Sony NEX news roundup…(with first SLR Magic HyperPrime 35mm test)
Let me catch up with some NEX related news:
Developing NEX-6 RAW files in Adobe Lightroom 4 (SonyAlphaLab).
Full review at Cnet US.
Prolongation des promotions Sony sur les reflex Alpha et les NEX (AlphaNumerique).
SLR Magic HyperPrime CINE 35mm T0.95 on the NEX-7 at 3Dkraft.
First Time Lapse App trial on youtube.
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Rawfa
6 months ago |I have this lens and I´ve written sonyalpharumors about it but I never got a reply (thanks for that).
Here are some samples: http://www.talknex.com/f12/35mm-f0-95-a-1545/
Here it´s my other thread with pictures of it with the NEX7 http://www.talknex.com/f34/fs-35mm-f0-95-e-mount-nex-%7C-location-other-%7C-ships-worldwide-1761/
admin
6 months ago |Hi Rawfa! Sorry I may missed your mail (or gmail put it into the spam folder…have to check). Will link to it soon!
Helge Hackbarth
6 months ago |Hi Rawfa,
you seem to talk about the Mitakon 35/T0.95 in the posts you linked.
The SLR Magic HyperPrime CINE 35mm T0.95 is a completely different construction (and a different quality level as well!).
Regards
Helge
Juan Montalvo
6 months ago |Interesting take on the new pancake lens, I’ve been considering it because of the size compared to the old kit lens but if it’s a bit difficult to use it would be worth a 2nd look and maybe a test drive at the Sony Store. One thing omitted when you were talking about the lens adapter is the Sony LA-EA1 and LA-EA2 lens adapters which give you use of A mount lens with AF, aperture control, and of note with the LA-EA2 blazing fast Translucent mirror AF.
gojiguy
6 months ago |this guy seems to insinuate that size/focal length dictates optical quality?
Like, he compares the lens he has on the camera (I’m assuming the kit lens) to a large telephoto and seems to insinuate that because one lens is much larger than the other then it must be better. Which is VERY strange.
RickJ
6 months ago |It’s about the same logic where he has a second camera to set aperture on the lense to use it on the NEX.
Nex users are hilarious.
E-PL9
6 months ago |I don’t really understand the decision to trade that lens in for a 16mm & 18-55mm Sony E lenses. Or, did I misunderstand him? These lenses are very mediocre (at their best).
As a manual focus lens user he could be better off by getting a good wide angle film camera lens with an adapter. Neither OSS nor autofocus would be critical. (Could resort to hyper focal distance if there wasn’t enough time to get the focus set).
For longer focal length he could get a ridiculously sharp and inexpensive Sigma 30mm f2.8 EX lens with autofocus or the new Sony E 35mm f1.8 OSS or 50mm f1.8 OSS lens.
Anyhow, Merry Christmas to all!
Jay
6 months ago |Hello everybody and Merry Christmas
Thanks Andrea for sharing my quick video review on the Sony Nex-6 with 16-50mm power zoom lens and other links!!!
Also, thanks everybody for the comments on the video!! Please be sure to check out my full review, as this quick review doesn’t cover a lot of the important details: http://sonyalphalab.com/product-review/sony-nex-6-mirrorless-camera-review-hands-on-real-world-experience/
In reference to the 16-50mm power zoom lens:
I don’t like the power zoom. I’m not a manual focus shooter, but prefer manual zooming the lens over the power zoom. The purpose of showing the Canon 70-200mm lens attached to the camera was more for visual effect using scale. I was not stating that larger lenses are better than smaller lenses, but in this particular case that is true. I wanted to illustrate that just because the camera is tiny, doesn’t mean you have to use tiny lenses? Average folks still have no idea that the Nex cameras have this capability and power!
In Raw mode, which I prefer to use, the 16-50mm zoom is incredible bad at 16mm. Worse than the 16mm f/2.8 pancake by far. Same on the 50mm end. It’s softer than the 18-55mm kit lens. I wanted more sharpness and the f/2.8 speed of the pancake prime.
As far as video is concerned, the power zoom is great!! Consistant zooming speed throughout and if video is your priority, I would recommend this lens for sure. My main priority is photography with video as a nice feature for family stuff and for fun.
Thanks again for checking out the review and the feedback/ comments are always appreciated
Jay – SonyAlphaLab