Hi James,
The ring on the lens is likely to be just another controller and most
certainly not a mechanical link to the aperture. In the pictures on dpreview
it shows the ring has having an A (for auto presumably) setting at the end
after f22. I would assume like others who have speculated that this lens
will be compatible with the Oly bodies without major issues. There is a note
that the OIS will only function on Oly bodies in a continuous mode and not
the only when you hold the shutter button down mode 2 that some other
Panasonic implementations have.
Yours, Dan S.
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of James Royall
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:30 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Panasonic/Leica 4/3'rds Items
Any ideas about how compatible a lens that sets the aperture as opposed to
having it set by the body will be with the Olympus line? My guess would be
that it could be fixed in firmware if Olympus wanted to, but maybe this is a
way of ensuring no interchangeability between the product lines of the two
manufacturers sharing the same standard.
James
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 08:27:20 -0500 (EST), "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
>
> Looks like Olympus' 4/3'rds standard is getting some traction:
>
> http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/review/panasonic/lumix_dmcl1/slr_cam
> era.html
>
> Can't wait to see what the Leica lens lineup will be like. I see they
> are finally bringing out some OIS lenses in 4/3'rds mount. Let's hope
> Olympus negotiated the right to use that patent in exchange for the
> dust buster.
> -mark
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