Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

Kipon Contax G Lens Adapter on a Sony NEX-3 E-mount Here's another new manual lens adapter for the Sony NEX cameras. Kipon just released this E-mount to Contax G lens adapter for use on your Sony NEX-3 or NEX-5 camera. Kipon Adapter Contax G to Sony Alpha are now available on eBay or Amazon . The eBay auction states that the focus ring is "large diameter" compared to the tiny ones on the µ4/3 to Contax G adapters. This should make for easier and faster focusing on the Sony NEX system. Here are the listed compatible lenses: 28mm/f2.8 Biogon T* 35mm F2 Planar T* 35mm F2 Planar T* 90mm F2.8 Sonnar T*

Here are two helpful tutorial videos on how to use your new Sony NEX Camera. They're great teasers for those of us waiting to get our hands on the NEX-3 or NEX-5. The first video covers the following topics: NEX unboxing showing the contents. Charging the battery. Different body color and lens kit options. Turning on the camera. Menu buttons. Jog Dial. Setting the time. This video covers the following topics: Taking a photo. Shooting tips. Changing the lens. Attaching and removing the included external flash. Changing flash options. Background defocus. Sweep Panorama. Shooting movies. Viewing images and videos on the camera. Deleting photos.

Sony NEX-5 Sweep Panorama Pictures from Flickr! Sony Europe shows us how to take a Sweep Panorama shot. Go to 3:39 to see how it's down. There are two size options with the 16mm Pancake lens, standard at 149° or 226° sweep angle.

What a beautiful combination Here is the first? Leica M to Sony NEX E-Mount lens adapter. We don't read Japanese but it seems like this is custom made on a sankou seiki CNC machine - we could be totally wrong. The lens attached to the Sony NEX-5 is the Leica 18mm F/3.8 Super-Elmar M Asph Lens , which is an effective 27mm lens on the NEX's 1.5x APS-C Sensor. Check out dc impress for full size sample photos taken with the Sony NEX-5 and the Leica 18mm Super Elmar.

This is the shutter release curtain of the Sony NEX-5. The NEX-5 can do burst shooting of 7 frames per second. Look at that shutter abuse. :D

jinfinance, the µ4/3 lens adapter seller, is now offering Sony NEX E-Mount adapters. The 1st one from his stable is the Canon FD mount manual focus lenses. We would love to see an image made with a Canon 85mm f1.2 FD lens on the Sony Nex. Here are pictures of the FD lens adapters from the jinfinance eBay auction . They are also available through Amazon . In order to use these, we are assuming, one must be in Aperture priority mode and the aperture of the lens must be operated manual. Manual focus with the aperture wide open and stop down before taking the shot. We can't wait to see the other adapters that are on their way.

Here is a quick video using the 16mm lens with the Fisheye Conversion Lens, Part Number VCL-ECF1, on a Sony Nex 5. The Fisheye attachment has a 0.62x magnification which widens the view. As you can see most of the horizontal and vertical lines are curving.