On Jun 8, 2012, at 6:23 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Jun 8, 2012, at 6:04, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> I was surprised to see Canon release a pancake. I bought the 40 when I got >> my *istD, and it was the most compact kit around. A great street photography >> combo. >> > > I find that the 40mm is just too "long" in focal length on a DSLR. Paired > with the MX it was a great snapshot/candids combo in the 35mm days though. > > I suppose what I want now is a 30mm pancake (which doesn't exist). Or the > 21. It will be a few years before that's in the budget though!
For the most part, I don't find the 40 too long for use as a walkabout lens. For about 20 years about the only lens I had on my SRT-101 was a 58mm, same FoV as the 40. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
