DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

12-35 2.8 vs 14-140 II - how much better?

Started Jun 27, 2016 | Discussions thread
Andreas Voigt Regular Member • Posts: 179
Re: 12-35 2.8 vs 14-140 II - how much better?

secretworld wrote:

Robiro wrote:

Andreas Voigt wrote:

I got the 14-140 as kit with the GH4.

Based on the positive opinions in this thread, I must have gotten a really bad sample.

Keep the shutter at 1/400s or faster to avoid shutter shock with 14-140mm.

It is nowhere close to the 12-35 f2.8 and it gets even worse on the longer end when compared to the 35-100 f2.8 and the Oly 40-150 f2.8 respectively.

That is not true. Very sharp at 140mm even wide open.

Agreed, since I have cameras with electronic shutters, all lenses I own got better .

Before that my 20mm f1.7 (which doesn't suffer from SS) was really better then my 14-45mm, but now the are equal.

Only prime that is a little sharper then the 14-45 is my Oly 45mm f1.8. But only when stopped down to f8. I tested a 12-35 f2.8 against my 14-45 but could not see any meaningful difference except of course the f stop.

I don't own a 14-140 but did use it a few times, from a friend and it is indeed a sharp lens when used with electronic shutter. It is a kittle less sharp then the 14-45 45-150 combo but not by much and only visible with 1:1 viewing.

Of course, no doubt, the 14-140 produces acceptable results. Otherwise I would not use that lens. But the question was "compared to the 12-25".

And for video it is my lens of choice.

 Andreas Voigt's gear list:Andreas Voigt's gear list
Sony RX100 Panasonic GH5
Post (hide subjects) Posted by
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow