Are pancake primes extinct ?

amvrvd wrote:

I'm wondering if we're gonna see any more pancake primes, Oly hasn't explored that option much apart from the lackluster 17mm 2.8 and to some extent the body cap lens. Panasonics seems to have pretty much mastered the art of high IQ inexpensive pancakes but there's no sign of them coming up with anything. Other manufacturers don't seem to be able to deliver such small pacakes, even the sigmas with their dissapointing 2.8 apertures couldn't get them smaller than they are.

How likely is the possibility of someone coming up with another pancake? are they extinct ? And more importantly, which focal length would you think is possible in this format ?

I think a 10.5/11mm 2.8 is doable even by sigma or some other manufacturer, It would be nice if Oly could come up with something decent or even Pany, maybe our hopes are better received by companies like slr magic or tamron too.