Daniel (or any of the other militia members), can you give me a list of the old school pancakes? I'd like something wide if possible, but list the old school MF pancake lenses. Also if you know the mount, let me know (IE M42?) so I know what adapter I might need.

I just want to start looking for one.

40mm I know for sure. I think that's the only one.

thanks eric. So are there any other letters tacked on the name so I know I'm looking at the right thing?

OK, found this on KEH:
$159 bgn
http://www.keh.com/OnLineStore/Produ...&GBC=&GCC=&KW=

that's it dude, the 40mm f2.8 is the original pancake and the only MF i know of actually made by pentax/asahi besides the "A" below.

there's a SUPER rare, SUPER 1337 voigtlander 40mm f2 out there but they're expensive and hard-ish to find. check this: http://pentaxlife.com/categories/lenses/

then you come to the smc-A 40mm f2.8:


there's also a 20mm smc-m f4 which is impossible to find, but classifies as a pancake.

there's no m42 (screwmount) pancakes that i know of, but there is one or two zenitar (the russian dudes that make the bad ass k-mount fisheye) pancakes out there.

oh man, i'd love to get my hands on a zenitar lens. so sweet!

I had the Zenitar fisheye for a while. Pretty damn good lens for <$200.

yeah dude, exactly...for the price, those things are awesome!