12-35 recognizes portrait orientation on G3!!!

Kiwi Paul · #1 July 21st, 2012, 04:35 PM

With the G3 until I got the 12-35 lens if I shot in portrait orientation I had to manually rotate the pics in LR after downloading, with shots taken with the 12-35 when I download the pics they are downloaded in portrait orientation!!!
Is this unique to this lens or do other Lumix lenses do this?
I had the Lumix 14mm, 20mm, have the 25mm and none of them did it. None of the Oly lenses do it either.

Paul

addieleman · #2 July 21st, 2012, 04:51 PM

Look here. For some lenses it says "Direction detection related functions on DMC-G3(ex. a function to rotate and play back pictures vertically when they are shot with the camera held vertically) are not available."

These are all non-stabilized lenses; apparently the OIS sensors also take care of orientation detection.

Kiwi Paul · #3 July 21st, 2012, 05:20 PM

Thanks for that, yes OIS lenses have the function.

Paul

Liamness · #4 July 21st, 2012, 05:24 PM

The OIS lenses have an accelerometer in them, so that shake can be measured and compensated for. Naturally these can also work out which way is up, as gravity is a constant.

~tc~ · #5 July 21st, 2012, 06:56 PM

Mine seems hit or miss ...