Re: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread Andre Langevin
Auto Chinon 45/2.8 (18mm long, all metal) Cosinon 40/2.5 (20mm long) Pentax M 40/2.8 (18mm long) Pentax 43/1.9 FA Limited(28mm long) Porst Color Reflect 40/2.5 (a rebadged Cosinon) Rikenon 28/2.8 (20mm deep) Rikenon 45/2.8 (a plastic version of the Cosina) Paul, I guess you meant Chinon? Vivita

RE: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread Malcolm Smith
Paul, Bill and Wendy, Thanks for the feedback. It really is a useful lens to have then. I think it would go down well attached to my ME-Super! I will acquire one now. Malcolm

Re: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread wendy beard
At 11:02 AM 02/02/2003 -0500, you wrote: Does anyone have any experience of this lens? Is it a good lens? It seems to be an ideal lens to make a camera fit in any pocket (!) and provide less excuses for not carrying a camera. Malcolm It's an ideal lens for making a camera fit in the scanner t

Re: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Malcolm Smith" Subject: 40mm 'Pancake' lens. > Does anyone have any experience of this lens? Is it a good lens? > > It seems to be an ideal lens to make a camera fit in any pocket (!) and > provide less excuses for not carrying a camera. I have denigrated th

Re: 40mm 'Pancake' lens.

2003-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
It's my favorite walkaround lens. I use it most often with an MX. The camera will then fit in a pocket. That can be handy when travelling in unfamiliar territory. Here's a pic that I shot with the MX and the pancake lens in Mexico. http://home.earthlink.net/~pnstenquist/_uimages/sunandmoon.JPG Mal