Yea I saw that; but they did not comment on vignetting (which is usually one of the weak points of flat lenses).
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Most impressive is the smooth bokeh, usually pancake lenses are not great in that area.
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Most impressive is the smooth bokeh, usually pancake lenses are not great in that area.
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A 40mm f/2.8 and you are talking about the bokeh ? Frankly at this focal length and this aperture it is almost worthless to talk about this.
Nyce and trendy lens.
Unfortunately I don't understand wha you can do with it.
I suupose that this lens need to be attached to camera - even more to canon EF or EF-S cammera.
1. EOS xxxD - funny and trendy lens. I called trendy because now we are moving from "Bgger is Better" hype to "smaller is nyce". but this lens doesn't offer nothing special than kitlens 18-55 is
2. on xxD - is even more funy
3. on 7d - no comments here
the fun on EF/ FF mount is even bigger
4. Canon 5D MKIII
5. Canon 1D
Maybe it is just me, but i cannot find cammera where you can attach it. What anoth PZ fellows think about it.
Does it mean that we should expect something new and trendy from Canon
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I really see no problem with this lens. It's small. It seems to be decent within its specification.
For general usage, I think it makes sense on a full frame body and I'd have no issue using this on a 5D2. If Canon go ahead with a lower cost full frame body, perhaps smaller than the 5D series, that would be a good pairing too. I'm sure it'll work fine on a crop body too, but I'm not sure what I'd do with that region of focal length.
Bokeh wise, I think it does have potential if you do lots of smaller scale close up work. Traditionally people I know use the 50mm f/1.8 (optionally with extension tubes) in a similar role, as a low budget option. While the 40mm f/2.8 would be approximately half the blur potential (dependant on various conditions of course) it does focus closer than the 50/1.8 without modification.
My only gripe remains the insane pricing for UK (probably euro too) compared to US. Ok, we long complain about the differences, but this is the first time I think I have seen the UK figure to be numerically bigger than the US figure without changing the currency units! And we used to joke about 1:1 rates...
<a class="bbc_url" href="http://snowporing.deviantart.com/">dA</a> Canon 7D2, 7D, 5D2, 600D, 450D, 300D IR modified, 1D, EF-S 10-18, 15-85, EF 35/2, 85/1.8, 135/2, 70-300L, 100-400L, MP-E65, Zeiss 2/50, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300/2.8, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Olympus E-P1, Panasonic 20/1.7, Sony HX9V, Fuji X100.
I have a PoV problem with this lens. Everybody gets excited about the size and price. I see it as a slow and expensive lens (compared to the 50/1.8).
' />? Ok, shallow DOF, but it is the same as in fast zoom, and finally this is not a portrait lens. I am sure pro's might have another opinion, but from amateurs point of view such lens is very welcomed. If I was Canon user, I would seriously considered this lens. 
