06-08-2012, 01:45 PM
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1339161245' post='18777']
It is a lot more compact because it is a pancake design, not because it is f2.8. Of course, if you want to look at it with an angle, it is f2.8 because it is a pancake design.[/quote]
Pentax showed us that AF pancakes can be faster. And of course, there are many MF ones.
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1339161245' post='18777']
I was not talking about the speed of the AF in the 50mm f1.8, but the low accuracy. [/quote]
Never experienced this.
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1339161245' post='18777']
All in all this 40mm f2.8 STM seems to be a very nice lens both on APS-C and on FF, and if the bokeh is better than average for a pancake design, it should be a big seller.[/quote]
I think that the combination of price, size and video AF will be its biggest selling points.
It is a lot more compact because it is a pancake design, not because it is f2.8. Of course, if you want to look at it with an angle, it is f2.8 because it is a pancake design.[/quote]
Pentax showed us that AF pancakes can be faster. And of course, there are many MF ones.
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1339161245' post='18777']
I was not talking about the speed of the AF in the 50mm f1.8, but the low accuracy. [/quote]
Never experienced this.
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1339161245' post='18777']
All in all this 40mm f2.8 STM seems to be a very nice lens both on APS-C and on FF, and if the bokeh is better than average for a pancake design, it should be a big seller.[/quote]
I think that the combination of price, size and video AF will be its biggest selling points.