We look at the new Panasonic 14-42mm Power Zoom lens from Panasonic, part of the new Lumix X Lens series.
| Panasonic Lumix GF3 in Interchangeable Lenses
The lens features new Power Optical Image stabilisation, with improved image stabilisation down to 2hz, optimised for HD video with quiet focusing, zoom, manual focus, and zoom and manual focus controls on the side. The zoom has two speeds, both slow and fast.
We talk to Panasonic about the new Lumix X lens range, and future Lumix G developments.
Angle view, shown with the Panasonic Lumix GF3, the new lens gives the compact GF3 an ideal zoom lens, the lens will be available with the GF3 as a kit:
Angle view off:
On: Power Zoom lens, Nano Surface Coating, HD, 20cm close focus.
Off:
Bottom, mounted on GF3
As the lenses we saw were very early samples, we were unable to take any photos with the lenses.
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Photographs taken using the Panasonic Lumix GF3
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26 Aug 2011 9:21AM-
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28 Aug 2011 5:26PMI just wonder: what is Sony waiting to develop something like this for the NEX cameras ????
Just imagine a powerful camera like the new NEX 7 with a "pocketable" 16-48 pancake zoom !!
That one I would buy straight away, and would finally justify the price-tag attached to the Nex7: a really pocketable, altough very powerful camera system.
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2 Nov 2011 2:53PMEven a clever design like the Panasonic's would not make it pocketable.
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15 Nov 2011 3:39PMTo have such a tiny lens on my E-PL3 Olympus but it's a zoom, fantastic. The Performance is excellent, sharp and contrasty.
I've put a video of it here
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