Re: DA40/2.8 news

[Peter J. Alling]

Due to changing taste and technology.  No reason for that standard to 
not return.

Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, John Francis wrote:
 

Jens Bladt mused:
   

Intersting. It look like the old 40mm pancake lens. Funny focal length -
like 60mm on a 35mm camera.
     

Nothing much wrong with that - as recent discussions here
have pointed out, both 55mm and 58mm were used as 'standard'
lenses.
   

But were dropped :-)
Kostas
 


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