7artisans releases a teeny tiny 18mm f/6.3 pancake lens for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds

7Artisans has announced its new (and tiny) 18mm f/6.3 pancake lens (buy here) for Micro Four Thirds and APS-C mirrorless cameras. In the APS-C mounts, we’ve got Nikon Z, Fuji X, Sony E and Canon EF-M. No sign of a Canon RF mount one, but given how swiftly Canon has been enforcing its intellectual lens property, that’s not much of a surprise.

As is the nature with pancake lenses, the 7Artisans 18mm f/6.3 is extremely compact. In fact, it’s not much bigger than a regular standard body cap. It’s not optically complex and comes with a relatively cheap price point. Looking at some of the sample photos from Robin Wong’s video below, though, it looks pretty good!

Although the optics are fairy simple, the 7Artisans 18mm f/6.3 pancake lens contains 6 elements in 4 groups. Offering a full-frame equivalent field of view to that of a 27mm lens on full-frame, this wide-angle lens has a fixed aperture of f/6.3 and a minimum focus distance of 35cm. It’s not going to be your go-to wide APS-C or Micro Four Thirds lens, but for what it costs, it’s a nice-looking one for a general walkabout lens with a small body. I could see one of these potentially living on a GX80 on my shelf, ready to go at a moment’s notice!

Price and Availability

The 7Artisans 18mm f/6.3 Pancake lens for Nikon Z, Canon EF-M, Sony E, Fuji X and Micro Four Thirds is available to buy now for $59.99. That’s a little more than the $40 in Robin’s video title, but still a reasonable price. The lens is already shipping.