Edgar M
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Here is the newest answer/email someone else got:
"Thank you for your E-mail regarding IBIS.
We are sorry to inform you that we are unable to guarantee the
operation with non-native adapted lenses in exception of genuine
products.
However, we are constantly making efforts to improve our products.
We are always grateful for customers' opinion.
Thank you.
Best regard,
T.Katagiri
Customer Support Center
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. Tokyo, Japan"
USA and Japan emailed me as well a few weeks ago, but didn't deny or say they weren't going to fix the IBIS-Video-w-Adapted-Lenses like the aforesaid message..they just wrote me the above, but only the 3rd sentence, "we are constantly making efforts to improve our products. We are always grateful for customers' opinion."... I guess we have our answer 
What a let down.
The biggest and most special feature of the OMD is IBIS. Without it, there are many better options for video with more features - GH1/2/3, Nex, etc.. the OMD doesn't have variable frame rates nor high bitrates for video...but it Does have IBIS; something the other cameras don't have. That's what sets it apart (IBIS) and that's what will make up for its' shortcomings (24p, higher bitrate) compared to the other cameras that do have 24p and higher bitrate. Olympus should really be exploiting the OMD's best and most unique feature, IBIS, instead of dumbing it down.
Dangit... I guess I will be forced to buy the modern AF lenses, which is a major drawback for video work. Real MF focus rings are so much better for video work. I also use double focus anamorphic-lenses, which likes real MF focus, and not clutch/electronic MF focus of the modern AF lenses. Also, i guess all my timelapses will be full of flickering now, since my kit will be full of modern lenses now with electronic Ap blades that close and open after every shot, unlike an MF lens whose Ap blades just stay still and don't move per shot. My work will be slightly inferior; but I guess I can live with it and work with the modern, plastic, Overpriced, AF lenses.
Sucks really... cant use IBIS to its' full potential, with Video... can't use leica, old dslr and rf canon & nikon, pen-f, legacy, minolta, vintage Russian primes, old zeiss, contax lenses, and the list goes on and on. Just some examples of some really great lenses for the poor videographer..as they are much more inexpensive than modern af lenses, but still offer really great IQ, plentiful, the important real MF focus control and Not the icky clutch-focus of modern lenses, real manual Ap ring (which also can be modified for smooth Ap turning; something kinda needed since OMD locks exp while video shooting), etc., etc.
Edited on Jun 14, 2012 at 12:22 PM · View previous versions
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