A New Pancake Lens? [CR1]
- Thread starter Canon Rumors
- Start date
Dylan777 said:
and an 85 (even a 70 will do). Just imagine a 20/40/85 pancake combo.... It'll be awesome with my 6D.
Upvote
0
I'll tell you what.
An updated version of the 400 5.6 would have to be truly fantastic because my copy is awesome.
so far this round of rumors lately has for me been a roller coaster. I have wanted to see some rumors that fire me up, but nothing yet. Would love to see something firm about 1DX II, some revolutionary new sensors (still not sure what we will see yet given the back and forth speculation), and would love to see a 12- 24L. Just me.
sek
An updated version of the 400 5.6 would have to be truly fantastic because my copy is awesome.
so far this round of rumors lately has for me been a roller coaster. I have wanted to see some rumors that fire me up, but nothing yet. Would love to see something firm about 1DX II, some revolutionary new sensors (still not sure what we will see yet given the back and forth speculation), and would love to see a 12- 24L. Just me.
sek
mrsfotografie said:
Upvote
0
) I hope it will not only be a rumor.Canon Rumors said:
Coming with the 7D Mark II somewhat worries me that this may be an EF-S pancake. I'd buy it in an instant if it was an EF pancake!
If it matches the 40mm for quality it would be fantastic! It might even boot the Sigma 35A off my 6D for primary use.
Upvote
0
unfocused
Photos/Photo Book Reviews: www.thecuriouseye.com
Can somebody explain the appeal to me? Not trying to start a flame war, just trying to understand.
A 24mm pancake (which won't have IS) seems a bit redundant with the 24mm 2.8 IS, which by all accounts is a very good lens, has USM and which Canon cut the price to a much more reasonable level. The size seems kind of irrelevant once you put it on a 5D, 6D or other full frame body and for an SL1, you end up with a 37mm lens which is barely in the wide-angle realm.
Do people like these pancakes just because they are cute (no argument there)? What am I missing?
A 24mm pancake (which won't have IS) seems a bit redundant with the 24mm 2.8 IS, which by all accounts is a very good lens, has USM and which Canon cut the price to a much more reasonable level. The size seems kind of irrelevant once you put it on a 5D, 6D or other full frame body and for an SL1, you end up with a 37mm lens which is barely in the wide-angle realm.
Do people like these pancakes just because they are cute (no argument there)? What am I missing?
Upvote
0
zlatko said:Yay, more pancakes! I'd love to have another.
+1.
FF users have had the 40 pancake and EOS-M users have had the 35mm FF equiv pancake for a while now. But crop SLR users were SOL for an autofocusing pancake in a standard / wide FL (64mm equiv with the 40 on a crop is way too long for a walkaround lens for me). So an EF 24mm pancake would never leave my 2nd body, which is an old T1i. That would be my 'pocket' small camera setup.
Now what would get me really excited would be to see a USM pancake. That would be gold. On my 5D3, too often I choose my ancient 50 F/1.4 over the 40mm pancake -- but for focusing speed reasons, not for max aperture reasons. Even the old hunty AF of that 50 prime is faster to target than the STM nonsense on the current pancake.
- A
Upvote
0
unfocused said:
Size size size. It makes your rig so small you don't mind leaving the bag behind and just slinging your camera around your neck all day. Or it's such a small item that it's a no brainer to throw it in your bag as another FL option.
There's also a side argument (that some would refute) that the smaller your entire rig is, the more likely you'll bring it at all to take pictures.
But it will never 'compete' head to head at a feature level with larger lenses that offer IS, USM, weather-sealing, mechanical manual focusing, etc.
So I see pancakes as a nice option to reduce size when you don't need all those features -- leisure, walkaround, and street come to mind for lenses like these.
- A
Upvote
0
Lee Jay said:
The 70-200 f/2.8 IS (II) increased both in size and weight...
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Lens-Specifications.aspx?Lens=103&LensComp=687&Units=M
Upvote
0
unfocused said:
Many people bought the 40 mm just because it was 'cool' and then lost it somewhere between the padding of their camera bags and never realized it went missing :
Upvote
0
ahsanford said:
True, I went for the Sigma, which for all the bad press still is a great and fun lens to have in my kit.
Upvote
0
Similar threads
