Played with a prototype today.

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Brian@202020

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Today there was a prototype AF100 at Cinequipt in MN. The Panasonic rep didn't know how far along the prototype was (75%, 90%, etc...). One thing that really was weird was when I attached the Lumix 14-140 and did a snap zoom with it there was this strange thing happening in the image. It seemed like motion blur swelling of the image for lack of a better way to describe it. The IS was off so it wasn't that unless for some reason it wouldn't turn off by the switch on the side of the lens, but we tried 2 different 14-140 lense. It worried several of us there and we were determined to find out if it was the codec , the 24p outputted to a 60i monitor, the lens, or something different. We finally put on a short PL zoom lens for a 16mm film camera. The image was vignetted of course, but we were able to determine it had something to do with the 14-140 lens. So either the 14-140 lenses both had old firmware, there is some kind of auto IS control inside the camera even tho the lens switch was off (all of us including the rep couldn't find it), or there was a bug in the prototype. Anyway all of us walked away pretty much saying we wouldn't buy the 14-140 lens. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, what is the solution?
 
Also the rep said the 14-140 lens would be offered with the camera, which I severely doubt is the case. I don't think this guy knew anything about the camera.
 
Hi,

Keep in mind that the 14140 has a new software upgrade, that can't happen with the Production Samples which are 95%. That is what is out there now. Wait till January for real demos on lens interface.

Best,

Jan
 
Jan_Crittenden said:
Hi,

Keep in mind that the 14140 has a new software upgrade, that can't happen with the Production Samples which are 95%. That is what is out there now. Wait till January for real demos on lens interface.

Best,

Jan
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This is serious news. With the iris chatter gone while recording, this lens is much more usable for zooming while recording. Hopefully those who have tried the lens in the past, or have tested it with other cameras will hear about this new update. It is a really fantastic update
 
Sorry to dig up such an old thread, but I stumbled across this looking for something else.

I was under the impression that the 14-140 losing focus while zooming was a par/vari focal issue and not a firmware one.

Is this not the case? Is my lens firmware just an older revision that needs an update?

I'm not hopeful, but I'll be pretty bloody chuffed if that is the case :)
 
Scratch that. I just checked the firmware for my lens and it is 1.4 which according to the Panasonic site, appears to be the latest. What a shame!

Was this an update that was/is intended? Or were people just guessing that it might get fixed?
 
That link only shows the 1.4 firmware which is what I have... Or am I missing something?


I also just noticed that someone in the previous thread that led me here mentioned that there lens doesn't exhibit this problem!


www,dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?233009-AF-100-and-lumix-14-140-focus-issue-&highlight=merlin


Are they mistaken? Or is this issue limited to only some of the 14-140 lenses?
 
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