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Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?

Started Feb 9, 2020 | Discussions thread
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Re: Don't discount the 20mm 1.7 yet...

Ruairi wrote:

Give the 20mm f1.7 a try. It's the slowest of a very fast bunch, it works for me and could work for you too. Not sure how it compares to the slower focussing Fuji primes,

The Fuji slower focusing primes on the latest Fuji bodies focus faster than the 20mm F1.7 on any m43rds body (at least the XF1.4 and other F1.4 primes they have).

But I am ok with the 20mm F1.7 focusing speed myself personally for the most part, except that on all Olympus bodies I have tried (EM5 MKII, PenF, EPL9, OMD EM5.3) you have to half-press shutter first, wait for it to lock focus and then finish the shutter press unless you want to risk 30%-75% of shots' focus.

but reminds me of some Sigma DSLR primes for speed.
Comprehensive review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGLUTzGK3j0

My I've-got-literally-no-space-left kit are the 12-32, 35-100 (the small slow one), 15mm 1.7, 20mm 1.7, 45mm 1.8, and 45-175mm. Although only 2 are really pancakes, these lenses sail past security at gigs, take up the same combined luggage space as a single shoe, and each fit into coat pockets easily.

Completely agree we could do with some updated pancake lenses though.

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