Pancake Lenses (Page 7): Another GREAT Pancake lens for Nikon F (and Canon if that's your thing)...

par4fore Loc: Bay Shore N.Y.

Architect1776 wrote:

Why do people get all hyped up over pancake lenses?

Another GREAT Pancake lens for Nikon F (and Canon if that's your thing)

https://dustinabbott.net/2017/05/voigtlander-ultron-40mm-f2-sl-ii-review/#google_vignette

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mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

yorkiebyte wrote:

Wow! That Voigtlander lens looks suspiciously like my Meike 35mm F/1.4!

Voigtlanders are made by Cosina in Japan. Meike is a completely different company located in China, Meike manufactures, among their other accessories, inexpensive manual focus lenses. Like several similar Chinese companies, (TTArtisan, 7Artisan, Laowa, etc) their lenses are generally very good value, especially considering their build quality and very low price point. Any Meike lenses that look even remotely similar to Voigtlander (or Leica lenses) is a result of them copying some of the features of those manufacturers. In this case, however, they are not similar. Look more carefully.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Manglesphoto wrote:

WHT is a pancake lens? I really don't Give a rotund rodents rectum.

WTH do people ask questions if they don’t care about the answer? Not that I give a fat rat’s ass.

BebuLamar

Tigger1 wrote:

Who made you KING of photographic knowledge?

You don't have to be a King to know that you can eat pancakes and not pancake lenses.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

BebuLamar wrote:

You don't have to be a King to know that you can eat pancakes and not pancake lenses.

How do you know if you have never tried. Be adventurous!

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Timmers wrote:

Sorry to say, but a discussion of what and why a type of lens called a "Pancake" lens is and what it would due seems to not be of interest. As it is so often on the Hog there are those who are more interested in stating random opinions and are not interested in the craft of the subject. Thu one gets no discussion.

Funny. It seems like at three pages in there is some interest, (and as I post this it’s 7 pages). As for stating random opinions I believe your previous post of bad information falls into that realm.

Bill_de Loc: US

SuperflyTNT wrote:

WTH do people ask questions if they don’t care about the answer?

You don't care about the answer to the question you just asked.

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russraman Loc: New York City

Architect1776 wrote:

Why do people get all hyped up over pancake lenses?
Do they buy just to be hip but never use them and go back to the standard range zoom lens after a couple of hours leaving the pancake on the shelf collecting dust?

I bought an inexpensive vintage Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 SERIES E pancake lens on the recommendation of The Angry Photographer. The lens was made in the early 1980's in Japan. With its chrome ring, it looks great on my Nikon DF and D850. While it's a manual focus lens, it's easy to use and takes great photos, and it's so small that it fits in a pocket for portability. The lens' size makes it unobtrusive for street photography and produces excellent results with deep and rich colors.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Provided that IQ is maintained then surely the shorter (flatter) a lens can be is best. As a Panny MFT photographer I have owned several Panny pancake zooms. They are all good value, but I moved back to equivalent (or close to) focal lengths, and now use a 45-175 internal focus, internal zoom, length 9.5 cms, and a 14-45 max length 9 cms, both have the edge in IQ. The 14-45 was the original MFT lens (2008) - so it had to be good. The 45-175 works with dual IS on my G80. For me IQ is the top priority (within my budget, of course) and I am satisfied I have that, with as little bulk as possible. BUT my G80 (retro rangefinder) with a pancake zoom was a great fit under my anorak. I often feel that the lugs which hold shoulder straps to cameras should be fitted to the bottom plate - so that the camera points downwards instead of in it's usual phallic position!

BebuLamar

mwsilvers wrote:

How do you know if you have never tried. Be adventurous!

Nah I wouldn't try to eat a pancake lens.

rvharvey Loc: Southern New Jersey

I almost always have my Lumix mirrorless and the pancake 1:1.7 with me and I estimate that 2/3 of the photos I shoot are with that combination. We visit the Philadelphia flower show almost every year and indoor photos usually need a tripod or flash, which distorts the colors. The weight doubles when I use a tele lens. I am webmaster for a number of websites and don't need huge photos for these.

The camera is lightweight and the lens is hardly noticeable like most cell-phones. It appears to be an ancient camera and People often ask where I get my film developed, So there is less likelihood of someone stealing it.

John7199 Loc: Eastern Mass.

Tigger1 wrote:

IF you REALLY want an answer to YOUR question, write a detailed personal message to each UHH member, collect al the answers you receive, and then give us the results of your findings!

Trigger
You may be the reason some people are afraid to post on UHH, due to your bi**hy, and CAPS response.
Tone it down sparky.

ELNikkor

russraman wrote:

I bought an inexpensive vintage Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 SERIES E pancake lens on the recommendation of The Angry Photographer. The lens was made in the early 1980's in Japan. With its chrome ring, it looks great on my Nikon DF and D850. While it's a manual focus lens, it's easy to use and takes great photos, and it's so small that it fits in a pocket for portability. The lens' size makes it unobtrusive for street photography and produces excellent results with deep and rich colors.

I got one of those with an FG, or was it the EM? Either way, I thought it was rather toy-ish & didn't take it seriously as I had been shooting with a sweet vintage 50mm f2 H lens. I remember "accidently" destroying the pancake lens and throwing it into the trash bin. Had I known about the fuss people are making about them today, (and on these 7 pages so far!) I'd have been a bit more careful. (Please note: I didn't really put syrup on it and eat it, as my previous post indicated...)

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Architect1776 wrote:

Why do people get all hyped up over pancake lenses?
Do they buy just to be hip but never use them and go back to the standard range zoom lens after a couple of hours leaving the pancake on the shelf collecting dust?

That’s what I did…

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Tigger1 wrote:

IF you REALLY want an answer to YOUR question, write a detailed personal message to each UHH member, collect al the answers you receive, and then give us the results of your findings!

It was just a general question about why people like pancake lenses, but evidently it upset you. I see all sorts of offers for discussion on this forum that I ignore. I have never used a pancake lens, but imagine that they could be handy for grab shots and would help to make the camera you're carrying much more portable. This forum would be rather pointless all we did was send questionaires to each other and then shared the results. Have you used a pancake lens? How did it work for you? Thanks