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Yes, you will need a lens with the zoom control on the lens. The Olympus 13-50 EZ is the best power zoom MFT lens for video work, the others are mostly a still camera lens, requiring a lot of in-camera correction the Picket camera can not do. The Oly EZ lens uses the lens zoom ring to change the focal length (zoom in or out), a slight twist starts a slow zoom change, twist some more and the zoom speed increases, like the zoom rocker switch on a ENG zoom lens.
The other route, is to get a NTF or AbelCine B4 to MFT lens adapter, and get a B4 HD ENG zoom lens, this gives a large max f-stop that is constant, and true parfocal zoom focus, that holds the focus during a zoom change. But this is the most expensive route.
Another option, is going with a good manual zoom designed for video work, like the new Panasonic-Leica 12-60” zoom, which is not a power zoom, but has a nice smooth zoom control you can add a FF gear to and use a dampened Zoom control lever setup. The 12-60is dead silent in zoom and focus changes (another requirement for video work) and is also parfocal. This is the lens I went with, has very nice IQ and matches the other PL prime lenses in the lineup.
Cheers