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Subject: [Leica] Olympus EP-1 : micro 4/3
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:04:52 +0100
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There was a statement from Mr Watanabe, of Olympus, that all their 4/3  
lenses would autofocus on the new body. Perhaps they will now do  
firmware updates for all of them. I hope so.
Frank

On 16 Jun, 2009, at 17:54, mehrdad wrote:

> it will be the same type adapter, some of the 4/3 lenses will not  
> auto focus
> on the new body, my guess is that all the new lenses going forward  
> will
> work. but most if not all of them are big for this camera.
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Frank Dernie
> <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Henning,
>> in principle all 4/3 system accessories are supposed to compatible.  
>> OTOH
>> most 4/3 lenses to not autofocus on the Panasonic G1 using the  
>> Panasonic
>> adapter. It is implied that the Olympus lenses do so on the EP-1  
>> using the
>> Olympus adapter. I wonder if it is the adapter? It seemed that only a
>> limited number of lenses were updated for contrast detect AF, which  
>> is
>> presumably used for all non reflex cameras. I wait with baited  
>> breath...
>> all the best,
>> Frank
>>
>>
>> On 16 Jun, 2009, at 16:49, Henning Wulff wrote:
>>
>> Something I would really like to know...
>>>
>>> Are the Panasonic and Olympus micro 4/3 lenses interchangeable  
>>> with full
>>> functionality?
>>>
>>> Putting that Oly 17mm lens on the Panasonic might be interesting,  
>>> or the
>>> (sometime soon) 20mm/1.7 Panasonic on the Olympus.
>>>
>>> All in all, I'm rather disappointed in the Olympus body, though.  
>>> Without a
>>> viewfinder it is severely crippled, in my opinion.
>>> --
>>>
>>> *            Henning J. Wulff
>>> /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Olympus EP-1 : micro 4/3)
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