Originally posted by Blue Plus, some people act like the 43 ltd is a huge lens even though it is only 0.1 inch longer than the requirement to be consider a pancake lens!
The FA43 is actually the smallest lens I would want on my camera. Any smaller and you can't use the darned things. Though of course once aperture rings and such are removed there's little you need to do with a lens anyway.
Originally posted by Voe After the price hike, the lens started to get more appreciation, and now is considered a great lens, even better than the 43mm.
Yep, I see those posts and shake my head. The DA40 is slower, less sharp, has more vignetting, is missing the aperture ring and won't work on full-frame. It does have less CA, but I have never found that an annoyance. The only way it's better is that it is cheaper, but IMO over-priced for what you get. Oh, and it has no pixie dust.
But still a fine lens that can take a good picture.