It wasn’t too long ago that Panasonic released the Lumix 26mm f/8 pancake lens to accompany the conveniently-sized Lumix S9 – a so-called ‘do it all’ lightweight solution. However, from the fixed f/8 aperture to the manual-only focus, this pancake has been a bit of a flop.
Now a recent patent shows that Panasonic might be quietly working away on a 28mm f/8, a 24mm f/8 and a 22mm f/5.6 variant of the razor-thin lens. While it might be tricky for the potential f/8 variants to regain any of Panasonic users’ trust, the 22mm f/5.6 could be a welcome development.
