The Panasonic 12-35 and 35-100 have been in my bag for years, and I've avoided the 14-140 for so long because I thought it was a cheap compromise. But the thought of that zoom range in one lens is very intriguing. Thanks, this is a great comparison.
I used the Panasonic 14-140 for two years with a Lumix G7. I ended up taking more stills. But the economy, versatility and lightweight nature of this equipment is pretty impressive in good light.
Having the Olympus 14-150 f4-5.6 II in the mix would have been really interesting, expecially given the weather sealing component in that lens. Anyway, thanks for showing us the Tamron underdog, ignored almost everywhere!
Good video. It's interesting seeing mirrorless converts finally seeing the benefits of these great systems, especially things like image stabilisation, EVF and the indispensable flip touch screen. I hated the weight and outright clunky handling of my Nikons so I've never regretted switching years back. I've used the 14-140 for at least 5 years and it's hands down the best travel lens ever for stills and video versatility with the GH5. I use it regularly for pro work too when not using primes. It's a must have for any run and gun styles.
I'm looking into getting this lens for documentary filmmaking. Yesterday I shot a short doc using a 14-42 panny kit lens and sometimes it wasn't enough. So thanks for this video because now I have a better idea that it might be worth it to get the 14-140.
Don't forget those of us with Olympus OMD and in body 5 axis IS. I have the Tamron 14-150, covers a nice range in a single lens for us non professional photographers...
I bought the Tamron. Main reason for me was the stepper motor, but also Tamron's specialty is zoom lenses. I only disagreed with one thing in the video, the blame for the zoom-drift slowness of the focus. DFD requires hints to be placed into the firmware of the lens in order for the body to not fall back on plain CDAF, which Panasonic does not license so as to assert something of a monopoly over lens choice. On an Olympus Body with PDAF, the Tamron tracks the video zoom like the native lens on the Panasonic. Stills on either one are fast enough either way, so in the final sense, it depends on your use case. If think full transport video zooms, all the way from near to far, are silly anyway, partials quite interesting. So the slow video AF on the Panasonic body is not the fault of the Tamron lens. It is the fault of business practice at Panasonic. They want your money. With regard to picture quality, 4K video noes not require an especially sharp lens, because 4K only generates an 8 megapixel picture. What we hate to admit is the convenience of the all-in-one zoom for use on stills. When we go out, solely to shoot, we like to mount the sharpest or alternatively the fastest lens for the scenario. But when we travel, we have a choice, either to take the whole bag and take your time, often scarce-I carry 7 lenses, 3 of which are small primes-or cut to the chase and put up with the "travel length" zoom, small compromises forgiven. In the end, we agree. The results are not altogether terrible, but very good, not perfect.
I have the Panasonic 14-140mm but I don't use it for professional work. I shoot a lot of live theatre and it's a bit too dark. What about a comparison between this and the Olympus 12-100mm?
The problem with the Panasonic lenses when shooting video is they are impossible to pull focus with. They are a focus by wire (electronic focus) which makes trying to keep a subject in focus manually as you either pull away or get closer to pretty much impossible. I've tried panny lenses in a pocket4k because I'd like an OIS lens. Totally let down when I realized this issue.
very useful, thanks. are you considering doing any comparisons between other lumix lenses, including the ones branded leica? also, it would be most interesting to see what you made of the M43 metabones speedbooster with EF or other lenses.
The current Panasonic is weather sealed. It has been for about a year or so, but it's worth checking whether any specific example is old stock or not. This reply being written in April 2020.
I use Filmora when editing, so I recognized your intro/outro music from the stock library! Thanks for making me nostalgic for one of my old projects that used the song lol. Great vid! I was going to get the Tamron, but after seeing the zoom focus freakout, I think I'm going with Panasonic.
The 14-140mm Panasonic lense seems to suit most situations for me. Although there must be significant compromises in the design of such a wide range telephoto in practice it seems to serve me very well.
Nice Review....but from my experience, i am missing one point (may be its not a huge deal for filmers). What happens with the tamron when you shoot against bright sun or other brighter lightsources? The Panny 14-140II is known for its weak performance in that area. Horrible purble and greenish blobs that invade huge parts of the frame often makes a shot unusable. So, does tamron better here? That could be an advantage.
This was helpful. I watched a video somewhere with a Panasonic rep talking about the benefits of their DFD Autofocus with Panasonic lenses. They have all the geometric data from their lenses, so they can account for zoom when focusing which is why you see a drastic difference between the Panasonic and Tamron.
love these comparison videos. great for beginners like me. the Panasonic 45-150 is a great piece I've had for a while but the 14-140 would definitely be a better every day lens for me.
How have you liked your Tamron 14-150mm? I have a Panasonic GX85 and was considering the Panasonic 14-140mm. Would love any input you have regarding use of the Tamron for photo and/or video work. Thanks!
I would love to see a comparison between the olympus 14-150 and the panasonic 14-140mm, Somehow there are almost no well produced reviews of this lense on youtube. And it's a lense you can often get as a kit lense on omd cameras, with some stupid high discounts.
The extending tube when you zoom in is always plastic. Have you ever seen it to be anything differnt?? How is that an argument in terms of build quality?
As far as i can tell, every lens of mine (except the 24 mm) is full metal. But need to say, every lens is roughly older than 35 years. Especially my old Tokinas are full metal. So i guess manufactures could do so again but … weight. :D Greetings from Germany.
I like m4/3 for pictures actually. Cannon can’t be beat with the dual pixel autofocus for video. But for photography I love the evf, of my g9 and the ease of getting the right exposure. If I need an extreme shallow depth of field I’ll use my canon. But it isn’t so often.
When i got my gh4 the 14140 Panasonic came with it. I tried to get the Camera without the kitlense but was not able to get it for, you know, reasons. I thought i would sell this thing asap. But after using it, i fell in love and kept it. Such a versatile, even used it at some birdshows and achived Great results. Best zoom lense i've ever got. Including the sel 24105 on my a7iii. Just a Fun lense to übe.
Great review, especially about the zooming issue at the end, wow that is awful and really worth knowing. Not buying that tamron, that will ruin my work.
Howdy Lee, I’ve owned the pano 14-140 for a couple or more years now and whack it on one of my m4/3 bodies as a general walk about go2lens most of the time, great lens.
Curious about your opinion with Olympus lens. There focus ring and zoom rings are sooo nice in IMO. Also they have fix F/S when you do there pro series.
Good review with the focus on pricing being a factor into the decision. Now, will you still continue to shoot Nikon for stills or are you completely doing away with the Nikon system?
Hello Lee, Thanks for the video. I am a big fan of fstoppers. I have watched many video tutorials of yours and they are simply awesome. I am waiting for the new series of landscape photography tutorials with Elia. I have a quick question for you. Can you please suggest me a value for money wide angle lense for Nikon D7200? Thanks in advance and all the very best.
Good review. It looks like you used a long telephoto on this shoot, was that using a Gh5 with the 75mm Oly? need to know :-) This shot of you looks almost 3D !
I'm a prime lenses guy, I already tried a lot of long and very long zoom factor lenses as travel or one in all lenses but none of them were good enough. The only one I like is the zuiko 12-100 f4 pro, but it's "only" f4 and it's quite expensive. I have also the 14-150 from Oly and honestly it's a pity, slow, not so sharp, it's only pros are price and weight.
One other aspect you didn't consider that the Panasonic does better than the Tamron and the Olympus is the focus distance. Panasonic is 30cm where as the other two is 50cm. Considering the 14-42mm Olympus and Panasonic are between 20-25cm focal distance, I would be willing to loss a little zoom with the Panasonic 14-140mm for a tighter focal length closer to the 14-42 kit lenes.
Why are these lenses so expensive? I’m not a mft user. (you could probably tell from my question). But that’s a bit too much for a variable aperture isn’t it?
Hi, What shoukd i do or what setting would assure a functioning dual I.s.? I got a gx9 with a 14-140 but don’t get the image stabilizer to show dual is in the menus. Also, should the lens make any sound or is it super quiet, I don’t get anything when I flip the lens switch on, also nothing in the menus as if this is not a stabilized lens
That is wired cos I actually see quite a big difference when I zoom my Panasonic 14-140 to 140 and turn its OIS off with the button (in-build camera IBIS is still on), the shaking grows very significant. Not that obvious at shorter range. But you did a test at maximum range as well. And that is wired, that you didn't see a difference.
i have the gh5 with the 14-140mm lens.... but the dual IS doesnt work at movie mode. all other modes dual IS works. you'll not get the in body stabilation what you want. for picture youll get the in dual IS. on the panasonic webpage its says. its compatible with the gh5 dual IS system but that aint the case. realy anoing.
I have the same thing with my Canon M5. I use a 22mm. M pancake lens for snapping at parties etc. or use an adapted EF L 24-105 lens for more serious and video. Also have an 18- 55 M lens which is very useful Lee. If you have any sway with Canon, please ask them to make the remote trigger port and main take button change from still to video when you are taking movies. Bit of video fron the M5 included. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YveDNbH-UTU.html
