man, just getting some of these shots on my large monitor tonight. this lens is great! sharp at 2.8, no question about it. nice contrast. yeah, it vignettes quite a bit wide open, but whatever. at $200 it's a complete no-brainer if 40mm is a focal length you're comfortable with. a pleasant surprise...
I think this would be a great lens on a T3 or T4 camera. It would be not a whole lot larger than some of the big sensor point and shoots but would have a ton more capability and would not be much different in price.
I think I've just been convinced to buy this lens. I love 40mm FOV, For me it's the perfect compromise between distortion and FOV. My only hesitation is speed.
I wish it was f2, but I guess it would have had to be bigger maybe.
I don;t think you can make a 40mm f/2 pancake and if you could the image quality would be poor. It is easier to make great quality if you make a lens slower.
skibum5 wrote:
I don;t think you can make a 40mm f/2 pancake and if you could the image quality would be poor. It is easier to make great quality if you make a lens slower.
Tell that to the companies that are already doing it. There are probably 3 or 4 available today, albeit Pentax did it for a smaller sensor.
jamesf99 wrote:
Tell that to the companies that are already doing it. There are probably 3 or 4 available, today albeit Pentax did it for a smaller sensor.
Ok, but the 40 2.8 STM is pancake light. You get get two of them for the weight and price of an Ultron 40.
As I said before, people wishing for a 40mm f/2 from Canon, wish for another lens. You cannot say that you want "this lens" to be faster.
alundeb wrote:
Mine shipped yesterday. Even though I have the 35/2, Ultron 40 and the 50/1.8, I found a place for it
I don't have the 35/2 or Ultron 40, but would like to try both. I have the 35 f/1.4 and 50's coming out my ears (dumped the L, sort of wish I still had it).
The new 40 weighs the same as the f/1.8 though it should be "slimmer".
skibum5 wrote:
I don;t think you can make a 40mm f/2 pancake and if you could the image quality would be poor. It is easier to make great quality if you make a lens slower.
(or would that make it a 5.6 
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