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

OrdinarilyInordinate wrote:

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).

This is one among a sequence of about 100+ shots on our day out shooting by GF3 (no IBIS, entry level body, old 12M panny sensor, small and no evf so more vulnerable to shaking) + 14-140 MII by my wife who is not a very experienced shooter as me. I don't see SS as a lot other users don't:

Or our recent to a local flower show like this from the same combo:  Edit: I better find another sample since the following was taken at 1/1000" out of the complained SS range of shutter speed. I need to go through my external disk and many need some time. Pls forget the following flower image.

These samples were not few good ones from thousands of failed images (I must confused not every image was taken by the combo within the SS shutter range, some might be faster and some might be taken by slower shutter because they were not originally intended to prove SS). By the end, I believe no one would wish to see hundreds of similar images to prove no SS.

Please judge by yourself to see would I be a few lucky ones to have a good copy as many others happy users (never forget 14-140 MII is a very frequently recommended lenses here!), or just a few unlucky owners had defectively copies and shouted their satisfaction out loud? One thing is real SS could not be avoided on tripod or adding weight to the camera. Sadly so far no unfortunate user willing to test their bad copy on tripod to see would it be a true SS and keep the mysterious lingering around....

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.