ED 12-40 PRO lens in the Oly EM5 housing and standard EP01 or Zen WA-100 ports?

[Divezilla]

Anyone tried using the Oly 12-40 Pro in the Oly EM5 housing and port. Or Zen Port?
Does it fit from a 'girth' point of view?
I imagine it might hit the back of the port glass.

---------- Post added May 4th, 2015 at 07:42 PM ----------

Well, that was a silly question.
I took the housing and tried it at the camera store.
The 12-40 will 'fit' in the standard flat dome. But that's it. No zooming.

I'll keep my 14-42 for this!!

 

[kevindale222]

Hi. i had the same issue. But went one step further. .

You also need a zen 25mm extension. This will allow the 12-40mm to zoom to full 40mm focal length. (The extensions main use is to allow oly 60mm macro to fit in the Zen flat port for Panasonic 45mm macro) I I took the ext to a precision engineering metal workshop and asked him to machine out 1mm in circumference of the dome. I also had a friend make me a zoom ring with his 3d printer. (Made very slim about 1mm thick I think) had to cut this down as didn't want to machine the WA-100 dome because of the delicate glass.

here are a few pics.

there is vignette at 12mm range as seen in pic but is gone at 15mm.

Any questions please ask