On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Alan Chan wrote: > >This has probably been asked before, but I was wondering how good this lens > >(SMC M pancake 40mm 2.8) is and what it's worth.. Any experiences to share? > > Optically, it is an okay lens imho, good but not great. The problem is that > the focus ring is too narrow to use comfortably. The eBay price used to be > unbelievably high, and many being tricked to believe it was rare, but should > be quite a bit cheaper now. I think US$150 is a good price for a mint > sample.
The great thing about this lens is that it makes an MX or ME Super into about as pocketable of a 35mm SLR as you'll ever see. I never found manual focus on it to be bad...it isn't as nice to work with as a full size lens, but it is a better manual focus lens than most AF lenses. 40mm is a nice focal length too. alex
