The Only Travel Lens You'll Need? Lumix 14 140mm f3.5-5.6 Super Zoom
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I love the 14-140. I tried full frame, and the weight of a Sony 24-240 is unbearable. This lens gets much better reach. Weight is so much more of a factor than I thought. Superzooms are my favorite.
Bought this lens the other month. It's now my favourite and most used lens.
I like the Olympus 14-150mm. It would be nice to see a comparison between that and the Panasonic.
I don't disagree with this but the combo of the Oly 12-40 and the Panasonic 35-100 fits in my bag and is almost as large a range (well, almost almost) and also both of those lenses are fantastically sharp and f2.8 through the whole range. In particular that Panasonic lens is amazing. Well both are.
Very informative. I have a Lumix G85 paired with my beloved lumix/Leica 100-400mm lens, which is used for distant nature photography in Yellowstone National Park in the summer, and the Everglades in winter.
I was lucky to get this lens at a great deal when I bought my first camera. I rarely take it off. I know it's not as optically superb as some lenses like the Olympus 12-100 or 40-150 or Lumix 35-100 or 50-200 but you are sacrificing a lot of range in every instance. It's a great little lens.
Totally agree, it’s also my favorite versitile travel lens for years, in low light shooting handheld at a low shutterspeed (if there are no moving objects) IBIS does a great job on my G80 , greetings from the Netherlands
This 14-140 mkII is my dedicated travel lens. For most trips, I like to travel very light: GX9 w/ 14-140 II lens in a Lowpro TLZ-15 case with a spare battery and SD card is all I bring. If I know I will be done a lot of low-light pictures I will add a Godox TT350 in my pocket. I also have a Leica 12-50 F2.8, which is my main lens used on my G9 locally, and I usually carry that with a Leica 50-200 F2.8 if I don't mind changing lenses or just bring it on a second body with the 50-200 on my GX9. Less often I use my other lenses: 7-14, 10-25, 35-100, 100-400 & 45 macro.
This is my most used lens and it's the default one on my camera. I originally got the mark 1 as kit lens with my camera and now have the weather sealed one. Its brilliant for travel / street / hillwalking / general use in outdoor /good light situations. I have the 7-14, 14-140 and 100-400 zooms which gives me a fantastic 14-800 FF equivalent focal length. I also have the fast Pana Leica primes for low light or other large aperture scenarios, but the 14-140 I use for 80% of the time. For that reason, if I could only have one lens this is the one I'd choose. It's just as good in quality as the 12-60, and hardly any difference in size or weight, so the only reason you would ever choose the 12-60 is if you need the extra width that 12 gives you over 14, and you don't have another lens that covers that end. 👍
This is one lens I've always wanted to try. The very small size of this makes it very attractive.
I am using this lens for 8 years now and I am very content with it. It is not the fastest lens (14 mm f3.5; 20 mm f3.8; 25 4.2; 45 mm f4.7; 100 mm f5.4; 140 mm f5.6) but taking pictures outdoor the speed is sufficient. So I am using for indoor photography a couple of prime lenses: 15 mm f1.7; 25 mm f1.4; 45 mm f1.8. Also, for portraits outdoor these lenses are useful to get a good bokeh but you need a ND filter. Panasonic is offering two new zoom lenses, 10-25 mm f1.7 and 25-50 mm f1.7. Both are very, very expensive, about €1600. I tested the 10-25 mm a couple of days. The picture quality is excellent, but the lens is too bulky. Being an economy traveler my hand luggage is limited to 7 kg. I don't like to put my cameras into my suitcase. Therefore, the best solution for travelling is the 14-140 mm plus an additional prime lens depending on your purposes. A cheap solution is the 25 mm f1.7 which costs in Germany about €160 or the 20 mm f1.7 which is much smaller, but doesn't come with a lens hood.
the 14-140 Mk2 was my everyday lens on my GX80, but after I got my G9 with the Leica 12-60, I never used it anymore. So I traded it in for a mint Lumix 100-300.
Thanks for the review, I have just ordered a "good" used lens with warranty from a reputable camera shop for £149.99. It's the same version in the video i.e. not weather sealed, but sounds like I will have a bit of a bargain! I have an Oly 12-40 f2.8, but both my teenagers have m43 cameras and so we share lenses, and we needed another zoom (only other was the pana 12-32). I can see using this for hiking (just one lens for the day) or travel with the family to new cities, where I won't have time to stop and switch lenses out.
JJC is what I use for lens hoods. Panasonic is good in providing hoods with the lens, with few exceptions.
Thank you, it’s difficult to take the lens my camera, so versatile and good quality
This is by far my most used and favourite lens. One is always attached to a body. I’ve got two identical copies of this lens, the second of which came with a special Amazon Christmas price with double cashback from Panasonic that meant the body was effectively less than free compared to ‘normal’ body prices either side of that offer date. I have prime lenses as well plus the 12-32 for the most compact unit possible. I often share kit with my daughter [she borrows my cameras really] so up until 2020 both lenses were often put to use at the same time. I don’t actually know which is which. Neither of mine are weather sealed and I’ve never had an issue but to protect my kit as much as possible, even the E-M1 MkII which is a weatherproof body along with equally well sealed Olympus Pro lenses. As you may have surmised, I really like this lens, in marked contrast with the Sony 24-240 full frame, which has the same 10X zoom. The Sony is amazingly big and ridiculously heavy in comparison. The Panasonic on the other hand is no bigger than the Sony’s 35mm prime. Flare has never been an issue for me with the Panasonic.
When I brought my G7 this lens 14-140mm mk2 was a kit lens. I use this lens more than my 12-60 mm Leica kit lens on my G9. This is a fantastic travel lens.
I know that I am very late to find this video, it is indeed a very versatile lense. A great feature is that it does do dual OIS on the GX8 body as you mentioned, I believe that mine is the MK2 from your description, the F3.5 with the lense size in white. Great for days out when you don't want to look too conspicuous. Although I have no aversion to changing lenses indoors it is probably kinder to the camera not to do so out in the UK weather.
Thank you for all your videos !
Just ordered mine, the mark ii (actually, I bought a GX9 and I chose a bundle with this lens since it has such a convenient focal range, perfect for traveling) 👍