Another M43 trivia question: OMDS/Olympus and Panasonic make M43 lenses with electrical contacts, who are the other M43 lens producers that have electrical contacts?

[John Matthews]

Another M43 trivia question: OMDS/Olympus and Panasonic make M43 lenses with electrical contacts, who are the other M43 lens producers that have electrical contacts?

I just learned this one the other day. Winner gets bragging rights.

[stv]

Is it Laowa? Laowa have a couple of MFT lenses with electrical contacts to control aperture.

[BTM_Pix]

Yongnuo

[John Matthews]

  On 2/6/2022 at 1:42 PM, stv said:

Is it Laowa? Laowa have a couple of MFT lenses with electrical contacts to control aperture.

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Yes, Laowa 10mm f/2.0, but no AF. I most people would miss that one.

  On 2/6/2022 at 1:44 PM, BTM_Pix said:

Yongnuo

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Yes, they have at least one.

[Matt Kieley]

Sigma

[John Matthews]

  On 2/6/2022 at 3:41 PM, Matt Kieley said:

Sigma

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Yes. Sigma is another with many lenses and multiple versions (16mm, 19mm, 30mm x2, 56mm, 60mm).

[BTM_Pix]

I remember how pedantic the replies to your last trivia question got so I'm going to get an early bid in by saying Metabones.

[ac6000cw]

Tamron (14-150mm f3.5-5.8 zoom)

[John Matthews]

  On 2/6/2022 at 4:00 PM, BTM_Pix said:

I remember how pedantic the replies to your last trivia question got so I'm going to get an early bid in by saying Metabones.

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Metabones is a lens too, I guess. Nice!

  On 2/6/2022 at 4:53 PM, ac6000cw said:

Tamron (14-150mm f3.5-5.8 zoom)

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Yes.

Only one more that I know of.

[ac6000cw]

  On 2/6/2022 at 4:00 PM, BTM_Pix said:

I remember how pedantic the replies to your last trivia question got so I'm going to get an early bid in by saying Metabones.

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...and the Viltrox EF-M2 II (EF to M43)

[John Matthews]

  On 2/6/2022 at 5:12 PM, ac6000cw said:

...and the Viltrox EF-M2 II (EF to M43)

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Ok. Still a lens, I guess. Only one more... I think.

[BTM_Pix]

  On 2/6/2022 at 5:17 PM, John Matthews said:

Ok. Still a lens, I guess. Only one more... I think.

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Xiaoyi

[BTM_Pix]

DJI

[John Matthews]

  On 2/6/2022 at 6:04 PM, BTM_Pix said:

Xiaoyi

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Yes.

  On 2/6/2022 at 6:08 PM, BTM_Pix said:

DJI

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Yes. I believe that's it. You win @BTM_Pix. Unless I missed one. Correct me if I'm wrong, the DJI 15mm f/1.7 is simply a repackaged Panasonic Leica 15mm f/1.7, made by Panasonic. One could say the same about many other lenses though. I believe the Olympus 75mm f/1.8 is actually made by Sigma, but it was design through and through by Olympus... more a question of production savvy.

[leslie]

  On 2/6/2022 at 1:35 PM, John Matthews said:

Another M43 trivia question: OMDS/Olympus and Panasonic make M43 lenses with electrical contacts, who are the other M43 lens producers that have electrical contacts?

I just learned this one the other day. Winner gets bragging rights.

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i must have missed something, does btm_pix win as the xiaoyi has af  ?  or are all the answers winners.

you make no mention of af being a requirement  as far as i can see.

[John Matthews]

  On 2/7/2022 at 3:29 AM, leslie said:

i must have missed something, does btm_pix win as the xiaoyi has af  ?  or are all the answers winners.

you make no mention of af being a requirement  as far as i can see.

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Yes. We're all winners here. @BTM_Pix was able to list the final lens manufacturer that has made a lens WITH electrical contacts (AF was NOT a requirement). You might be confusing the previous M43 trivia post.

Let's recap: OMDS/Olympus, Panasonic, Sigma, Tamron, Laowa (VenusOptics), Xaioyi, DJI and Yongnuo are M43 manufacturers that produce lenses with electrical contacts. The other quasi-producers are Metabones and Viltrox with their speedboosters.

[amweber21]

Kodak is actually a M43 member with a camera and a couple lenses.

[John Matthews]

  On 2/7/2022 at 10:40 PM, amweber21 said:

Kodak is actually a M43 member with a camera and a couple lenses.

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Thanks for that. I wonder how many more are going to show up out of the woodwork!

Updated list: OMDS/Olympus, Panasonic, Sigma, Tamron, Laowa (VenusOptics), Xaioyi, DJI, Yongnuo and Kodak are M43 manufacturers that produce (or have produced) lenses with electrical contacts. The other quasi-producers are Metabones and Viltrox with their speedboosters.