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Pancakes for the SL1, you vote!

Started Sep 4, 2013 | Polls thread
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No

I'm aware of this entire list.

brightcolours wrote:

The SL1/100D already can have many compact lenses mounted on it:

  • Voigtlander 20mm f3.5 SL II. Lovely metal built pancake. MF only, but a joy to use.
  • Voigtlander 28mm f2.8 SL II. Lovely metal built pancake. MF only, but a joy to use and makes for a lovely "standard prime" on APS-C.
  • Voigtlander 40mm f2 SL II. Lovely metal built pancake. MF only, even a bit nicer than the Canon 40mm (nicer bokeh).

None of the above have autofocus.

  • Canon EF 40mm f2.8 STM. Nice and compact pancake.

Um yeah I know.

  • Sigma 30mm f1.4 EX DC HSM (A). Nice big aperture standard prime.

Too bulky and heavy and I don't like older Sigma lenses.

  • Canon EF 24mm f2.8 (and 24mm f2.8 IS USM). Compact primes with good optics.
  • Canon EF 35mm f2 (and 35mm f2 IS USM). Compact standard primes with good optics.

Again aware, a bit expensive the new versions are. Think pancake, small.. light, affordable. Like the 40mm f/2.8 Canon you pointed out.

  • Tokina 35mm f2,8 DX macro. Discontinued, but a compact and nice 1:1 macro and standard prime.

Discontinued, nuff said.

  • Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II. Light, cheap and compact, usable for shorter portrait lens.

A viable alternative, so far I count 2 lenses. But it's not a pancake design.

For portrait primes, the Tamron 60mm f2 Di II macro and Canon EF-S f2.8 USM Macro are nice and compact also.

You missed the point of the poll. Pancake lenses. Small, light, and thin- more so than the current lenses in the lineup. Exactly the reason why Canon made the 40mm f/2.8 in the first place.

Carl
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