Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

Sony NEX-3, 18-55mm Lens, 16mm Lens, $499 with Free Shipping Amazon and Sony teamed up to give us the NEX-3 Twin Lens Kit for $499 insted of $749. Add both the NEX-3 with 18-55mm OSS lens ($499) and the 16mm pancake lens ($249) to your cart and $249 will automatically be deducted from the total price. Buy a Sony Alpha NEX-3 Camera, Get a Wide-Angle Lens Free To take advantage of this offer, simply add the camera and Sony SEL16F128 lens from the list below to your Shopping Cart, and we'll automatically apply the discount at checkout. Offer good through 11:59 p.m. PST on December 3, 2011, while supplies last. Applies only to purchases of products sold by Amazon.com and does not apply to products sold by third-party merchants and other sellers through the Amazon.com site. The eligible lens must be purchased together with the qualifying camera in the same order. Amazon.com reserves the right to end or modify this offer at any time. For additional restrictions, please read our terms a

Carl S. was generous enough to share his gallery of adapted lenses on the Sony NEX-5N. The lenses used were mostly Voigtlander lenses in Leica M mount. There are also Contax G lenses and a Canon 24mm Tilt Shift Lens. Check out the Carl's NEX gallery which covers lenses from 15mm to 90mm focal lengths on the NEX-5N shooting the same scene. Make sure to look at the high resolution samples.

Here is didjeridoo_tom's Sony NEX-5 cinema setup. He is using a Hasselblad 50mm f/2.8 Distagon with floating lens elements via a Hasselblad to EOS lens adapter, then an EOS to NEX E-mount lens adapter. The display of the NEX-5 is produced on the Sony CLMV55 portable 5" monitor via an HDMI cable. The Hasselblad 50mm Distagon FE provides excellent color correction close up and wide open. It was also the preferred lens for NASA space missions. Check out the photos of didjeridoo_tom 's NEX-5 with the Distagon T* 2.8/50 FE and samples from the combination. NEX-5 with Distagon 2.8/50 T* FE and CLMV55 5" Monitor Photos by didjeroo_tom from NEX-5 and Distagon 2.8/50mm T* FE Thanks didjeroo_tom!

We got to play with the Sony Alpha NEX-7 with the black 18-55 mm OSS lens at Unique Photo in Fairfield, NJ so we wanted to test out the new shutter. Here is a video of the NEX-7 shooting in Speed Priority mode at 10 frames per second then in Single Shot mode. Next is the Sony NEX-5 at Single Shot, then at 7 fps. The venue was packed so the shutter sounds are not isolated. As you can hear the NEX-7's shutter sound is much gentler and cleaner than the NEX-5. The NEX-7 had the Front Curtain Shutter option ON. This is similar to the NEX-5N , which may affect the sound slightly, maybe someone with a NEX-5N can clear this up for us. We've read that the difference is barely noticeable. We wish we had more time with the NEX-7. There were a lot of people interested in the 7, 5N, and C3. We will have more posts from our trip at Unique Photo. Thanks Unique Photo and Sony USA.

Sony NEX-7 with Zeiss 24mm Sonnar vs Leica M9 with 50mm Summilux Combatants Sony Alpha NEX-7 Leica M9 Number of effective pixels 24.3 million pixels 18 million pixels CCD Sensor APS-C CMOS Sensor 23.5 x 15.6 mm Full Frame CCD Sensor 36 x 24 mm Crop Factor 1.5x 50mm lens = 75mm FOV 1x 50mm lens = 50mm FOV ISO Range 100 - 16000 80-2500 Lens Mount Sony NEX E-mount Leica M Bayonet Mount Focusing 25 Point Contrast AF and Manual Focus Manual Rangefinder Focusing Image Stabilization In Lens (Optical Steady Shot) None Shutter Speed 30s to 1/4000 with Bulb Mode 32s to 1/4000 with Bulb Mode Continuous Shooting Speed 10 frames per sec. 2 frames per sec. LCD Tiltable 3" Diagonal 921,600 Pixels 2.5" TFT LCD 230,000 Pixels Viewfinder Electronic OLED 2.4m dot Optical Viewfinder with Parallax Correction Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 / 60p-24p N/A Dimensions 4.75 x 2.75 x 1.7 in. (119.9 x 66.9 x 42.8 mm) 5.5 x 3.1 x 1.5 in. (138 x 80 x 37 mm) Weight 10.3 oz (291 g) 20.8 oz (589 g) Price $11

Adobe has Adobe Camera Raw 6.5 available for download. The Sony NEX-5N and NEX-C3 Raw files are now supported by ACR 6.5, which means the files can be manipulated in Photoshop CS5. Camera Raw 6.5 update This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original Camera Raw plug-in that was installed with Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 or Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 software. You can download ACR 6.5 RC from Adobe for Windows or Macintosh operating systems.

Club Sonus has posted a video of the Sony NEX-7 unboxing. Let's see what comes with a Sony Alpha NEX-7 kit . Display Box Manuals and Software Microfiber Cloth Sony NEX-7 Body Cap 18-55mm OSS in Black Rear lens cap Lens Hood NEX-7 Neck Strap Battery Charger Mini-USB to USB cable Eye Piece Pad or Eyecup Sony Alpha NEX-7 Presentation Box Danke Club Sonus!