Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You wouldn't have to worry about that with a micro 4/3 lens like the 20mm f/1.7 It's been a notorious problem that the lenses they said you could use in autofocus mode,their own Four Thirds glass, has been so slow to autofocus that some have given it up entirely. I'm glas just in justice-in-the-universe terms to hear they've addressed this in firmware. It's not a panasonic to olympus problem though; it s 4/3 adapted to m4/3 problem. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:05 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > Will the Olympus autofocus with the Panasonic adapter? I've noticed > they recommend updating the firmware on their cameras to enable > autofocus with the four-thirds to micro four-thirds adapter. > > Jim > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote: > > 2010-03-25-22:01:41 James Laird: > >> Anyone using the Panasonic 45 2.8 Macro? Kind of pricey by Panasonic > >> standards. Is it worth it? I'm using my trusty 40 Summicron now. It's > >> faster at f/2.0 but of course it won't do 1:1 and doesn't have MEGA > >> OIS;). > > > > I'm too lazy to look up the exact details, and have no personal > > experience with these lenses, but check dpreview -- I think they > > thought the 40/1.7 was far better as a general-purpose lens, and some > > (non-micro-)4/3s macro lens (totally pulling this out of my behind, > > but is there an Olympus 50/2.0?) with an adapter was an > > optically-far-better macro lens. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >