That is if you can live without TTL la. If not, might as well get a FL36 or something which has TTL support

http://www.birger.com/

This one maintains full electronic contact between Canon EOS mount and m4/3 but costs a bomb..
Like around the price of an E-P3

But with that zoom range and fast aperture, it has to be pretty big by m43 standards

The closest thing to that will be the 4/3 version



But, if they can reduce the size like what they did to the m43 version of the 25mm f1.4(4/3 version is hugeee) then it will be tempting

Adding IBIS would incur higher production costs I assume, thus higher priced prodcuts

Lol, who knows their marketing dept might think that by having lower priced products, they can attract more customers.
Look at the GF3 and the intended market with so many stuffs stripped out of it.

There is one advantage of having lens based stabilization though and that is video. Oly uses software stabilization for video but don't know how effective is that - I never play around with video much to notice.

But the thing is, so far there isn't any brand that I know of which offers dual stabilization option at the moment (i.e. having IS lenses as well as stabilized sensor) . Sony (alpha mount) and Pentax do not produce any stabilized lenses.

You mean focus peaking?

Lovely colours

P signifies the higher end/the flagship PEN cameras. PL is one step below meaning less features compared to the P series.

This post has been edited by raptor_cZn: Sep 1 2011, 09:22 PM

Yes, you would need an adapter since its a four thirds lens.



It will autofocus with the adapter

One thing to note is that the 50mm is a macro lens but of course four thirds lenses are much bigger than their m43 counterparts. Plus the fact that you have to use the adapter adds even more bulk.

You'll have to turn either one off.