There's another important difference! The RII has fewer electric functions. In other words fewer things to fail. I have had two EZ lenses fail with the dreaded "Please check the status of a lens" message. One I had repaired by Olympus, which cost me $200. The other remains unusable. So I bought the RII because it does not have electric extension/retraction or electric zoom. So there's less to go wrong. Not only that but setting an exact focal length is much easier with the mechanical RII. I feel a lot more comfortable knowing my lens isn't going to fail at any moment when I am travelling, leaving me unable to take photographs.
I added the EZ pancake version to my Pen-f travel kit. The optional lens cap feature is pure genius for traveling! This lens & features is a delight on the road!
I have both of these lenses and the RII is slightly sharper in the samples that I have. However, the big difference is that the RII won't let you down with a burned out zoom motor which is what happened to me recently - despite firing less than 1200 shots with the EZ lens.
The EZ pancake lens is gaining notoriety as one which has a fatal flaw... the dreaded broken ribbon, which renders the lens unusable and is not economical to repair.
It was for that reason I ended up going for the even cheaper one: the Four Thirds ED. Seems to be the same lens, is made of plastic but still features the same image and despite its age (from 2008), is still sharp enough and works great ... especially for the $50-$100 it's going for on eBay.
There's another important difference! The RII has fewer electric functions. In other words fewer things to fail. I have had two EZ lenses fail with the dreaded "Please check the status of a lens" message. One I had repaired by Olympus, which cost me $200. The other remains unusable. So I bought the RII because it does not have electric extension/retraction or electric zoom. So there's less to go wrong. Not only that but setting an exact focal length is much easier with the mechanical RII. I feel a lot more comfortable knowing my lens isn't going to fail at any moment when I am travelling, leaving me unable to take photographs.
Ifyou look at used lenses, there are a lot of EZ lenses for Parts Only, so perhaps there is a design fault for the pancake lens?
I added the EZ pancake version to my Pen-f travel kit. The optional lens cap feature is pure genius for traveling! This lens & features is a delight on the road!
Excellent video 😮!
I test both with a em10 mkiii, and i noticed the R lens is a bit brighther
I have both of these lenses and the RII is slightly sharper in the samples that I have. However, the big difference is that the RII won't let you down with a burned out zoom motor which is what happened to me recently - despite firing less than 1200 shots with the EZ lens.
The EZ pancake lens is gaining notoriety as one which has a fatal flaw... the dreaded broken ribbon, which renders the lens unusable and is not economical to repair.
thanks!
It was for that reason I ended up going for the even cheaper one: the Four Thirds ED. Seems to be the same lens, is made of plastic but still features the same image and despite its age (from 2008), is still sharp enough and works great ... especially for the $50-$100 it's going for on eBay.
for us novice lens buyers, what do you mean by the "dreaded broken ribbon"
I like the pancake version. Very nice.
Hello
Im getting a issue with this model of the M.Zuiko wheres it says "please check the status of the lens"
Do someone knows how to solve this?
@@Santos.jean21 Try cleaning the contacts. If that does not solve the issue, may have to replace the ribbon.
I bought some new flat cables and I'll replace and make some tests
If it works I come back with the answer