On 4/21/05, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You know, I was doing just fine resisting this lens and contenting > myself with my old M40 2.8. Then some do-gooder has to start this > thread about getting nice results and before I know it I'm hitting the > "submit" button on the B&H check-out page. So instead of a new zoom or > something useful I now have a second version of the pancake. > > The lens came in yesterday. It's nice having the AF but the exposure > part is nice. I really like normal lenses and this is nearly perfect on > the *istDS. A quick comparison of identical shots with the M40 and the > DA 40 look the same when zoomed up close so they do appear to be the > same optical formula. The little convex hood is neat but that little > screw on lens cap is funky. This lens on the DS makes a very compact > walking around kit so I'm pretty happy with it. I probably should sell > the old one. >
What's this? Selling your Original Pancake? Lemme know when. By some stroke of luck (maybe a relative will die and leave an inheritance?) I may have money at that time. Not likely, but possible. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
