Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

Helical Mount Leica M to E-mount Lens Adapter Extended Helical Mount Leica M to E-mount Lens Adapter Retracted Hawk's Factory has produced a Leica M lens adapter for the NEX E-mount that incorporates a helicoid. The helical mount, when retracted, places the Leica M lens at the correct flange focal distance from the NEX's APS-C sensor to achieve infinity focus. At minimum focus distance (MFD), the lens can be moved further away from the sensor by using the helicoid, acting like a macro extension tube . This will allow for focusing closer than the lens' native MFD. The Helicoid Leica M to NEX E-mount Lens Adapter was tested on several lenses and here are the outcomes: SUMMILUX 50/1.4 V1: MFD 1 meter, with adapter 0.43 m SUMMICRON 50/2 V5: MFD 0.75 m, with helicoid adapter 0.38 m HEKTOR 73/1.9: MFD 1.2 m, with helicoid adapter 0.73 m SUMMICRON 90/2 V3: MFD 1 m, with helicoid adapter 0.73 m Rangefinder shooters know that MFD is one of the drawbacks of using rangefinder len

246-You posted some high iso shots from the new Sony NEX-C3 . The shots range from ISO 200 all the way up to ISO 12800. The noise reduction was varied, Long Exposure NR was Off or On, and High ISO NR was set to Auto or Weak. The Noise Reduction settings on the NEX-C3 can be accessed b going through Menu then Setup. Read more about the NEX-C3 here . Sony NEX-C3 High ISO Sample Shots Thanks 246-You!

Macro extension tubes for the NEX E-mount are finally available. Macro tubes move the lens farther away from the sensor which allows for closer focusing which means higher magnification of the image. The tubes are hollow and have no optical elements to degrade the image. The current NEX macro tubes do not have electrical contacts, therefore the 16mm Pancake, 18-55mm OSS Zoom, and the 18-200mm OSS Zoom lenses will not work with the macro tubes. Adapted lenses will work great with them, NEX-C3 to Macro Tubes to E-mount lens adapter to adapted lens. This will be very helpful for rangefinder lenses and their large minimum focus distance (MFD). Sony NEX Macro Extension Tubes are available on eBay .

ByMac Inventions sent us an email informing us of their new creation. It is an all mechanical intervalometer which is perfect for the Sony NEX-3 and NEX-C3 . The NEX-3 and NEX-C3 do not have infrared remote capability, which previous NEX-5 intervalometers used to control the shutter. The Tempus ALL uses a servo arm to press the shutter button. It will work with the NEX-3, NEX-C3, NEX-5 and many cameras that it can be properly attached to. An all mechanical intervalometer like the Tempus All has several advantages on the NEX cameras. The NEX can go to sleep and have it's LCD off to preserve battery life. The NEX can be in any shooting mode. Set the NEX to HDR mode and you can create an HDR time lapse movie. The Tempus ALL Intervalometer will be released on July 19th at a price of $149.

Upcoming 2011 Sony NEX E-mount Lenses Knight Like the Wind Child from Xitek Forums posted a picture of a slide from a recent Sony presentation in China. The slide shows the updated NEX lens roadmap with the newest E-mount lenses to be released this year. We posted the roadmap back in February and it has changed considerably. First the 30mm is now clearly defined as the Sony NEX 30mm f/3.5 Macro Lens with a 1:1 reproduction ratio. The SEL30M35 lens will be sold at a price of $250 and will be available in September. We have more info here . Second, the most awaited NEX lens, the Carl Zeiss 24mm in native E-mount is now closer to reality with the maximum aperture of f/2 being defined. The lens looks to be a bit shorter than what was shown in the February lens roadmap. We are in favor of lighter and more compact lenses to keep with the NEX system's main advantage over DSLRs. 36mm FOV on the NEX is nearly the perfect normal / wide angle view for most photographers. Third is tha

Sony NEX Firmware Version 04 Features: (thanks for the correction J.D.) Addition of the [Picture Effect] function. Addition of the [Peaking] function in manual focus mode. Focus peaking videos can be found here . Sony NEX Firmware Version 04 pdf manual . Here are the Sony NEX Firmware Update Version 04 links from Sony North America: NEX-5 http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=NEX5A NEX-3 http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=NEX3A Here are the Sony NEX Firmware Update Version 04 links from Sony Europe: NEX-5 http://support.sony-europe.com/dime/crl/nex/nex.aspx?site=odw_en_GB&m=NEX-5 NEX-3 http://support.sony-europe.com/dime/crl/nex/nex.aspx?site=odw_en_GB&m=NEX-3 Sony Asia NEX Firmware Update Version 04. Thanks for the email A.L. http://www.sony-asia.com/support/announcement/404503/product/nex-5a Sony Japan NEX Firmware Update Version 04. http://www.sony.jp/ichigan/info2/20110620_02dl.html The links include instructions on performing a firmware upgrade o

Time Lapse Video with Sony NEX-5 Here's another time laps video with the Sony NEX-5. This video was created by myreiseblog . The NEX-5 was triggered via infrared using a Pclix XT intervalometer. The images from the NEX-5 were edited and the cool zooming effect was done in the video editor. We can see the Sony NEX's auto-HDR being utilized. Thanks myreiseblog!