Re: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread Andre Langevin 
Auto Chinon 45/2.8 (18mm long, all metal)
Cosinon 40/2.5 (20mm long)
Pentax M 40/2.8 (18mm long)
Pentax 43/1.9 FA Limited(28mm long)
Porst Color Reflect 40/2.5 (a rebadged Cosinon)
Rikenon 28/2.8 (20mm deep)
Rikenon 45/2.8 (a plastic version of the Cosina)


Paul, I guess you meant Chinon?


Vivitar 40/2.5 (another rebadged Cosinon)
Voigtlander SL 40/2 (new; the best of all?)



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RE: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread Malcolm Smith 
Paul, Bill and Wendy,

Thanks for the feedback. It really is a useful lens to have then. I think it
would go down well attached to my ME-Super!

I will acquire one now.

Malcolm

Re: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread wendy beard 
At 11:02 AM 02/02/2003 -0500, you wrote:

Does anyone have any experience of this lens?  Is it a good lens?

It seems to be an ideal lens to make a camera fit in any pocket (!) and
provide less excuses for not carrying a camera.

Malcolm


It's an ideal lens for making a camera fit in the scanner too ;-)
http://pug.komkon.org/03feb/mxc.html

MX and pancake lens, my favourite combo. It's been on my last two bike 
trips in the pyrenees and walking in the rockies. Doesn't take up much room 
and gives pretty good results too. I wouldn't be without one.

Wendy

Wendy Beard,
Ottawa, Canada
http://www.beard-redfern.com

Re: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread William Robb 

- Original Message -
From: "Malcolm Smith"
Subject: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.


> Does anyone have any experience of this lens?  Is it a good lens?
>
> It seems to be an ideal lens to make a camera fit in any pocket (!) and
> provide less excuses for not carrying a camera.

I have denigrated the thing in the past as a less than stellar performer,
this is only relative to other Pentax lenses.
It's not especially fast, it is no sharper than a 50mm f/2 (it may be less
sharp, I don't really care), but it has good contrast and isn't flarey.
It makes an ME-Super into a pocket camera, which is nice, and the angle of
view is surprisingly pleasing.

William Robb

Re: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist 
It's my favorite walkaround lens. I use it most often with an MX. The
camera will then fit in a pocket. That can be handy when travelling in
unfamiliar territory. Here's a pic that I shot with the MX and the
pancake lens in Mexico. http://home.earthlink.net/~pnstenquist/_uimages/sunandmoon.JPG

Malcolm Smith wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any experience of this lens?  Is it a good lens?
> 
> It seems to be an ideal lens to make a camera fit in any pocket (!) and
> provide less excuses for not carrying a camera.
> 
> Malcolm