When I first bought into Micro Four Thirds, it was with the GH1 and the kit zoom lens, the
Lumix G HD 14-140mm f/4-5.8. In the beginning, I was thrilled with the superzoom lens, my first, and it was also a lot better than the previous Pentax lenses that I used. However, after some time,
I was quite disappointed with it, since it is not very sharp in the short and long ends, and it is very large and heavy. So it mostly sat unused.
It was not surprising for me, then, that Panasonic announced
a new, revised version of the lens called Lumix G HD 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6. The new lens comes at a smaller size, it is lighter, and has a faster aperture range. It even has a lower list price than the old version. So, I was very curious to see how they compare.
They are shown below, with the new version to the left:
