Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?

cba_melbourne wrote:

alwinvrm wrote:

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When researching I found that the Pana 20mm 1.7 has outdated focusing speed, while the Pana 14mm and Oly 17 mm had less than stellar IQ.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.

I think you missed that m43 pancake lenses are really small. You should take this into consideration when saying the IQ is less than stellar.

Your Fuji 35 f/1.4 is 65x55mm in size and 187g in weight.

The Olympus 17 f/1.8 is one of the largest "pancake" lenses and is 58x36mm and 120g.

The Panasonic 20 f/1.7 is 63x26mm and 87g

The Panasonic 12-32 f/3.5-5.6 is 56x24mm and 70g

The Panasonic 14 /f2.5 is the smallest m43 pancake with 55x21mm and 55g

If you walk into a shop and hold both your Fuji 35 and the 14 in your hand, you understand. The 14 is 3.5 times lighter and much much smaller.

If what you want is stellar IQ, the 15mm f/1.7 is 58x36mm and 115g

Well you left out the Fuji 27mm f2.8, which is smaller and lighter than the 20mm.

61.21 x 23.11 mm

Weight2.75 oz / 78 g