Stabilisation Rules

The rules for non-Olympus OIS lenses (usually Panasonic) that are not explained clearly anywhere by Olympus or others.
See the Timeline page for some more details of features and age of bodies.

First 2 charts for modern bodies, except the E-M10 Mk3, E-PL9/10.

E-M1/E-M1 Mk2/E-M1X/E-M10/E-M10 Mk2/E-M5 Mk1 at V2.2/E-M5 Mk2/E-M5 Mk3 E-P5 Pen-F E-PL7/8 All the above have the better 3 or 5 axis IBIS. E-PL5/6 and E-PM2 have the earlier less effective 2 axis IBIS. With a Panasonic switched OIS lens: Note that Lens IS Priority is ignored for Panasonic switched OIS lenses.
Lens IS Priority	IBIS	Lens OIS Switch	Stabilisation Result
On	On	On	OIS
On	On	Off	IBIS
Off	On	On	OIS
Off	On	Off	IBIS
On	Off	On	OIS
On	Off	Off	-
Off	Off	On	OIS
Off	Off	Off	-

E-M1/E-M1 Mk2/E-M1X/E-M10/E-M10 Mk2/E-M5 Mk2/E-M5 Mk3 E-P5 Pen-F E-PL7/8 All the above have the better 3 or 5 axis IBIS. E-PL5/6 and E-PM2 have the earlier less effective 2 axis IBIS. With a Panasonic unswitched OIS lens: IBIS on is the master switch for stabilisation here
Lens IS Priority	IBIS	Stabilisation Result
On	On	OIS
Off	On	IBIS
On	Off	-
Off	Off	-

For the E-M10 Mk3, E-PL9, E-PL10

E-M10 Mk3 has 5 axis IBIS, the E-PL9/10 have 3 axis. With a Panasonic switched OIS lens:
IBIS	Lens OIS Switch	Stabilisation Result
On	On	OIS
On	Off	IBIS
Off	On	OIS
Off	Off	-

E-M10 Mk3 has 5 axis IBIS, the E-PL9/10 have 3 axis. With a Panasonic unswitched OIS lens: Note that these bodies do not have the Lens IS Priority menu item.
IBIS	Stabilisation Result
On	IBIS
Off	-

For older bodies .....

E-P1/E-P2/E-P3 E-PL1/E-PL2/E-PL3 E-PM1 All the above have the early less effective 2 axis IBIS. E-M5 Mk1 before V2.2 (has 5 axis IBIS). With a Panasonic switched OIS lens:
IBIS	Lens OIS Switch	Stabilisation Result
On	On	IBIS + OIS clash
On	Off	IBIS
Off	On	OIS
Off	Off	-

E-P1/E-P2/E-P3 E-PL1/E-PL2/E-PL3 E-PM1 All the above have the early less effective 2 axis IBIS. E-M5 Mk1 before V2.2 (has 5 axis IBIS). With a Panasonic unswitched OIS lens:
IBIS	Stabilisation Result
On	IBIS
Off	-

Last change 3rd January 2020

Olympus Micro Four Thirds Stabilisation Rules