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14-140 sharpness almost as good as 12-35/35-100 f2.8

Started Jan 14, 2016 | Discussions thread
peppermonkey Veteran Member • Posts: 5,204
For video?

Jacques Cornell wrote:

I just got a Panasonic 14-140mm f3.5-5.6, and I've gotta say I'm impressed. I just shot a set of test images of forest landscapes at 14, 18, 25, 50, 70 and 100mm in good light at ISO 200, f5.6 and 1/500 with e-shutter. Was expecting to see some significant tradeoffs for the convenience, but it actually gives my two f2.8 Panasonic zooms a run for their money at f5.6. A tad lower contrast at 70-100mm, and slightly less sharpness in certain parts of the frame as some focal lengths, but impressively consistent sharpness across the frame. In short, I'm comfortable relying on this for travel & hiking shots I plan to print at A2 and A1 sizes and don't feel I'm giving up anything but weight by leaving the f2.8 zooms at home.

I currently have the Oly 14-150 MKI, which I got at a wonderful price. Can't complain as it does the job. How does this compare to the 14-140 MKII?

And for video, did Panny ever fix the jitter problem that seems to come up a lot on these boards?

I would probably stick with the Oly simply because the others are way more expensive (compared to what I got it for), but would certainly like to know what my options are.

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