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| Pansonic G5 and Olympus M.Zuiko 12-50mm |
Two months ago the Panasonic DMC-G5 was announced/released. One of its new features is a so called “Function Lever”. This is a small lever located behind the G5’s shutter release and can be used to perform different functions, like exposure compensation or to zoom into an image when in playback mode. If a power zoom capable lens is attached it can also be used to control the zoom of the lens.
A few days ago on a company photo walk I met a collegue who happens to own a G5. While we were talking about our cameras (I own an E-M5) he wanted to test my Olympus 12-50mm lens on his G5. After some playing around we were curious and tested if the Function Lever of the G5 works with the Olympus 12-50. And it works! Of course only if Power Zoom is enabled on the lens. The interoparability between the two manufacturers is really cool.
And after some googling I found this video by the polish blog m43.eu showing both working together.
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