Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM "Pancake"

[ecka]

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These pics are great. What extension tubes do you use? I've never worked with extension tubes before, but these pics are amazing and it's awesome that you took them with the shorty forty.

Thanks

Also (and this maybe a stupid question, but like I said I have never used extension tubes) can you only use manual focus if you are using extension tubes?

I'm using the Marumi extension tube set (13+21+31). It seems like a decent quality product - metal mounts, lens electronics connection, metal lens release levers, while reasonably priced. It supports AF, which is not very usable at macro distances (just like with any other macro lens), but lens electronics support is needed to operate the manual focus of the 40STM, image stabilization, as well as aperture.

 

[Pinchers of Peril]

Also (and this maybe a stupid question, but like I said I have never used extension tubes) can you only use manual focus if you are using extension tubes?

There are extension tubes that allow auto focus, it keeps the electrical connections between camera and lens, and start at $ 70, and work both autofocus and image stabilizer lens. There are also inexpensive extension tubes that do not allow the electrical connection between camera and lens. Beware of them, for some lens models, specifically Canon 40mm need electricity to even do manual focus. Therefore, it is mandatory for Canon 40mm extension tube with electrical contacts, even for manual focus.

Awesome... thanks
+1, good advice!

 

[captainkanji]

2013 Makanda Vulture Fest
Canon 6D

 

[xvnm]

Canon 70d, f/4, 1/100s, ISO 400, straight out of the camera (RAW convert by Canon DPP).

100% crop from the lower left corner:

 

[Pandypix]

I wish I had not looked at the photos here I will be off to see my friend at the camera shop. He quoted me a few days ago and offered to order it in
Saying it may be one for his kit as well.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

I like to use it with a Big hood - three times larger than the lens ;D

WOW ... that is one helluva BIG hood for a tiny lens.

 

[adebrophy]

Panorama from the balcony of the Palais de Festival, Cannes. 14 shots with the shorty 40.

 

[CarlTN]

It also seems to be a great moonlight lens.

I like to use it with a Big hood - three times larger than the lens ;D

Nice shot of the Pleiades! They look larger than I would think they would be at 40mm...is this slightly cropped?

 

[Sporgon]

It also seems to be a great moonlight lens.

I like to use it with a Big hood - three times larger than the lens ;D

Nice shot of the Pleiades! They look larger than I would think they would be at 40mm...is this slightly cropped?

Yes it is cropped in ! Well spotted, I'm impressed.

 

[silversurfer96]

Love this little lens. For the price and the image quality you get out of this little guy, it's the best bang for the buck.

 

[CarlTN]

It also seems to be a great moonlight lens.

I like to use it with a Big hood - three times larger than the lens ;D

Nice shot of the Pleiades! They look larger than I would think they would be at 40mm...is this slightly cropped?

Yes it is cropped in ! Well spotted, I'm impressed.

Thanks. I've been doing some night sky stuff for a few years now. Recently was doing this section of the sky along with Andromeda and the Milky Way, with my 135 f/2, with the pancake, and with my new Sigma 24mm f/1.8. Also used the 24-105. They all have a bit of coma toward the corners, with the Sigma 24mm having the worst by far, at apertures wider than about f/4.5 anyway. But I think I can live with it for the price. It's a fun lens...they all are, haha.

 

[dolina]

The car was parked perfectly and the parking lot was so out of place in terms of quality of workmanship.


Subaru BRZ by alabang, on Flickr

 

[Mr Bean]

Love this little lens. For the price and the image quality you get out of this little guy, it's the best bang for the buck.

+1. I'm finding I have it on the camera probably 75% of the time, rather than the 50mm f1.4 as its very compact, sharper and has great contrast. A very underrated lens.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Love this little lens. For the price and the image quality you get out of this little guy, it's the best bang for the buck.

+1 ... due to its real small size, I carry it all the time now as a back up lens (it easily fits inside the smallest pocket of my Case Logic SLR Sling SLRC-205) ... just yesterday I dropped my 16-35 L II lens and did not have a substitute so I used the 40mm for a little while, before I gently broke the filter glass and continued on with the 16-35 ... the 40mm came in real handy to get the job done ... if it wan't the shorty forty I would have missed some very critical footage.

 

[Solar Eagle]

Took this with the 6D and 40mm combo, otherwise known as my Hand Cannon.

 

[J.R.]

Sometimes, the 40mm is the widest lens I'm carrying ... works pretty well IMHO, even though the plane of focus is slightly off

 

[Rienzphotoz]

Sometimes, the 40mm is the widest lens I'm carrying ... works pretty well IMHO, even though the plane of focus is slightly off

Why do you say that? ... that images looks perfectly focused, very pleasing and nice indeed.

 

[drmikeinpdx]

I've been using my 40 mostly as an indoor lens for people or things like museum exhibits. I used it last week when I did a "house call" for my boudoir business. Here is an example:

This is at F/2.8 which gives me the DOF I'm looking for. This is with a 5D3.

If you would like to see more images from this shoot, you can go to my blog http://www.beyondboudoirphoto.com/blog/2014/2/beyond-boudoir-photo-makes-a-house-call

Be advised that the first four images are safe for work. After that they are NSFW. You have been warned.

 

[Rienzphotoz]

I've been using my 40 mostly as an indoor lens for people or things like museum exhibits. I used it last week when I did a "house call" for my boudoir business. Here is an example:

This is at F/2.8 which gives me the DOF I'm looking for. This is with a 5D3.

If you would like to see more images from this shoot, you can go to my blog http://www.beyondboudoirphoto.com/blog/2014/2/beyond-boudoir-photo-makes-a-house-call

Be advised that the first four images are safe for work. After that they are NSFW. You have been warned.

Very tastefully done ... AWESOME!

 

[drmikeinpdx]

Thanks Rienzphotoz!