Panasonic 12-32 on an Olympus E-PM2

traveler_101 wrote:

The lens would be a birthday present for my wife; she shoots I-AUTO, despite my efforts to encourage her to take more control of the camera. Thus the lack of manual focus on Olympus bodies is not an issue.

Um, are you sure another lens is what she wants?

ukeolo wrote:

I use the 12-32 with great results with em10 and pm2 (no issues). In the latter case make sure to have lens priority ois activated instead ob ibis. It is a sharp little lens.

To clarify.... in the Custom menus set Lens IS Priority to On, and then to actually use it you must have IBIS turned on as that is the master switch for stabilisation.

If you turn off IBIS then OIS is turned off as well for the unswitched OIS lenses.

The firmware in E-PL5/E-PM2 and later prevents them clashing, only one stabilisation system will work at a time.

Regards...... Guy

CNY_AP wrote:

Makes no sense why they would put the delay there - my understanding was that the delay was after the first curtain and that the delay helped a lot.

This what I said:

SS is caused by the first curtain closing then opening to expose the sensor. On the EPM2, as with other cameras of this vintage, the delay only delays the time between pressing the shutter button and the first curtain sequence - thus, it may or may not make any difference. Making the delay any longer will have no effect.

The newer models with the 0 second delay place this delay between the first curtain sequences thus removing the vibrations - the delay is at a different time point.

So, I don't understand what you are getting at. The 0 second delay is after the first curtain but  this feature is not on the EPM2.

The 0 second delay does work. Example, using my Sigma 60 on my EPL5, I cannot hold it steady at low shutter speeds. However, I can hold it with my EP5.

Allan

This is an interesting tidbit on shutter shock (It is regarding another Oly camera, not the PM2 which I can't find much info on):

"Just to recap, the shutter systems on most mirrorless cameras have tended to work in a different way to SLRs. The shutter is held open during normal live view, and when the shutter button is pressed it closes so the sensor can be reset, then quickly opens again to make the exposure. This process has been blamed for sometimes introducing image blurring across a specific range of shutter speeds (usually around 1/60-1/250sec).

With an electronic first curtain, the exposure is started by a purely electronic process (as the name implies). Some manufacturers such as Canon and Sony have used this for several years, as it can be used to entirely eliminate any vibration from the physical shutter action. Olympus's implementation is however subtly different - the physical shutter still closes and opens as usual, but the exposure is slightly delayed to allow any vibrations to die down, and then started electronically."

traveler_101 wrote:

What she has expressed need for is a telephoto lens for travel. I have been thinking of getting her the 40-150 R.

Better to use is the Panasonic 45-150mm. On my E-PL5 I use the OIS (the E-PM2 can use it also) thus delivering a stabilised live view that makes life much easier at 150mm. Better built lens, comes with a lens hood, more common 52mm filter thread, metal mount.

Can't convince my wife to go M4/3, she says she's been there, done that in film days with Nikon SLR and super zoom so is 100% happy wit her Casio ZR850 pocket camera with it 24-450mm equivalent lens that slips in her purse. Good for day, OK in low light but often she has to stop shooting in very low light where I can keep going with M4/3.

Regards.... Guy

traveler_101 wrote:

I am toying with the idea of picking up a 12-32 for my wife who shoots an E-PM2 . She prefers zooms and presently is using the 14-42 kit zoom. I think she would like the 12-32's pancake size and slightly wider FL. Does it have any issues on Olympus dories? And how do the lenses compare in terns of IQ?

Highly recommended. It is a nice, crisp, sharp lens. I would say better than the 14-42mm in terms of sharpness and resolution.

I use it with a GM1 and it makes a great little combo.  E-MP2 should be similar i am guessing.  One thing to note though as this lens has OIS so you will have to manage that with your Olympus settings.  Lens IS priority or something like that.  I am not sure if its in E-PM2 but look for it.

photofan1986 wrote:

CNY_AP wrote:

Shutter shock has nothing to do with the lens other than a "slow" lens causing the shutter speed to be in the range in which shutter shock is noticeable (around 1/60 to 1/200s is my understanding). PM2 has a setting to reduce/eliminate shutter shock (adds a delay after the curtain or something).

On slrgear, this lens is very very sharp and tempts me to buy a used GM1 instead of a cheaper PM2.

Not so sure. In a tiny and light lens like the 12-32, there are many floating elements. You can hear it by shaking the lens. That alone makes it more prone to shutter shock.

And the setting to reduce shutter shock on the E-PM2 does not do much good, I tried it.

Then again, I'm sure there will be people happy to live with this issue. As always, some seem no to see the issue. Good for them. But I just wanted to warn the OP that I would not have used a PM2 with this lens. Any other more recent Oly would do fine, though, thanks to effective the 0sec antishock feature.

E-PM2 suffers from SS not the lens itself, I use 12-32mm on my old GF1 never seen any SS presence, excellent images except the sensor is  dated.