On 17/09/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMO there is nothing wrong with the pancakes. In fact I'm debating myself > buying the 21mm. With the tiny 21mm I can have the camera in my pocket and > flip it up and shoot from the hip. Don't know if I'll ever do it, but the > idea is tempting. I imagine myself walking around slick pony tail, dark > shades and a leather coat.
Pony tail aside I think that they are entirely overrated. They are small (not always an advantage particularly if your preference is manual focus) and slow, the current ones have no aperture ring and don't cover a full frame yet the 70mm will cost almost the same as the faster 77 which is hardly huge. The 21mm looks like a reasonable performer but really for the price and considering the slow speed and limited coverage design I would have expected it to be a far better performer than the now almost 20 year old A20/2.8 but it doesn't appear to be significantly better if at all but for flare resistance perhaps. > My point was simply that a pancake is not a substitute for fast lens. I agree. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
