Panasonic Lumix 14–140mm lens

The Panasonic Lumix Vario 14-140mm is a zoom lens for Micro Four Thirds system cameras; the first version, distinguished by its maximum aperture of f/4.0–5.8, served as the bundled kit lens for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1, and later GH2; for other cameras, it was available for separate purchase.

As the Panasonic GHn camera line are designed for both still photography and video, the lens has a fast, quiet autofocus motor and a stepless aperture diaphragm, hence the "HD" branding.

It was discontinued in 2013 after Panasonic released a faster, smaller lens covering the same focal length range with a maximum aperture of f/3.5–5.6.

The original lens exhibited some softness in the corners at maximum aperture for the extreme wide and telephoto focal length settings, which could be mitigated by stopping down to f/5.6.

[3][4] In testing, the newer lens was sharper in the corners and showed a bit more barrel distortion over the zoom range, while the older lens was sharper in the center and had virtually no distortion at focal lengths between 18 and 140mm.