If I put this lens on a Panasonic body, will I loose the auto-correction for chromatic aberration and barrel distortion?
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I didn't know it was supposed to have barrel distortion, but I'd think this would be an optical thing about the lens. I wouldn't think it would matter what camera the lens was on. Haven't noticed chromatic problems but I suppose it must be there. Hope somebody can help you more exactly.
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Yes! But you lose "matrix metering" and the auto-focus feature. Can be use it only a Manual mode, wich is actually good, if you're in a "learning curve" :-)
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I'm sure it would be fine. I have a K5 which has the same sensor size and I get great shots. In auto focus it sometimes hunts, but I just throw it in manual. The glass is excellent.
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Mechanically it should, but you will lose the automatic focusing and aperture/shutter speed functions.
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While it will probably physically attach the quality is certain to be awful. The superzooms simply do not have enough resolution to spare to attach a teleconverter and that f6.3 suddenly becomes f12.6 so your autofocus isn't going to work either. I tried it with the Nkkor 18-200 VR and a Nikon D200 and while technically it worked the results were worse than just cropping the image without the converter. In particular chromatic abberation was greatly exaggerated making the resulting images look like they'd been made with a ten dollar disposable camera (albeit with a very long lens).
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Yes, you won't have any autofocus or powered f-stop, this is for manual lenses only.
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ALL AF capable lenses that i've ever touched will allow you to rotate it past the two places where it should stop. The only lense i've ever handled that had a proper mechanical stop was made by Zeiss, i love them!
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No it is more like 150 degrees, you will have the normal distortion that is accompanied with this type of lens.
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If you are just buying it, it probably is. Check camera manual on how to display version when the lens is attached. It is simple to update if needed.Go to http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/index.html to see the latest firmware version. Version now is 1.2.
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Sorry I can't be more sure but the Lens you bought is a 4/3rd mount but not a Panasonic and therefore it most likely is incompatible as far as many extra features.
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Hi. I am in the exact same conundrum. I have been trying both and haven't really noticed a significant difference in performance. I felt like the Panasonic IS was very slightly better but I didn't test it very thoroughly. In the end, I use the in-built Olympus stabilizer simply because I often switch between this lens and the pancake. I guess you could try taking some shots in a low light setting both ways and then zoom in to compare the blurriness.
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Yes. It has other problems, like causing flare (not blackened enough plastic), the autofocus never finding its mark correctly with Canon 35/2 IS, I'm not sure image stabilization even works with this lens (I see no difference between On/Off settings) -- but vignetting is not one of them.
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I don't see why it shouldn't. What you get with olympus bodies is that the image stabilization is in the camera, whereas the Panasonic cameras rely on it being in the lens. So with a manual OM lens you won't get image stabilization on this, but you would on an Olympus Pen.
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Yes , it will work, but Panasonic released new firmware to optimize the use of these lenses starting with the camera body GF2 and there on but not for GF1. This does not mean that it can not be used. To see the functions that You will be missing read this article of DPreviews on this link http://www.dpreview.com/news/2011/8/29/panasonicfirmware . I have this lens on a G3 and hardly ever pay attention to these functions so I would not mind if I did not have them.
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It should be possible it seems (I have only Panasonic bodies, so I haven't tested it):http://www.four-thirds.org/en/special/download.html
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You need to shoot without lens off. This might help. http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/panasonic-gh4-lens-options-canon-ef/
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Yes. It will be perfect on that model! Keep in mind that you have to get quite close to the subject matter for the lens to focus correctly. Enjoy!