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Panasonic 35-100mm F4-5.6 v Panasonic 14-140mm f3.5-5.6

Started Apr 9, 2015 | Discussions thread
OrdinarilyInordinate
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Re: Panasonic 35-100mm F4-5.6 v Panasonic 14-140mm f3.5-5.6

wine540 wrote:

The 14-140 is uspposed to have shuttershock issues. I use mine with an OM-D EM10 set for first curtain electronic shutter so that is not an issue. It's a great lens for travel and "walk around" if you need the tele. I recently traveled to see my grandchildren to another city and brought athe14-42 EZ which was fine for some things, but I missed shots of bird and tighly cropped tele shots of kids playing- I missed the 14-140. I have a 35-100 which I haven't used much.

I wonder about that too.  I've read about the shutter shock issue on the SLRGear review and also some reports of people who've used this lens--on both Panasonic and Olympus cameras.  One person wrote that he went through 2 copies of the 14-140mm II, and both had bad shutter shock even with 0-second anti-shock setting turned on.  That put me off the Panasonic version, even though it's supposed to be very good optically.  (Though SLRGear measures the first version to perform better, for some reason).

I had the first version of Olympus 14-150mm, and it was a bit soft for my liking, especially on the long end.  I'd like to own a super-zoom again for situational convenience, but can't decide between Tamron's 14-150mm III, Olympus 14-150mm II, and maybe Panasonic 14-140mm II *if the shutter shock issue has been addressed somehow*.  Holding off until I gather more information.

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