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Chinon 45mm F2.8 | | Latest Review Posted | Chinon 45mm F2.8
This Chinon pancake lens is harder to come by than the Pentax-M 40mm pancake, but if you can find a good one, it will typically cost you less than the Pentax pancake. It's almost identical in size and feel to the Pentax, is just as well made, and I think it's just as sharp. Like the Pentax 40 (and like all lenses), it's sharpest when stopped down a couple stops. The only down side is for those shooting with a cropped sensor Pentax DSLR, the extra 5mm over the Pentax pancake is more limiting. But if you prefer to look at the bright side of things, it's wider than using a 50mm on cropped sensor cameras. The bottom line for me? I like this lens so much, I sold off my Pentax-M 40mm for twice what I paid for this Chinon and am one happy camper. Hunt one of these down and try it out. | |
