LCD live (no)view and noisy lens problem with E-M10 + 20mm/1.7 II

Hey,

I have a new Oly E-M10 with 20mm/1.7 but I encountered two problems, I hope it's something easy to fix and maybe someone here would help me figure out what's going on

1) 20mm/1.7's noisy aperture: I guess it's aperture. When the camera is in "standby" mode, so it's on, ready for some action, but the shutter speed isn't pressed, the aperture closes and opens up as the light changes (if I'm on auto or half-auto modes). So when I aim at something dark, aperture will open up and when I move the camera to aim at something bright, it closes down. But here's the problem: this lens is very noisy while doing this. I can hear very clear clicks, like 3-8 of them each time I move the camera noticeably (from dark to bright etc). How noisy? Hard to describe, but you could easily hear it standing 2 meters away. In silence you could easily hear it standing at the other end of practically ANY room. Salesperson told me it's normal with this lens. But really? Btw the IS is also noisy (louder than my previous lenses) but I believe it can really be that way

2) E-M10's LCD Live view: It doesn't work. It could have something to do with the lens if it comes out it's flawed. From what I understand by pressing "info" I change the display mode. There are three: 1) EVF only 2) LCD with some add-ons and 3) LCD without fluff. The EVF works well. But the second option only displays the add-ons (in my case the spirit level) and the center of the screen is black (the screen is on, and it displays black). The third option only shows the black screen. Again, it's ON but displaying black. Just as -I guess- if I had the lens cap on (btw I don't).

I can turn the "LCD live view" mode, see NOTHING, take a picture, press preview and the picture will be perfectly okay. Yet the life view displays pure blackness. Maybe, somehow I have some strange option turned on/off? Maybe I do something wrong? But I don't think so. Reseting settings didn't work as well

I'd really, really appreciate your help

Thanks!

Wojtek Bialy wrote:

2) E-M10's LCD Live view: It doesn't work. It could have something to do with the lens if it comes out it's flawed. From what I understand by pressing "info" I change the display mode. There are three: 1) EVF only 2) LCD with some add-ons and 3) LCD without fluff. The EVF works well. But the second option only displays the add-ons (in my case the spirit level) and the center of the screen is black (the screen is on, and it displays black). The third option only shows the black screen. Again, it's ON but displaying black. Just as -I guess- if I had the lens cap on (btw I don't).

I can turn the "LCD live view" mode, see NOTHING, take a picture, press preview and the picture will be perfectly okay. Yet the life view displays pure blackness. Maybe, somehow I have some strange option turned on/off? Maybe I do something wrong? But I don't think so. Reseting settings didn't work as well

I don't own an EM10, but have the Em5 for almost two years. Last winter, I was playing with MYSET's, did a full camera reset  and I got into a similar situation. No live view on the LCD and I couldn't get it back, I had been using this camera for 20 months!

Finally, I remembered  the button on the right side of the EVF with this mark |O| , pressed it and and I got my live view back on the LCD. The EM10 has the same button. Have you tried it?

I have never heard clicks with my 20mm 1.7 I.

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Wojtek Bialy wrote:

1) 20mm/1.7's noisy aperture: I guess it's aperture. When the camera is in "standby" mode, so it's on, ready for some action, but the shutter speed isn't pressed, the aperture closes and opens up as the light changes (if I'm on auto or half-auto modes). So when I aim at something dark, aperture will open up and when I move the camera to aim at something bright, it closes down. But here's the problem: this lens is very noisy while doing this. I can hear very clear clicks, like 3-8 of them each time I move the camera noticeably (from dark to bright etc). How noisy? Hard to describe, but you could easily hear it standing 2 meters away. In silence you could easily hear it standing at the other end of practically ANY room. Salesperson told me it's normal with this lens. But really? Btw the IS is also noisy (louder than my previous lenses) but I believe it can really be that way

2) E-M10's LCD Live view: It doesn't work. It could have something to do with the lens if it comes out it's flawed. From what I understand by pressing "info" I change the display mode. There are three: 1) EVF only 2) LCD with some add-ons and 3) LCD without fluff. The EVF works well. But the second option only displays the add-ons (in my case the spirit level) and the center of the screen is black (the screen is on, and it displays black). The third option only shows the black screen. Again, it's ON but displaying black. Just as -I guess- if I had the lens cap on (btw I don't).

2) Button on the side of the EVF. Press it.

1) Yes, it's normal. also, the IS isn't on the lens, it's on the body, and if you find the sound distracting, you can disable IS when the shutter is half pressed. I prefer to do that because I hate the sound the IS makes.