand knowledge.

1. Is the list of supported lenses on the z cam e1 page (http://www.z-cam.com/e1/) accurate? Meaning, are all the lenses listed there fully supported (i.e. focus, aperture, OIS, etc), and conversely, are all lenses NOT listed there not fully supported in one of those aspects? For instance, do the Panasonic 12-32 and 14-42 II not work on this?

2. Are there any vintage manual focus lenses that you feel are a good match for this camera? Taking into consideration its size, handling, etc?

3. Has anyone experimented with any unusual lens choices that turned out to be a good match for this camera?

Please keep in mind that I'm keeping this experiment fairly low budget, and that I will be playing with this for both photos and video.

I'm looking forward to hearing what anyone here has to say. Thanks in advance.

PS: I noticed that there's no product tag on this forum for this camera yet.

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