Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

Canon S90 vs Sony NEX-5 vs Panasonic G2 vs Canon EOS 5dII Sony NEX-5 vs Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 Sony E 18-55mm OSS vs Lumix 14-42mm G Vario Thanks saebaryo !

Here is a Sony NEX-3 with a Cosina Voigtlander 15mm f/4.5 Super Wide Heliar from lattetheblue . The Leica screw mount lens is mounted on the Sony E-mount with the use of a lens adapter. Here are some sample images by digitalbear with the Sony NEX-5 and the CV 15mm Super Wide Heliar.

Just checked the Novoflex website and the Sony NEX E-mount adapters are now available for ordering. A new lens mount they adapted to the Sony NEX E-mount is the Pentax 6x7 lens system. The following adapters are available for the E-mount: Canon (NEX/CAN) Contax / Yashica (NEX/CONT) Leica M (NEX/LEM) Leica R (NEX/LER) M42 (NEX/CO) Sony Alpha / Minolta AF (NEX/MIN-AF)* Minolta MD (NEX/MIN-MD) Nikon (NEX/NIK)* Olympus OM (NEX/OM) Pentax 6x7 (NEXA + PENTRING 67) Pentax K (NEX/PENT)* T2 (NEX/T2) *The models NEX/NIK, NEX/MIN-AF, and NEX/PENT (for Nikon, Sony Alpha / Minolta AF and Pentax K lenses) are equipped with an integrated aperture control ring and can also be used with lenses that do not come with manual aperture control ring anymore. Go to the Novoflex Website for more information. They do not show delivery information as of yet though. Some Pentax 6x7 lenses: Image from AntiqueCameras.net

Here is the tally of the sales of digital cameras in Japan for the 1st week of August. The NEX-5 Dual Lens Bundles are in 3rd (black) and 7th (silver) place. Can anyone tell us why they would be split apart? Both the silver and black NEX-5 kits are climbing. Can they pass the Nikon D90 or the Rebel T2i? The tiny sensored µ4/3 cameras make their 1st showing in 12th place. We believe that as the more consumers are exposed to the NEX line of cameras, they will see the big advantage over the µ4/3 system. Thanks BCN !

Sony NEX-5 with 1440-7200mm Zoom Lens GK emptied out his photo bag and came up with this monster. NEX-5 with flash, Sony LA-EA1 adapter, MD->MA adapter, Cosina 2x, Vivitar 2x and Tamron 2x teleconverters, Minolta MD extension ring set (28mm, 21mm, and 14mm), Vivitar 120-600 f5.6-8 MD mount lens, 82mm lens hood. So if our math is correct, the effective focal length is 120-600mm * 1.5x [sensor] * (2x)^3 [teleconverters] = 1440 to 7200mm. This is assuming that the MD>MA adapter is 1:1. Thanks GK !

Adobe has released the Adobe® Photoshop® Camera Raw 6.2 plug-in and Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 3.2 updates which support the Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 RAW files. We can now edit RAW files taken with the NEX in Windows machines with either Photoshop CS5 or Lightroom 3 . Camera Raw 6.2 and Lightroom 3.2 also adds Lens Profile Support for the Sony E 18-55mm OSS Lens which corrects distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting. Apple released Sony NEX RAW support about a week ago. •Newly supported camera models include: Casio EXILIM EX-FH100 (DNG*) Leica S2 (DNG*) Panasonic DMC-FZ100 Panasonic DMC-FZ40 (FZ45) Panasonic DMC-LX5 Pentax 645D Samsung NX10 Samsung TL500 (EX1) Sony A290 Sony A390 Sony Alpha NEX-3 Sony Alpha NEX-5 You can read more about the updates here, Lightroom Journal . Download Lightroom 3.2 Release Candidate with NEX RAW support for Macintosh and Windows . Download Camera Raw 6.2 plug-in with NEX RAW support for Macintosh and Windows .

Leica R system fans rejoice, here is the Sony NEX E-mount Leica R lens adapter. The lens adapters are available through eBay auctions and Amazon.com . Time to dust off your Summilux-Rs. Sony NEX-5 with Leica 50mm Summilux-R