Ok, what's the appeal of the 40 pancake, or any pancake lens?
I have the 40, bought it early on after my 5D3....thinking "Hey, cheap fast lens".
I've hardly ever used it. It is so small, it doesn't seem to work well with a full sized camera. Aside from it looking weird to me on a FF body, I find it annoying to manipulate when needing to do something on the lens itself. It is small and hard to find the right dial, etc.
I'm used to holding my camera with one hand and steadying it with the other hand holding the lens....even with primes I do this, it feels awkward with the pancake as there is no real place to grip it.....
Anyway, those were the reasons I never felt good using it. I think the images were ok, but really, it got put on my camera maybe 3 times and it has been gathering dust every since then.
So, for those of you that love the pancake lenses, can you tell me what you like about them and how they fit into your workflow?
Please try to change my mind, as that I hate wasting money and right now, my 40mm pancake is a wast of $$ for me so far.
TIA,
cayenne