Garylh
Veteran
- Location
- Contra Costa County, California
The 27f2.8 pancake and XE1 are made for each other... It really does feel like a natural fit. While shooting with it today, I was reminded of the Olympus SP and Konica C35 both with 38f2.8 pancakes or the feel of shooting the Leica/Minolta CL w/ the 40f2.
The lens is very light and soooo small. AF speed is not as good as the 18-55 zoom but feels better than the 35f1.4. The zoom is dead quiet compared to this lens when it comes to AF motor noise but still this lens is a bit quieter than the 35f1.4. The only thing missing from this package is a lens hood like the one from the Nikon 45 pancake (the shallow inverted cone style).
At f2.8, there is already pretty good center sharpness but it is really at it's best around f5.6 when the corner sharpness is good. The 27 may not ever come off the XE1 except for putting on the 14f2.8
Here is some shots from Berkeley Bowl - just some quick grab shots to show the lens, first pano crop at f2.8 wide open
Next @f5.6 no cropping
Another @f5.6 but at around 20% crop
These were all shot RAW and developed using Aperture and my save processing affect.
Cheers
Gary
The lens is very light and soooo small. AF speed is not as good as the 18-55 zoom but feels better than the 35f1.4. The zoom is dead quiet compared to this lens when it comes to AF motor noise but still this lens is a bit quieter than the 35f1.4. The only thing missing from this package is a lens hood like the one from the Nikon 45 pancake (the shallow inverted cone style).
At f2.8, there is already pretty good center sharpness but it is really at it's best around f5.6 when the corner sharpness is good. The 27 may not ever come off the XE1 except for putting on the 14f2.8
Here is some shots from Berkeley Bowl - just some quick grab shots to show the lens, first pano crop at f2.8 wide open
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Next @f5.6 no cropping
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Another @f5.6 but at around 20% crop
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These were all shot RAW and developed using Aperture and my save processing affect.
Cheers
Gary