Hi, Len, Interesting.
When I borrowed Wendy's MX, I didn't expect to find the 40mm pancake on it. Having read opinions on this list similar to yours, Len, I really didn't expect much from it in terms of sharpness. Maybe it was my low expectation that caused me to be pleasantly surprised when I got back my first roll, and found the prints to be quite sharp. But maybe I have low standards... ;-) In any event, I still want one. Not as a collectable, obviously, but as a user. And, I have to admit, part of the allure for me is its size. I think it would be wasted on any camera but the MX or one of the other M series bodies (size-wise), as they're so physically compatible. Thanks to all who replied regarding whether the price of the one that I'm looking at is reasonable - as I suspected, it seems to be. regards, frank "Paris, Leonard" wrote: > Do you think they are really buying the pancake because it is a collectable? > It isn't, to my knowledge, a rarity. I think they were produced in pretty > great quantity. I think the lens has gained an undeserved reputation of > being an extremely sharp lens, because of all of the BS written about it in > ebay item descriptions. The sheer numbers of them that pass through ebay > should make folks wonder exactly how good they could actually be. If it was > a really great lens, and a collectable, there wouldn't be so many of them > available. > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
