Curtis_Lowe Loc: Georgia

The great low light capabilities of the 6D and the small size of the EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake can make a great indoor package.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

When I was shooting film, I always used either a 35mm or 40mm as my "normal" lens... I preferred the slightly wider angle of view to the more common 50 to 58mm usually provided with the cameras.

The "pancake" lens also has an advantage of being ultra compact. It'll even fit into a pocket so is an easy lens to have with you, when needed. I prefered a little faster lens than f2.8 (a 40mm "pancake" in one system I shot with was an f1.8, 35mm lenses I used in other systems were f2.0 and not compact pancake designs)...

However, f2.8 will likely be fine with the high ISO capabilities of modern DSLRs, of which the 6D (also relatively compact for a FF camera) is one o the most capable. For comparison, I was shooting ISO 50, 100 and 200 film most of the time with those lenses... Now I use ISO 400 as my default on some DSLRs and don't hesitate to use 800, 1600 and sometimes even 3200 or 6400... which I'd never do with film.

Just go out and see what you can find to shoot with it. Don't try to hard to "preconceive" anything. Maybe you can find a cart and a horse to photograph in the correct order?

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

My daughter bought this lens a couple years ago. Great lens for the money. I believe the STM 40 was developed as a video lens as it is very quiet in focusing.

I have used it on my 1D Mark III and It looks hilarious but takes decent photos. I have used it to document buildings as it has very little distortion edge to edge. It is about a 52mm field of view on my camera. I see it as a inexpensive 50mm on my camera as a real 50 is a 65mm field of view...which is a bit of an odd field of view...

Whatever you shoot I'm sure you will enjoy this modest tiny lens!

Best,
Todd Ferguson
Harrisburg, NC

tmehrkam Loc: Houston,Tx

It is a great lens.

It is useless for relieving GAS though. :-}

You can barely see the thing on the camera.

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

Thanks, acelow, very much. I am hoping this to be the case.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

You get a specialty lens...Pancakes, what else? 8-)
--Bob

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

Thanks amfoto1,

Yes, this goes along what the reviews I am reading. I had not looked at the lens until the deadline for the coupons were coming due.

I am finding lots of good information here at UH, of where to go and what to do, plus I was reading that it is a good lens for street shots.

The preconceived ideas that I have should guide me on where to go, and what to look for -- and it is not that I could think of everything -- so the thing to do is ask other photographers, of course. Thus the question.

What's preconceived is not loose zoo animals running through downtown, but where I will be when whatever happens happens, like downtown. So street shots, means a route downtown for me, which will send me through neighborhoods of the city as well, and give me a chance to see what happens in reflection shot as well. Because of the DOF that comes with being under 50, not flattening the field, I am thinking of going to where people hang out too, like down the esplanade by the Merrimack River, to see what's happening. This should get me close to the forest, where I can shoot some late-afternoon, maybe sunset shots that I can compare with the Tamron shots from last week. That's a full day of preconception -- unless the lens comes during a rainy day, and it's the indoor shots that I find myself taking and looking at right away, learning the lens, getting more ideas.

Thanks again

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

Super info, Notorious T.O.D

I will be sure to see what I can get for architectural shots in the fram while downtown and in the neighborhoods. We also have lots of bridge in Lowell -- and canals with locks and such as well.

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

Hi Bob,

Just one dry pancake. No stack, no butter, no syrup or whipped cream, and no fruit either, just one dry little flat pancake for the cost of a flat-screen 32-inch Smart TV. I shopped hungry :)

tinplater Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

I love the little pancake. Use it on my SL1 making for a very small and compact combo. Lots of fun. And very, very sharp. (much more so than the 24mm pancake which I also have).

SENSORLOUPE

I have had that lens for over a year and love it. Images are clear and crisp. I shoot Canons--7D---50D---and 30D
Works great on all 3

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

That's such great news, tinplater. I am very much looking forward. Thanks so much

rusbowden Loc: Lowell MA

That's a great set of Canons, Sensorloupe. I'm starting to think that what started out as an quick impulse purchase, is turning into required equipment, a lens I will never want to be without.

SENSORLOUPE

Thanks, yes I do love my Canons. I've had them since the AE-1's to the Elane7e and Elane11e and now the Digitals
I hope you like your new lens. I also have the Canon 24mm 2.8 and like it very much :-) :)

Gifted One Loc: S. E. Idaho

Rus I am curious what glass that you currently have? I have the 6 D also.

J. R.