The DA21/3.2 Limited isn't very "pancake". It's a nice, compact lens  
with excellent quality performance.

The DA40/2.8 Limited is the only "true" pancake lens. It's too small  
to be useful for me.

Godfrey

On Oct 10, 2006, at 3:01 PM, gfen wrote:

> The downside is I don't want "pancake" lenses, I want larger units  
> with
> some holding space on 'em. And I want that 21mm faster than 3.2.  
> I'd trade
> off the "pancake" ability for another 1.5 or 2 stops of speed at  
> the same
> price point, but what do I know? I mostly make this up as I go  
> along...
>
> As for a 70/2.4? Eh, whatever. An FA50/1.4 will probably be under  
> cost and
> 1.33 stops faster. Again, maybe the little pancake thing appeals to
> someone, somewhere, but it ain't me.
>
> Its the right direction, but not what I'm looking for exactly (then  
> again,
> what I'm mostly looking for is something to complain about).


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