Pancake lens - which one do you prefer?
Posted 20/10/2007 - 23:59
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Out of the pancake lenses - which one do you prefer? Which one is typically most popular?
The 40mm is a lousy focal length on digital; the 21mm is barely any better optically than the FA 20mm (and slower), and the 70mm is good, but not as good as the 77mm.Out of the pancake lenses - which one do you prefer? Which one is typically most popular?
So I don't have any of them.
But if I were to get one, it would be the 21mm.
G
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Posted 21/10/2007 - 16:08
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I have the DA 40 which I like very much. At first I had to take a couple of steps back between spotting a picture and then looking through the camera! It's a fine lens.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 21/10/2007 - 18:41
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I have the 21/40/70. Day to day I use the 40 mainly, the 70 next. For the Swiss British Classic Car meeting http://homepage.mac.com/stevenbutterworth/Sites/index.html - I use almost entirely the 21 - each one has their use, and to be honest I am happy with all of them. They may not be the fastest or most exclusive, but what counts is the end result, I cannot complain.
Posted 22/10/2007 - 09:32
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For wide I use the 20/2.8A, the 43 Ltd for medium and the 77 Ltd for slightly longer. I find the wider apertures help with manual focussing and all will also work on the film bodies so I will not be tempted, certainly at UK prices.
Kim
Kim
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