For some time now I’ve wanted to get my hands on a camera that wouldn’t be too big to carry around, but would do all the DSLR stuff I love. So many times I’ve come across a photographic moment that my cell phone just couldn’t do justice.
I was seriously looking into the new Canon Rebel SL-1, but after reading about it I came to realize that it wasn’t that much different from my beloved Canon Rebel T2i. Many of the reviews for the SL-1 also mentioned a 40mm pancake lens. After some research, I realized that what I really wanted was just a smaller all around lens that I could put on my beloved camera and toss into my bag.
I have owned the Canon 40mm pancake lens (EF40mm f/2.8 STM) for about a month now and thought I’d share some images with you. I love that the lens and camera are small enough for me to carry around easily and more importantly, daily.
It seems that nearly every time I get a new lens my dog is my first subject…
f/2.8
f/2.8
Next I tried it on spiders and webs…
f/2.8 (cropped)
f/2.8 (cropped)
Inevitably I ran into some snails…
f/5.6
f/5.6
f/5.6
f/5.6
And finally I tried it out on some flowers…
f/2.8
f/5.6
For most spontaneous finds, this lens did the trick.
Until next time…
~nic
Photography by Nic 
I love the dog nose and foot images!!! The bugs and flowers are nice too, but I’m exceptionally fond of the nose and foot. =} I’ll have to check out that pancake lens.
Cia,
Thanks! 🙂 Once you wrote it, I remembered your dog nose photo. 🙂 Those are the best kinds of shots 🙂