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Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?

Started Feb 9, 2020 | Discussions thread
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alwinvrm Forum Member • Posts: 96
Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?
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I own a Fuji X system, but I notice that I prefer to take my Fuji x100 or Nikon 1 system for street / general photography.

So the thought came that an Olympus E M10 with a pancake and sometimes a portrait lens might be a flexible alternative for the x100 that is smaller than the Fuji X system.

When researching I found that the Pana 20mm 1.7 has outdated focusing speed, while the Pana 14mm and Oly 17 mm had less than stellar IQ. The Pana Leica 25 mm, Pana 25mm, and newer Oly 17mm are nice lenses but no pancakes.

I was somewhat surprised that there seem to be few modern pancakes for M43 while small size is apparently an argument used in favour of M43. For all practical purposes is my XE2 wit 35mm 1.4 as big as am Olympus om with the Pana Leica 25mm.

I want to try M43 but the system gives me no obvious roadmap or compelling argument for my simple and no tele desires.

I hope I  am wrong and missing a few things; please  point out what (products) I  missed  because I real feel drawn to M43.

Fujifilm FinePix X100 Fujifilm X10 Fujifilm X-E2 Leica M10 Leica X1 Olympus E-M1 Olympus OM-D E-M10
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