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Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?

Started Feb 9, 2020 | Discussions thread
OP alwinvrm Forum Member • Posts: 96
Re: Lack of up to date pancakes in M43?

Osa25 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.

When researching I found that the Pana 20mm 1.7 has outdated focusing speed, while the Pana 14mm and Oly 17 mm had less than stellar IQ.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

Pana 20mm the most-sold-ever lens in M43 and a top selller even now. No it’s not “outdated” or slow. It’s a stills-focused product but if video is not your interest still a great lens. Permanent fixture on my GM5.

And even the 25mm f1.7 on a GM5 no you won’t find a Fuji that’s a smaller package.

Thanks, the Pana GM5 + 15mm or 20mm is the outfit I was looking for, ticks all the boxes. Pitty I already bought an Olympus E-M10 m2 . I should have done better research and been more patiently reading this forum post.

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