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Digicaminfo reports that the new updated Panasonic 14-140mm lens will be a tiny bit faster. The new lens has a f/3.5-5.6 compared to the [shoplink 14802]f/4.0-5.8 of the current lens[/shoplink]. The lens will be announced along the G& and the Panasonic LF1 on Wednesday April 24th at around 6-7am London time.
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I wish it was constant 2.8F 12-100:)
and weather sealed 😀
11-100. Dream.
Gluing the 12-35 to the front of the 35-100 pretty much gets you there.
I am glad I sold my old 14-140mm lens when it was still worth something. Cime Wednesday its resell value will decrease drastically.
I only paid $450 new for mine. So, I’m sure I can get most, if not all of it back if I decide to replace it with either the new Lumix 14-140 or the Tamron 14-150.
About same here. Got a fairly good deal on ebay and I am not concerned about resale value, not one bit. I bought it to use it. It is a fine complement to the PL 25.
Hopefully it has at least one (not all) of these to make it a real update…because just slightly fast isn’t really cutting it.
smaller/lighter
Power OIS
weather sealed
Cheaper
Significantly better quality (the current lens is pretty good, so that will be tough)
If they can pull of any 1 or 2 of those, it will be worth it.
The old one is already
small&light
has Mega O.I.S (not sure if Power is better)
not too expensive
and has good optical Quality for a Superzoom
…but weather sealing would match OM-D/GH3 fine
With the way kit zooms etc are already reiterated it’s probably just minor update so that aperture matches all those APS-C dozenware zooms.
Power OIS is better especially at long end.
Old one has good sharpness but only from f.5.6
Yes, the old one isn’t very expensive
I would like to see new version as f.4.0 constant, not extending and optionally weathersealed
Yeah, I would buy that over the current 14-140 I have. f/4 constant would up the price some, but it would be nice.
Power OIS is better especially at long end.
Old one has good sharpness but only from f.5.6
Yes, the old one isn’t very expensive
I would like to see new version as f.4.0 constant, not extending and optionally weathersealed
Admin, look at this: http://digicame-info.com/2013/04/e-p5e-pl6.html
way to stay on topic there
WOW!!! …not
For me, weather sealing would be a much bigger improvement than a negligible increase in speed. How much more does it cost, really, to weather seal a lens?
A lot, as first of all you should make an optical design which allows not only internal focusing but internal zooming as well.
Not an easy task for such a long zoom.
So…..
It just means that you won’t need the 14-42 anymore.
Unless it’s weather-sealed, or power-zoom (in which case you can automate it on a tripod with the WiFi app), I really don’t see this as in any way advantageous.
I’m only expressing an opinion, but it wasn’t until I got my first fast prime that I fell in love with micro 4/3rds. Coming from a compact and bridge camera environment, these slow zooms didn’t make the camera feel special. Not in the way that pl25 and oly45 do. Really looking forward to eventually adding the oly75 mmmm…
wow, I’m buying 10
seriosuly, this is just a rumor, but if confirmed does’t make me excited… I had the original 14-140 that was shipped with the GH1… Overall nice definition lens and very silent, but the selling point of that lens (being silent) didn’t justify its cost when compared to major drawbacks (heavy, large, dark). The other selling point, to maintain costant AF for videos wasn’t that useful and more lenses received that feature since then. When I sold the GH1 for the GH2 I sold the lens as well. The 14-42 performs faily well and while it’s dark and a cheap piece of plastic does the job for its money… a kit lens job. The 14-140, no matter if f5.8 or f5.6 will remain a pointless lens to me. I’d rather buy a fast prime or a decent 12~35 f2 if such lens would exist (and Sigma proved it could exist). Some decisions behind Panasonic and Olympus strategy are beyond my understanding.
I want to move to Fuji because the Cameras are great and they keep making amazing lens, now they have a 14mm f2.8 ( APS-c) equivalent of a 10.5mm MFT. The MFT system existed for much longer, but the lens offering is rather amateurish.
“Amateurish”??
http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/lense.html
VS:
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/xf_lens/roadmap/
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yes the lens offerings at fuji are much more broad right? more prime options? and more zooms too?
And Fuji just announced a kit zoom that goes beyond 55mm… I mean holy shit right?
Yes you have a point. A slower lens for 3x the price the Fuji 14mm is, but it’s wider!!!
I want a 120-300mm PZ OIS wi th a fix size length and with optimized 300mm performance with nano coating thrown in!
Sigma already got a 120-300 OS 2.8 HSM lens 🙂
and then you wouldnt pay what they charge for it cause you probably want it for 800$ or less right?
the only thing that would make me consider this is if its more compact than the old one. weather sealing is not such a priortiy for me considering my g3 isnt weather sealed..
BORING as usual from panasonic…
Seriously?!? So they stall on releasing fast primes that the market is totally stoked about to release… another slow (5.6-ish) wide range lens for newbs??? I’m done with 4/3 and going to Fuji. I need a camera company that actually listens to it’s customers (and includes lens hood with premium lenses lol).
It’s a “Kit” lens… What did you expect, a Leica branded, waterproof lens with IBIS?
I’m not sure In Body Image Stabilization (IBIS) works too good on a lens
I don’t use my 14-140mm much, but when I do I’m always pleasantly surprised. If the new one is sharper at the long end it would be nice. A but faster is always welcome, too! A tad smaller and with weather sealing would be good!
Exactly. Smaller and lighter plus slightly faster, without any degradation in IQ, would be good enough for me. But, if they can eke out some IQ improvement, that would be icing on the goose.
Is this a Panasonic Leica lens or just an update to a travel zoom ?
amazing the level of stupid here…
constant f4…and weather sealed…and smaller..and considerably sharper…and internal zoom…and start at 11mm…and of course cheaper!!!!
if its not all that then its just another boooooring thing from panasonic…
Dumbasses, its a superzoom kit lens, thats it.
POINTLESS.
Stop bitchin’ about stuff’s size. Why producers have to sucrificice performance for smaller size? That’s because of all the customers who are constantly complaining that stuff isn’t small enough. You should be pleased, that m4/3 is still half of the size of full frame cameras. Want go small? -buy yourself a compact! Want go fast and pro? – stop bitchin’ about size and let producers create slightly larger products with better ergonomics and performance!
its a panasonic post, bitching, asking for ridiculous specs and all around bashing is a site requirement
I have the Oly 14-150 which I find excellent for a superzoom, and I don’t see the point of owning this much heavier lens unless you own a Panasonic camera and need OIS.
Photozone tested the 75mm 1.8: http://www.photozone.de/m43/830-oly75f18
riiiiiiiiight on topic! nailed it
It’s good it’ll start from F3.5. A consequence of pressure from Tamron 14-150mm, which is both smaller, lighter and faster at the wide end than Panasonic’s superzoom, while having OIS itself.