Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That would be cool. I suppose the 4/3 sensor and the mirrorless m4/3 lens flange distance may help to shrink the lens. Of course F2.8 is exceedingly slow on my book :-) On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Steve Unsworth <lug at steveunsworth.co.uk>wrote: > I've just done a bit of Googling, and there appear to be plenty of rumours > of a 14mm f2.8 pancake lens - including some photographs of the lens. > > Steve > > On 2 Jun 2010, at 10:58, Richard Man wrote: > > > Somehow I get the feeling that a fast 12/14 would be tough to design. > Look > > at how large the Zeiss 15/2.8 is. > > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Steve Unsworth <lug at > > steveunsworth.co.uk > >wrote: > > > >> Why a fisheye I wonder? I would have thought a fast 12 or 14mm lens > would > >> have had much wider appeal. Unless of course they think there's a market > for > >> stitched 360 degree panoramas. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]