Bread and Butter Workhorse Lens: Pan 12-35 f/2.8

wiryawan wrote:

curiosifly wrote:

Hi Gary

Thank you very much! Good point. That slow power zoom of LX100 + the lens always retracts when viewing photo is a pain for me indeed. I have missed my shots many times because of that.

Good to know that AF is faster. LX100 is good already for me most of the time. A little better might be enough for me. But based on your opinion, I may consider some other lens if I do get a GX8 or 85 since I already have LX100 cover this focal range. The 14-140 ii is very attempting. Best lens that shows advantage of MFT system in my opinion. People say it's susceptible to shutter shock. Does it bother you on GX8?

Curiosifly, you're very welcome!

I agree with the 14-140 ii, it's actually my second MFT lens that I purchased long time ago, and is still a very solid performing lens. That lens doesn't have any significant IQ compromise on all focal length so far in my experience, and it could be the lens that you will use the most, for traveling or for general use to complement the LX100.

Unfortunately, the shutter shock issue is also happening on my GX8 . It wasn't as bad as with the GX7 though, when I used the GX7 on mechanical shutter with the 14-140 ii, even at 14mm there will be some occasions of soft images due to shutter shock. That isn't helped by the fact that the electronic shutter on the GX7 still produces a lot of banding when shot under some light conditions when compared to the electronic shutter mode of the LX100 or the GX8.

With the GX8 and the electronic shutter, things are much much better because there's no trace of weird banding under specific light conditions :-). All you have to take care is the rolling shutter, which I almost never encounter except when I shoot a fast moving car without panning at 35mm++ focal length, thus not becoming an issue for me since I never need to shoot such a photograph. So, I almost use electronic shutter all the time with the GX8, except when I shoot with flash, and the problem of shutter shock is not an issue anymore.

Hope this helps! Cheers!

What Gary said. I wouldn't let shutter shock deter you from buying the GX8 if it interests you. I was choosing between the GX8 and GX85 but with the auto electronic shutter option, it's hardly an issue unless like Gary said, you shoot very fast moving subjects (ie. a moving car)

If you're trying to decide between cameras, really the best thing to do is go somewhere and hold all of your contenders. I decided instantly when I held the GX85 and went with the GX8. It is an amazing piece of hardware.