Are pancake primes extinct ?

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Macx
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Re: Are pancake primes extinct ?
In reply to Ulfric M Douglas, 4 months ago

Ulfric M Douglas wrote:

Macx wrote:

I think there is another factor at play, too. At least from Olympus and Panasonic the trend is towards lenses with "internal focus" for fast and silent focusing. Both the 20/1.7 and 17/2.8 are fairly slow to focus compared to newer lenses, and I imagine it is relatively difficult/costly to make a new pancake with the focus speed that Olympus and Panasonic wants.

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This is an important point.

Let's imagine Olympus or Panasonic brought out a 40mm pancake F2 lens with the old 'slower' autofocus, about the same AF speed as the old 17mmF2.8 pancake.

There would be uproar and disappointment!

I'm sorry, I can't tell if you're mocking me or agreeing with me.

In either case, I'll elaborate my point a bit: I think Olympus in particular are making a point in their marketing about lenses being fast and silent for video use, and I think it's reasonable that they see it as a design goal that their lenses are "MSC" or what the Panasonic equivalent is. I was very careful not to talk about what you, I or others would find exhilarating or disappointing in a lens.

Edited 4 months ago by Macx
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