Micro Four/Thirds Lenses

I haven't used micro four thirds. MY understanding is the system is a joint effort by Olympus and Panasonic. Its a very good concept and means owners of a MFT camera have a much greater choice in lenses than they might otherwise have. Also as the system is mirrorless you avoid many of the Faults seen with DSLRs.

I don't think you should be too wary of off brand lenses just healthily cautious. The MFT system is robust, frirms like Schnieder Kreutznach support the system. All you need to do is do some research on different options, some "off brand lenses perform much better than the native lenses, the trick is identifying them.

You will also have a huge range of legacy lenses ( manual focus) you can use with your camera. Some old full frame lenses will perform heaps better on your camera as only the best part of the lens is being used.

I strongly encourage you to join a MFT forum (as well as using this one), they will give you the advice and guidance you need :

http://www.mu-43.com/forums/ (I don't know this forum)

http://forum.fourthirdsphoto.com/ This one I am familiar with and they have a great section on adapted lenses. You will find user comments on the off Brand lenses as well

Unfortunately here; too often the focus tends to be heavily focused on Canikon DSLRs.

As far as DSLRs goI think Nikon bests canon in nearly every way and the focus on canon DSLRs, evidenced here, is unfortunate.I also think many here would appreciate a much wider approach.

Actually film still beats digital in image quality,but digital is considerably more convenient.

To get back to the focus of this thread and to expand I think mirror-less cameras are far better for beginner coin photographers than DSLRs'. They are usually simpler to use, many now have Wifi and NFC so downloading pictures to a computer is faster and easier some models will do the transfer straight after the picture is taken. Some models can be controlled via smart phones so no need to by a separate remote shutter release. If your selling on ebay posting the pictures online, with some models is super fast.

I think the MFT system is good but for coins the sensor is perhaps little small that said every thing in photography is a compromise and understanding the system you own can see you taking shots that rival those from the large and often heavy DSLRs.

Canon is definitely behind in image quality vs Nikon and others, but they are way ahead vs functionality for coins. It's the ability to do tethered focus stacking with EFSC that keeps me with Canon. Once Nikon fixes their problems and offers an interface that can do automated stacking, with EFCS, on a full frame camera with no AA filter, I will buy it. The D810 comes close, but no cigar.

FYI: The answer to the OP is YES.

I have found that the Olympus and Panasonic lenses are interchangeable, with the high probably that it will have full functionality too. While 3rd party lenses are made with a MFTs mount, they operate only in full manual-mode. That's something to consider depending on your skill level.

This is good to know. While Olympus and Panasonic do have duplicate lenses, they also offer lenses unique to the brand. This really can open the field to many more combinations to fit specific photographic needs.