the focusing ring on my panasonic 20mm lumix f1.7 lens doesn't seem to do anything. My olympus pen epl-5 is set to manual mode. Is it defective?
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This lens is known to be "very slow" in auto focus. But it takes very good pictures when focused for both Panasonic and Olympus Cameras.
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Even in Manual mode you'll have to switch the Auto Focus from AF to MF (Manual Focus). It's a separate menu option not connected to the Manual Mode function. Does the lens still try to autofocus when you depress the shutter button? If so, you still need to switch to MF mode.
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I second guessed myself as well in the beginning. The lens has a pretty long manual throw. i.e. it takes some big turns to get things into focus manually. Keep trying and it should eventually get things into focus.
201801
iam using this lens with a GX 1 camera. i just did a test and shot a video and focused manually after setting it to manual focus with a button on the camera.it worked.
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Without knowing more, please check that the focus ring is pushed forward, towards the lens element, because if it is in the rearward position that is the manual focusing position.
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It dose not have the push pull focus ring. It has just the traditional style focusing ring. You will need to switch the focus dial to "M" on your Fuji camera body in order to activate the manual focus mode.
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Yes. Zoom and Focus are manual with the inner ring for the later. It s a little bit to freaky not so gradual control. Its endless so no physical connection with lens I guess.
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Lenses usually autofocus only on the systems they are designed for. The lens in question works on the Olympus Pen system. I have never seen or used that Panasonic, though I would doubt that a specialized Olympus lens would work.
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I am using it with my old Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm F1.2 lens from about 1992. It is a fully manual lens, so on my Panasonic GX1, I select "Shoot w/o Lens" on the menu and set it to manual setting and I work on it like that. You would only use this if you're familiar with old lenses and if you're ok with manual settings.
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Hi All, very interested in these postings but still can't get this lens to work with my D70 in M or AF. I too get fEE message displayed and shutter won'r fire, even after locking off at f22 etc. Starting to wonder if its a camera setting or am I missing something?
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You have to use the "manual" setting on the camera when using the adapter. All other camera settings are non-operational. I don't know what kind of lens you are using with the adapter, but with a fixed f-stop lens, you have to change your iso setting in the camera to compensate for light conditions. Hope this helps!
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This is not normal. You may have a problem. Where is the focus ring? if its unlocked then the lens won't auto focus. Check that out first.
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I have this problem But I don't understand your solution, Bruce. Could you or someone explain it again please?You appear to be saying that if the camera is at something like a standard focal length you can choose both Macro and MF. But you can't - not on mine anyway!In my experience, the camera will not focus below 1ft. The image stays blurred and often the yellow central focus frame will display a question mark.Auto-focus does not work in Macro either - so to all practical purposes the camera has no Macro mode. If someone has a fix for this I'd be very interested.
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I think if you turn it off in-camera, it's off regardless of whether you have the dedicated switch on or off on the lens itself. It seems to have been designed with the expectation of the newer design of the current 14-42 which has no dedicated switch on the lens. It needs to be activated via the menu. I think it also must be activated to set the IS mode. I have the IS turned on in my G1 and use the 14-45 and 45-200 as normal. No problems. I know it works as I use slr lenses with no IS, where the lack of IS is immediately obvious. I think the menu setting just provides power for the lens IS. I never turn it off in camera regardless of whether I'm using the oem lenses or the slr lenses. I don't turn off the "shoot without lens" when I switch from the slr lenses to the oem either. It's the Olympus m4/3's that have the more involved IBIS where the Panasonic IS can overide and a user might want to select the IBIS or IS. I'm assuming you know the GF has no in-body IS. The G1 has the in-menu option, I thought the GF1 had it too. I've taken over 25,000 shots with that setting, no issues to date. NOTE: If your lenses are older, you might want to install the latest firmware updates. That seems to have a big effect on the performance of the G-bodies and lenses in some cases.
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I have mine on a 7100 but the answer is in the lens not the camera. First, if you are using an automated shooting mode the F stop adjusts automatically as the shoot. But in manual mode M you've got to adjust the F stop yourself. Look on the lens where the F stop numbers are listed from 32 down to 4. Above the "4" you will see a little sliding tab with a little white dot on it (this is to the right of a small orange mark). This sliding tab locks the f stop for automatic use. Just slide the tab with the white dot toward the front of the lens and that will unlock the f stop ring for manual use. Hope this helps, if not, feel free to ask again.
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Hi NJ. difficlut to explain in words. there are youtube videos you can check. . 1. Activate the MF in the body 2. Pull the focal ring of the lens to MF mode. you need to do both.
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I can not speak to the PEN E-PL1 but it works marvelously well with Lumix DMC G6 if that is of any value to you in your evaluation. I have been very pleased with this lens. My only demerit is that in automatic mode it occasionally has trouble focusing when set to anything but 0.19 m to infinity. I accept and acknowledge that this could well be "operator error" versus a malfunction of the lens per se.
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I'm glad you asked this question because I wasn't aware of this function and had to read my manual, which you can download here: http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/download/manual/dslr.cfm#eflash Answer is, yes, the led light will turn on to assist focus in low light BUT as far as I can tell, although there is an automatic setting as an option, it won't go on automatically. IF you set it to M, or manual, you can press the right side of the settings ring and it will stay on. It is EXTREMELY fiddly rotating through the settings with that small wheel and then having to press each of the four positions to change settings. I'm glad you asked this question because I wasn't aware of this function and had to read my manual, which you can download here: http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/download/manual/dslr.cfm#eflash Answer is, yes, the led light will turn on to assist focus in low light BUT as far as I can tell, although there is an automatic setting as an option, it won't go on automatically. IF you set it to M, or manual, you can press the right side of the settings ring and it will stay on. It is EXTREMELY fiddly rotating through the settings with that small wheel and then having... » Read More I'm glad you asked this question because I wasn't aware of this function and had to read my manual, which you can download here: http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/download/manual/dslr.cfm#eflash Answer is, yes, the led light will turn on to assist focus in low light BUT as far as I can tell, although there is an automatic setting as an option, it won't go on automatically. IF you set it to M, or manual, you can press the right side of the settings ring and it will stay on. It is EXTREMELY fiddly rotating through the settings with that small wheel and then having to press each of the four positions to change settings. « Show Less
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My Daughter has this Camera and now her auto focus isn't working on it, so she has to manually focus it. I'm wondering if it is the lens or is it the body of the camera. She only has one lens so she hasn't been able to trouble shoot the problem and since she's away at college I'm unable to do anything about it at the moment. Anyone have any ideas?Thanks