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

Dear OrdinarilyInordinate, as being promised in my last post to perform a test on GX1 + 14-140 M2 in according to the SS finding by SLRGear (from 50mm upward, OIS disable, mount on a tripod and shoot at 1/40" and 1/50"), I eventually found time to do it today.

In short, no blurry image was obtained. May be as other good members' opinion, using e-shutter might potentially improve the sharpness, but as all test samples were look sharp at 100% view, I am confidence that at least my combo has no SS issue.

14-140 MII mounted on GX1, OIS disable, Multi Metering, M mode Shutter Speed at 1/40" and 1/50" for the focal lengths of around 50mm, 70mm, 100mm and 140mm respectively. Used natural lighting, but as it was not ideal, ISO set at 400 (allowing a +2/3ev for all shots to compensate for the lighting condition), mount on a Manfrotto 785B tripod (0.98Kg weight, support up to 1Kg), shoot at self timer of 2 sec delay for full resolution JPEG. Target was a Test Chart to check AF back focus.

In order to reduce the uploading size, one of the OOC Jpeg sample was posted, others were resized to 1920 x 1440 @300dpi (without any enlargement nor reduction, theoretically a 100% view) to fit normal monitor display and for smaller file size.

The original OOC Jpeg image

The 8 resized test samples (46mm, 69mm, 97mm and 140mm at 1/40" and 1/50" respectively having f/stop set to en effect of +2/3ev to compensate for the lighting condition) were as below:

I wish you might also find my 14-140 MII, as a 10x superzoom, is not that bad at all.