Panasonic lenses fit on Olympus?
Jan 15, 2017 22:52:03 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
I am looking to get the 100- 300mm lens. Olympus has a 1.4x and will it work?
Ok, it's Panasonic Lumix.....senior moment.
Ok, it's Panasonic Lumix.....senior moment.
Jan 15, 2017 23:20:58 #
Jan 15, 2017 23:23:06 #
Yes, though the manual aperture rings on some of them (most of the Leica lenses have them) will not work, you will have to use the dials on the camera.
Jan 15, 2017 23:42:12 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
Does the Panasonic 100-300 have a manual aperture ring? How will I know which lenses are manual?
Jan 15, 2017 23:53:34 #
kenArchi wrote:
Does the Panasonic 100-300 have a manual aperture ring? How will I know which lenses are manual?
Most of those lenses are auto. There are some F.095 primes that are manual only.
Jan 16, 2017 02:51:41 #
Yackers
Loc: Norfolk, UK
My wife has an Olympus MFT camera and the only lenses she owns are Panasonic - she bought the body on its own and then bought the lenses she wants and chose Panasonic because they are "superior" over Olympus's own lenses. I don't know how true this is - I shoot a Canon dslr, but I am not going to argue/disagree with her. "Happy wife, happy life" and all that. The bottom line is the lenses will work.
Jan 16, 2017 06:50:13 #
kenArchi wrote:
Will the MFT Panasonic lenses work on the Olympus MFT cameras?
Yes they are fully compatible, I use two Panasonic lenses on my Olympus camera.
Jan 16, 2017 07:08:07 #
kenArchi wrote:
I am looking to get the 100- 300mm lens. Olympus has a 1.4x and will it work?
Ok, it's Panasonic Lumix.....senior moment.
Ok, it's Panasonic Lumix.....senior moment.
I have the Olympus 1.4 TC and it is only compatible with the following Olympus lenses: 300mm f4 PRO, 40 - 150mm f4 PRO.
Jan 16, 2017 09:22:08 #
Panasonic and Olympus MFT lenses work interchangeably. The TC only works on a couple Oly lenses, 40-150 and 300. The Pany 100-300 II is just about to come out with dust splash proof and power vs MEGA OIS. This could translate into some good deals on the I.
Jan 16, 2017 11:58:19 #
The old 100-300 is mediocre at the long end (250-300mm). It won't work on that teleconverter. A new 100-300 should be out in the Spring, 2017.
If I were you, I'd look very seriously at the Leica 100-400mm f/4-6.3.
If I were you, I'd look very seriously at the Leica 100-400mm f/4-6.3.
Jan 16, 2017 13:13:07 #
Jan 16, 2017 13:14:14 #
Jan 16, 2017 13:51:54 #
kenArchi wrote:
What is the difference between the power and mega ois?
Mega is older and not nearly as effective at stabilizing your scenes.
Jan 16, 2017 14:35:11 #
Jan 16, 2017 17:44:42 #
kenArchi wrote:
Will the MFT Panasonic lenses work on the Olympus MFT cameras?
These both taken with my OMD EM-5 Mk 1, with a Panasonic 100-300mm at full zoom. The peacock butterfly was about 12' away, the moon about 240,000 miles! Both handheld. Both from jpegs, butterfly sharpened a touch, moon cropped a lot, white balance adjusted and sharpened a touch. If I'd used my D800 with Tamron 150-600 both would have been a little better, but not much. Good enough for my purposes.
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