fanta Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 <p>I am considering to buy a Panasonic 45-175mm lens (the H-PS45175E) with O.I.S. for an Olympus E-M5. The lens does not have a switch to disable its stabilizer. Would the camera allow me to disable the lens stabilizer, and use the in-camera stabilization instead?<br> I have found contrasting information in different forums, and couldn't find an answer in the camera manual.<br> <br />Thank you in advance!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 <p>I use various Panasonic lenses on my EP2 (14mm, 14-45mm zoom, 45-200mm zoom) and it is my understanding the Olympus doesn't recognize the IS of the lens and uses its own internal system, whether the switch on the lens is on or off. I don't know about your specific lens.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_stephan2 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 <p>I can confirm that my EPL-1 doesn't recognize OIS on my 14-45 Panasonic lens so you should be good to go. Let us know how the 45-175 works on the OMD.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcuknz Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 <p>It appears to have a switch on the side like my 14-140 so you should have the option of either IBIS or OIS.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanta Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 <p>Thank you for your answers. The switch on the lens is for Wide-Tele, not for OIS. Pity that Olympus doesn't mention the matter in the camera user manual.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveysteeves Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 <p>throw it on and see but when I try to use any of my Panny OIS lenses on my OMD the EVF shows some serious motion sickness ... now it may be the case that for no switch, the camera may cancel something(lens or body) but to be safe, its pretty easy to turn IBIS off.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanta Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 <p>I have checked with Olympus customer support, their answer was that the EM-5 will not disable the lens stabilizer, therefore I am left with the option to disable in-camera stabilization.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanta Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 <p>Thanks Harvey.<br> I still plan to buy the Lumix G X Vario PZ 45-175mm, as I am looking for a zoom that makes it at least to 150mm, very preferably moisture/dust sealed, and not so big and heavy it will require a neck strap. I hope to get a lens for "enthusiast amateur" (is it called a "prosumer"?), rendering an image quality above entry-level lenses.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcuknz Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 <p>Francesco Thankyou I was just looking at the rather small and wrong angled dpreview picture :-(</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanta Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 <p>When everything else fails, read the fine manual :)</p> <p>So I did it, and the Panasonic lens manual reads:</p> <p>"When using this lens [H-PS45175E] with another make of digital<br />cameras, the Optical Image Stabilizer function will<br />not work. (As of August 2011)<br />For details, contact the respective company."</p> <p>I have mounted the lens on my Olympus OM-D, and from what I see in the display/viewfinder, if I switch off the in-camera stabilization, there is no image stabilization while I am composing the picture. Which would be consistent with what reported by the lens manual.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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