Comments on: Best Pancake Lens for Fuji, Sony, Canon, Nikon & More

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 27 May 2023 05:52:35 +0000

I’d really appreciate the manufacturers of Micro Four Thirds cameras and lenses being given the opportunity to explain the so-called crop factor and focal length, f-stop issue, rather than leaving it to collective internet opinion.
Lets burry this back-and-forth he said, she said posturing once and for all. Invite Panasonic, OMDS and Sony here, some people will be in for a shock when they see definitive factual explanations from the best source.

By: David Gee

David Gee — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:03:48 +0000

In reply to Ryan who shoots mft. I am sure that is incorrect. An f/1.8 lens is f/1.8 on FF and APS-C.

By: Ryan who shoots mft

Ryan who shoots mft — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 21:34:20 +0000

In reply to Taylor.

The crop factor also applies to the aperture. This means the dof would be similar to a FF f3.4 with all other things being equal. It’s a similar story with the exposure as the MFT sensor is 1/4 the size of FF. So while 20mm f1.7 is quite fast on mft, a 40mm f1.7 would be much faster on a full frame. This is partially why f2.8 and f1.7 are such popular apertures for FF and MFT respectively – it’s a good balance of performance and cost.

Though, I have to disagree about this lens (the 20mm f1.7 for mft). While it is one of my favorites its internals are from 2012 and it cannot focus continuously (it literally says switch to AFS on my G85). So it’s a great lens but the focusing is not fast and hardly works in low light.

Cheers!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 18 May 2021 13:42:19 +0000

In reply to Andrea. What about the Nikon 24-50mm for the Z mount system? I have this on my Z6 and it's a great little lens that surely qualifies as a pancake.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 07 May 2021 17:43:53 +0000

Of those, only the Canon, Fuji and Panasonic are pancake designs. The others are just prime lenses.
There are currently no full frame pancakes made by Sony or Nikon. Funleader makes a full frame fixed focus (hyperfocal) 18mm f8 that is available in Sony E and Nikon.
Pentax makes some great pancake designs and so does Olympus.

By: Saibal Mondal

Saibal Mondal — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:09:28 +0000

Excellent impressive information..!

By: Mark Condon

Mark Condon — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:45:06 +0000

In reply to Manuel. We'll need to add those at some point, Manual.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:18:18 +0000

Where are the Pentax Lenses?

By: Taylor

Taylor — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:53:44 +0000

Can you explain a little why the f/1.7 Panasonic lens is only f/3.7 if I use it on my Gh5? I know I’ve got the crop sensor but I didn’t realize that affected the lens speed.

By: Mark Condon

Mark Condon — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 23:20:05 +0000

In reply to BMassey. Yeah, I'd like to see even smaller from them.

By: BMassey

BMassey — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:56:18 +0000

The Nikon and Sony are small(ish) primes, but definitely not pancake lenses.

By: Mark Condon

Mark Condon — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:04:54 +0000

In reply to Algy. Thanks for spotting that typo.

By: Algy

Algy — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 08:07:40 +0000

“Due to their compacted dimensions, pancake lenses are always fixed focal length (‘prime’) lenses.”
Hardly. What about the Olympus and Panasonic zooms??