50mm 1.8 pancake

[Viz]

Has anyone got the 50mm 1.8 pancake Nikkor?
I am thinking of getting one because I have a D70s that is looking to be used a lot less (subject to GF approval) adn I want a super light lens.

I missed an AWESOME opportunity the other week walking though Hyde Park where there was this gorgous young asian woman all dressed up and with expensive accessories dead asleep on a park bench in the sun. It was absolutely perfect. Andyway, I kicked myself that I didn't have an accessible camera.

Big Red's recent purchace and portrait was the major motivator for this.

[gstark]

Has anyone got the 50mm 1.8 pancake Nikkor?

I don't believe this exists.

The Nikkor pancake is a 45mm 2.8, and has been out of production for a couple of years now.

[adam]

...gorgous young asian woman all dressed up and with expensive accessories dead asleep on a park bench in the sun. It was absolutely perfect....

I didn't believe this existed.

How about a non-pancake lens, the 50mm f/1.8 , it's already small and light

[jamesw]

Zeiss/Voigtlander make a 45mm 2.8 pancake lens.

[Viz]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffmac/2 ... 620834874/

I am currently bidding on this item. I failed to mention that it is old. It is a Nikon, not a Nikkor, sorry. As for a regular 50, it is OK, but I want something smaller and cheap.

[MCWB]

Viz, as mentioned it's not a pancake lens, just a standard 50mm. Here is a link to the one you're looking at (scroll down to "Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8s standard lens")

Bjørn Rørslett's review

This economical version, for the EM and FG cameras, was virtually identical to the Nikkor 50/1.8 in optical design, but built even more compact than the Nikkor. It came in a cheaper-looking (and -feeling) barrel and lacked multi-coating and an aperture coupling prong. Sharpness is very good, but contrast and colour saturation result in images that do not quite match the clarity of the Nikkor.

[Viz]

Haha that is funny.
I didn't realise but my dad has a copy of this same lens for his EM. He bought it, perhaps as a kit, when it came out.

I have made much wiser choices in my life, but if I get this cheap, then so be it.

[Yi-P]

That's not a pancake lens, pancakes are much thinner than that one.

Its the E version of the 50/1.8 and I believe its much cheaper and not so good in quality compared to the actual 50/1.8.