Olympus Pen Pancake

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I've been intrigued by this elusive lens. I'm curious if anyone can offer some examples, thoughts regarding its performance relative to other standards in the lineup. Also, what is a reasonable price for this lens?

[ibcz]

Hello,

the lens is tiny and makes the pen F camera's truly pocketable. Don't expect the performance of the other standard lenses. Close focussing is 80cm and that is not very close :).
Prices range from cheap to about 400$, if you're lucky one is simply connected to a body, that's the way I got mine, including lens case, pen FT and body cap for 250$. If it weren't this way, I wouldn't have bought it.
I must admit it looks terribly handsome on a pen FV though :)

Iwert

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thanks! I usually see them around $400 and it seems a high price to pay for compactness if the lens isn't excellent.

[btgc]

Just were interested to see diff between std and pancake lenses, and found picture of both them (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterjohndean/3707578864/in/photostream/). I have SLR pancake and can admit that if I want to go compact, there are smaller cameras than SLR and better lenses bigger just by a little.