Pretty much my opinion. Though a good design is worth more even if it
has less glass.
What's special about the 40mm is it's extreme small size making a
smallish SLR like a ME or MX
much more pocketable. The "new" DA 40mm is even slimmer, though any
camera that can use really
use it effectively is thicker than the ME or MX.
Vic Mortelmans wrote:
Hello,
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?
Groeten,
Vic
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