The Superzoom which actually DOES it

It does Pee me off that OIS is running all the time in the lens when mounted on the EM5 but I guess it has to keep the stabilizer element centered

Adam, thank you for the review that started this thread.  It brought this lens to my attention; I hadn't really paid any attention to it before.  The reason I'm interested is that my wife and I are taking a three week trip to Australia and New Zealand late in November, and this lens might be something that could lighten my camera kit even more.  I would be using it on my Oly E-M5, and it would replace my Oly 40-150 and possibly my Panasonic 14-42II.  What do you think?  You and I are both fans of the Panasonic 14-42II.  Would there be much, if any, difference in image quality if the 14-140 were used in daylight outdoors and at the optimal f-stops (5.6 and at the longer focal lengths, f8)?

I've included the short statement from your message above because I wanted to see if that meant the OIS kept running even if you set the switch on the lens to "off."  That's probably what you meant, although that behavior of the lens certainly seems odd in that case.  Also, how much sound comes from the OIS?  Is this the sort of thing that only the photographer using the camera can hear?  And only then, perhaps, in something like a very quiet room?

Since you tested this lens on the E-M5, did you see any sign of shutter shock, as some people have reported with this lens?

One final question is, which brand of 2A UV filter did you use to deal with the purple fringing problem?

Al