My own set of Panasonic 14-140 f3.5-5.6 questions before I take the plunge...

geepondy wrote:

- Reviews I read mentioned shutter shock but these are older reviews with G7 and G7X cameras. Do you think I would experience this on my GX9?

-Just how prevalent and serious is this issue of not allowing a shot to be fired in low light situations? That sounds like it could be quite aggravating.

An improved shutter was released with the GX80/85, so shutter shock isn't an issue the GX9. It wasn't a big issue with earlier cameras, either, except with certain lenses (14-140mm f3.5-5.6, 14-42mm PZ) within a narrow range of shutter speeds.

-I know image quality questions get asked a lot about this lens but currently I have the kit 12-60 f3.5-5.6 lens, and the 45-150 f4-5.6 lens (as well as the Leica 15 f1.7). The 12-60 is sharper than the 45-150 and the Leica (as expected) is sharper than the 12-60 even when both lens stepped down. Would the 14-140 be giving up anything in sharpness (as well as color and contrast perhaps even more important), compared to the 12-60 and 45-150 within the overlapping focal ranges?

The 14-140mm II is sharper than the 45-150mm (I have both lenses). It's a great all-around daylight lens. Image quality

The Leica 15mm lens has me drooling and makes me wonder just how much sharper the Leica 12-60 f2.8-f4 lens would be over the Panasonic 12-60 but in reality whenever I'm out doing nature walks, I'm constantly swapping between the 12-60 and the 45-150 so in practicality the 14-140 makes more sense. This would be the last lens I would buy for quite some time although if I find necessity dictates, I may get the 12-32 pancake as it's cheap.

The 14-140mm, 7-14mm f 4 and the 15mm would be an excellent simple all-around kit. There's no real need for weather sealed lenses with a non-weathersealed camera.

That's more or less my usual travel kit: 7-14mm, 14-140mm and Voigtländer 17.5mm and 42.5mm. When my girlfriend carries a camera, she uses the 14-140mm and I'll bring my 12-40mm. We share the 7-14mm.