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LDB · 04-22-2008, 05:24 PM

Is it just me or is the 40 f2.8 lens really strange looking?

k100d · 04-22-2008, 05:42 PM

it's def not a looker ... looks better w/o the Lens hood
maybe it's strange because it's not what people normally think of as an SLR lens?

vizjerei · 04-22-2008, 05:45 PM

Well, people from other brands wish they can have pancake lens we have.. and we are saying it is strange looking..

Voe · 04-22-2008, 06:34 PM

For me it looks abnormal but in a very good way. I think it is really cute. I love it.
For me strange does not mean bad, it is just different and interesting.

fearview · 04-22-2008, 07:12 PM

do you mean da 40mm f/2.8 limited?

its not strange. its akward

but i love it.

Fritz · 04-22-2008, 09:31 PM

Mine should be here tomorrow, so I'll let you know then what I think!

247nino · 04-23-2008, 01:05 AM

i love how the takumar lenses look on the k10d, its like small... lol but the 40mm pancakes... oooh so flat

séamuis · 04-23-2008, 02:43 AM

it looks weird to most (the average) canikon folks because they think that having a DSLR means having the biggest honkin' telephoto zoom they can afford coupled to the front of it. they don't have a true understanding of a prime lens or of an appropriate lens for the task at hand, not to mention any sort of compactness and ease of use. I met a Nikon user the other day downtown (savannah, georgia) who apparently didn't know what a prime lens was when I asked him why he was using a telephoto zoom to take candid street shots. (street photography) which makes up most of my photographic 'portfolio'. So I can imagine that they would give very strange looks to the DA 40mm but personally I think it looks great.

ftpaddict · 04-23-2008, 02:49 AM

It looks like an oversized body cap.

LDB · 04-23-2008, 06:14 AM

I hadn't thought of that but I bet on camera it does look sort of like a body cap with a picture window.

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04-22-2008, 05:24 PM	#1
LDB Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 63	funky looking lens Is it just me or is the 40 f2.8 lens really strange looking?

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04-22-2008, 05:42 PM	#2
k100d Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,911	it's def not a looker ... looks better w/o the Lens hood maybe it's strange because it's not what people normally think of as an SLR lens?

04-22-2008, 05:45 PM	#3
vizjerei Veteran Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,418	Well, people from other brands wish they can have pancake lens we have.. and we are saying it is strange looking..

04-22-2008, 06:34 PM	#4
Voe Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sydney Photos: Gallery Posts: 711	For me it looks abnormal but in a very good way. I think it is really cute. I love it. For me strange does not mean bad, it is just different and interesting.

04-22-2008, 07:12 PM	#5
fearview Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Jakarta Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,067	do you mean da 40mm f/2.8 limited? its not strange. its akward but i love it.

04-22-2008, 09:31 PM	#6
Fritz Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tillamook, OR Posts: 1,222	Mine should be here tomorrow, so I'll let you know then what I think!

04-23-2008, 01:05 AM	#7
247nino Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 302	i love how the takumar lenses look on the k10d, its like small... lol but the 40mm pancakes... oooh so flat

04-23-2008, 02:43 AM	#8
séamuis Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Savannah, U.S./Baguio City, P.H. Posts: 5,979	it looks weird to most (the average) canikon folks because they think that having a DSLR means having the biggest honkin' telephoto zoom they can afford coupled to the front of it. they don't have a true understanding of a prime lens or of an appropriate lens for the task at hand, not to mention any sort of compactness and ease of use. I met a Nikon user the other day downtown (savannah, georgia) who apparently didn't know what a prime lens was when I asked him why he was using a telephoto zoom to take candid street shots. (street photography) which makes up most of my photographic 'portfolio'. So I can imagine that they would give very strange looks to the DA 40mm but personally I think it looks great.

04-23-2008, 02:49 AM	#9
ftpaddict Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Yurp Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,666	It looks like an oversized body cap.

04-23-2008, 06:14 AM	#10
LDB Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 63 Original Poster	I hadn't thought of that but I bet on camera it does look sort of like a body cap with a picture window.

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