On 2/8/05, Vic Mortelmans, discombobulated, unleashed: >I just recently extended from screw mount into K-mount Pentax gear, and >I'm wondering what is so special about the pancake 40mm lens. Frankly >spoken, I think it's just the glass you would find in any >point-and-shoot: a bit on the wide side, not that fast, mucht depth of >field and compact. I wonder why it is relatively expensive (OK, call me >cheap), if you look at this specs? In general, it looks like lenses are >paid for the amount of glass (or the special design of the glass) they >hold, but none of that in the pancake. I even can't imagine it's very >practical in use. > >Or does it hold a precious and ingenious design feature I cannot >understand?
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