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Is the Panny 14-140 worth $150 more than the Oly 14-150?

Started Dec 5, 2015 | Discussions thread
alcelc
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Re: Is the Panny 14-140 worth $150 more than the Oly 14-150?
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Noku Dzu wrote:

Right now, Olympus has $150 off on their 14-150mm zoom. The Panasonic 14-140 is selling for around $600 or so.

Is the Panasonic that much better to make it worth $150 more?

I have read every review and comparison I could find and it seems that the Panasonic lens is thought to be better than the Olympus.

I'll be using whichever lens I buy on my Panazonic GX7. I did try out the Olympus lens today and it handled fine. Poor lighting at dusk made me have to use an ISO of 800 & 1600 to get decent exposures, but the images are quite acceptable for the short tryout I had.

I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions.

Thanks

To pair up with panny body, 14-140 II is your obvious choice.

A few shots by my wife on her GX1 from 14-140II recently:

GX1 + 14-140II, f/4.7, 1/400", ISO160 @40mm

GX1 + 14-140II, f/5.4, 1/640", ISO160 @69mm

GX1 + 14-140II, f/5.0, 1/200" (within the possible SS zone), ISO160 @24mm

GX1 + 14-140II, f/5.6, 1/13", ISO400 @69mm

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