Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-150mm F/3.5-5.6 Mega O.I.S

The Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-150mm F/3.5-5.6 with Mega O.I.S.. Optical Image Stabilizer should be out next month for the Four Thirds system. I am not sure of the street price, but here is a link if you want to check it out.

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/puk04-otm...50mm/index.htm

There you go Greg! There's a zoom lens for you :D

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Originally Posted by Xia_Ke

There you go Greg! There's a zoom lens for you :D

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Thanks Aaron, but this one has built in IS. I already have that in the 510. This one would certainly help Panasonic and 500 users. If I hear a street price I will post it.

The optical image stabilization sort of defeats one of the main benefits of the FourThirds system, in my opinion. That is, it makes the whole thing bigger. We did a review of the Leica Digilux 3 and one of the first things you notice is how huge the lens is. Compare the Leica or Panasonic with Leica zoom lens to the Olympus E-510 and a comparable lens and you'll immediately notice the difference. Pick them both up and you'll be amazed at how much heavier the Leica/Panasonic is. I'm just finishing up a follow-up article to my first Olympus E-3 preview piece. One of the things that Olympus points out is that in-camera image stabilization keeps the lenses smaller and lighter. That's not something I had thought about before. But when I do think about it, it's a huge benefit - especially if you need small and light, like I do.