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Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
150.0mm
Aperture:
f/8.0
Exposure
1/500s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
100.0mm
Aperture:
f/5.6
Exposure
1/1250s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
14.0mm
Aperture:
f/4.0
Exposure
1/3200s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
70.0mm
Aperture:
f/5.4
Exposure
1/1600s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
80.0mm
Aperture:
f/5.6
Exposure
1/2000s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
42.0mm
Aperture:
f/8.0
Exposure
1/400s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
100
Focal Length
39.0mm
Aperture:
f/8.0
Exposure
1/60s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
22.0mm
Aperture:
f/4.5
Exposure
1/125s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
20.0mm
Aperture:
f/5.6
Exposure
1/800s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
14.0mm
Aperture:
f/6.3
Exposure
1/640s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
150.0mm
Aperture:
f/5.6
Exposure
1/1600s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
14.0mm
Aperture:
f/8.0
Exposure
1/1250s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
150.0mm
Aperture:
f/5.6
Exposure
1/2000s
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-GF1
ISO Speed
200
Focal Length
49.0mm
Aperture:
f/8.0
Exposure
1/400s
Verdict
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm f/4-5.6 is an acceptable "high-power 10.7x zoom" but don't expect magic from it. The delivered center resolution is actually pretty decent in the wide- to mid range whereas the border and corner performance is not that impressive at longer focal lengths - specifically at max. aperture. The M.Zuiko suffers from a high degree of lateral CAs which doesn't seem to be auto-corrected. When analysing uncorrected RAW files the distortions are quite extreme at 14mm but mainstream users will only experience moderate distortions in their (auto-corrected) images here. The same applies to the vignetting performance of the lens.
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 is a compact and light-weight ultra zoom lens for people who don't just want to carry around several lenses and accept the performance penalty that are associated with such lenses.
A positive aspect is certainly the high-speed contrast AF which can also be recommended for movie shooting due to the very low focusing noise.
