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Is the Panasonic 14-140mm f3.5/5.6 H-FS14140K zoom lens discontinued?

Started Nov 13, 2015 | Discussions thread
Impulses Forum Pro • Posts: 10,039
Re: Is the Panasonic 14-140mm f3.5/5.6 H-FS14140K zoom lens discontinued?

Impulses wrote:

Yep, the price also jumps around wildly... Almost $700 for the newest iteration seems like robbery considering the previous version has gone as low as $500 (from Amazon directly too, not merchants/grey).

I paid like $530 when it wasn't even a year old and still went out of stock often (a gift, not for me). Those 10x zooms are a lot more popular than many enthusiasts would guess, and the 14-140 is an excellent one.

Shame they didn't weather seal it like Oly did with their most recent 14-150.

I'm curious to see if they changed more than the cosmetics. What if they addressed the shutter shock issue with this lens?

And didn't make any sort of claim about it? I guess if they wanted to deny it ever happened in the first place, maybe, tho other lenses with similar issues were fixed in firmware.

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