What the 40mm Pancake looks like on a 5D3

[Jim K]

... I still think the 50/1.8 is a better option if I needed something cheap and handy.

That's what I was thinking.  Half the price, more than a stop faster, 40mm vs 50mm (thats not too different), and not that much longer than the pancake (but will the body+50 fit in my pocket?).

But I don't really have a use for it right now. And my "landscape kit" came this week and really pounded the VISA card!

[solidwasteengineer]

How does the autofocus perform for still photography compared to the 50 1.4 or 1.8?  Any photos from low light situations? 

[briansquibb]

Here it is on my 1DS3 - pretty wide on FF. I would say it would be good for indoors etc

Impressions:

1. It isn't silent, but quieter than the 50 f/1.4
2. Quicker and more accurate AF then the 50 f/1.4 - but not fast like, say the 70-200 f/2.8 II
3. It is tiny - in comparison to the 50 f/1.4 the  end of the 40 is before the focussing ring of the 50

1DS3 + 40 taken with 1D4 + 50f/1.4
1D4 + 50 taken with 1DS3 + 40

[dr croubie]

Here it is on my 1DS3 - pretty wide on FF. I would say it would be good for indoors etc

Damn, you beat me to it.
Gonna put a roll of 400iso B+W film in on the weekend and have some street-shooting fun!

[ruuneos]

Mmm, I've been thinking what kind of use is for pancake lenses?

[crasher8]

Here it is on my 1DS3 - pretty wide on FF. I would say it would be good for indoors etc

Damn, you beat me to it.
Gonna put a roll of 400iso B+W film in on the weekend and have some street-shooting fun!

Sweet street rig

[birdman]

Damn the 1d4 is a beautiful, sexy machine. I would get it before a 5d3. Thats just me, though

[Northstar]

... I still think the 50/1.8 is a better option if I needed something cheap and handy.

That's what I was thinking.  Half the price, more than a stop faster, 40mm vs 50mm (thats not too different), and not that much longer than the pancake (but will the body+50 fit in my pocket?).

But I don't really have a use for it right now. And my "landscape kit" came this week and really pounded the VISA card!

initially, i was nodding in agreement with you guys, but then i started thinking about that "fit in pocket" comment, and i started thinking that it might be nice to "go light" with that 40 shorty in your pocket.