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Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?

Started Feb 9, 2020 | Discussions thread
cosmicnode Veteran Member • Posts: 6,947
Re: Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?
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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When researching I found that the Pana 20mm 1.7 has outdated focusing speed, while the Pana 14mm and Oly 17 mm had less than stellar IQ.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.

You can compare image quality of all the various Olympus and Panasonic lenses here  this is one of the showcase pages for the 15mm f1.7 there are many photo's from different users and different bodies over the period they have been sold. You can form your own opinion of each lens as to sharpness and colour.

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