The Superzoom which actually DOES it

Thanks for the review. I have the Olympus 14-150mm and I have used it on my E-M5 for the last 28 months. Used it in Nepal, Turkey, Bali, Japan, Taiwan, and around the U.S. I haven't done any testing of it, but I have been pretty happy with it. Some people who post here like it a lot and some don't, but like any lens there probably are sample variations. Maybe mine is one of the better ones. I have had a few other superzooms over the years:

Sigma 18-125mm
Sigma 18-200mm OS
Sony 18-250mm
Tamron 18-270mm VC

Again, without testing I think the Olympus is the best of the bunch. Also, the E-M5 CDAF just nails the focus better most of the time than the DSLRs I used with the other superzooms (Canon 30D and 60D, Sony A700).

By the way, what happened to your GX7? Did you have to send it in for repair?

After you have a chance to use the lens with OIS please let us know how that goes. One thing I hated about the Tamron 18-270mm VC was that the VC mechanism would go to sleep after a short time so it would have to wake up (not talking about the camera here, talking about the lens VC) and if you shot too quick you would get a smeared photo because the lens elements were getting into position. I hated that and regularly got ruined shots. Never had that problem with the Sigma OS and never had a problem with the Sony IBIS. I have read a few places that all the Tamron VC lenses suffer from this problem. I don't know if the latest VC lenses are fixed. The VC was very effective once it was up and running though. I wonder if the Panasonic OIS has this problem?