Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

Zeiss Loxia 50mm Planar on Sony A7r Berlin Backstage was lucky enough to test out the new Carl Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar lens before the Photokina 2014 official release. Here are a points we extracted from their review titled "Blau trifft Orange," translated blue meets orange. 180° of focus ring movement for gentle, precise focus. Aperture ring can be de-clicked for videographers with a supplied de-click tool. Feels similar to the Zeiss 50mm ZM Planar lens .  The Loxia 2/50 is a massaged ZM Planar design for the Sony A7 series. The f/2.0 maximum aperture keeps the lens small which is a good compromise. The Loxia is a manual aperture lens, not electronic controlled. It provides Exif data to the camera. The lens hood can be mounted in reverse without blocking the focusing ring. Ten aperture blades for buttery soft bokeh. Important points for the reviewer: feel, color, contrast. See the sample images from the Loxia 50mm on the A7r from Berlin Backstage below.

Sony a5100 24 Megapixel Touch Screen LCD Camera goodphoto.kr shows us the new Sony a5100 in action. The rear lcd touch screen is used to activate autofocus and trigger the shutter simultaneously. This can be useful when the camera is not held in the standard position and the shutter button is at an awkward position to depress. This is not possible with the sony a6000 . The chart below is a quick comparison between the Sony a5100 and the a6000. Watch the a5100 touch shutter in action in the video below from goodphoto.kr.

Sony A7S Connected to the iPad Air via USB Camera Adapter Noah Leon shows us how to connect the Sony A7s to the Ipad Air in order to transfer the images or movies for editing on the go. On the Sony A7, set the USB connection to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) by going into the Menu, Toolbox, screen 4, 1st option. Connect the USB cable to the A7 (turned off) and the Apple Lightning to USB Adapter to the iPad Air.  Connect the cables together. Turn on the A7 and the Photos app on the iPad will open.  Click Import on the Photos app. Start selecting the images and videos and press Import again to begin the process. In the video below, Noah continues to show how he edits video files on the go using the Pinacle Studio app on the iPad.

Frankencamera by Oliver Baker Give Oliver Baker an NEX-5 , a Konica S3 fixed lens rangefinder, and a 3D Printer and what do you get? The Frankencamera. Oliver combined the mechanical features of the Konica S3 RF and the digital components of the NEX-5 to create a new camera. The back of the S3 was replaced with a 3D printed replica, via selective laser sintering. The new back holds the NEX-5 sensor and related electronics.

Movcam Cage for the Sony A7 News Shooter gets a hands on review of the Movcam cage for the Sony A7 family. Read more at NewsShooter.com .

Sony A7s ISO:500 Aperture:f/7.1 Shutter Speed:1/2000 ijsvogel took out his Sony A7s, LA-EA4 lens adapter, and the Sony 500mm f/4.0 SSM G lens to capture some kingfishers and we think he did very well. He states that the autofocus did very well with the LA-EA4 adapter on the A7s. All the shots were taken on a tripod. Sony A7s ISO:1250 Aperture:f/5.6 Shutter Speed:1/500 Sony A7s ISO:800 Aperture:f/5.6 Shutter Speed:1/160 Sony 500mm f/4.0 SSM G Lens Thanks ijsvogel!

Here are the specs for the upcoming Loxia lenses by Carl Zeiss designed for the Sony A7 family and other E-mount cameras. The first two announced are the Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon and the 50mm f/2 Planar.  Both lenses share the same physical dimensions and filter ring thread.  They are manual focus lenses with electronic coupling to Sony E-mount cameras. Loxia 2/35 Biogon