Earl Dunbar wrote:
>If I could afford the Zuiko OM pancake, I'd have at least one. If Maitani
>were still at the helm, I'd be emailing him every day for a 40/f1.2. I'm sure
>no one else at Olympus today would listen.
>
>
One of the reasons for the 40/2 pancake lenses, by at least Oly and
Nik*n, is that 40mm is the shortest fl that can be made in a "normal"
symetrical formula and still not interfere with the SLR mirror. That
made it a natural for the most compact possible lens. Since the only
real advantage of the 40mm over a 50mm, from a marketing perspective
(and as has been pointed out, the 40/2 was a marketplace failure), was
it's size, it made no sense to design a big, fast one.
The real question was why they didn't design really fast 35mm and/or
80-100mm lenses. A 35/1.2 or 85/1.4 makes more sense in the market than
a 40/1.2. Yes, I know about the CV 40/1.2. See my rant about Agfa and
Kodak for why this is a whole different kettle of developer than Oly in
the OM heyday.
Moose
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