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According to the poll:
50% of users buy SLT
50% buy NEX

Thats a good sign for sony

I don’t think the NEX-7 will come with IBIS because of the simple fact that Sony includes IS in their e-mount lenses (current 18-55 kit lens and upcoming 40/2 prime). Really disappointing. Maybe they can put IS in this adapter? Just joking lol.

Oh god, like with any true innovation no one seems to get it at first, because they can only see the here and now. So allow me to address why this will make a huge impact on the shape of things to come.

Ergonomics: If you think that this adapter is designed to go with the current crop of NEX cameras, then you probably aren’t getting the point. First of all the EVF side of things, this is completely unrelated to this lens mount adapter, just because it has a mirror in it doesn’t mean that is where you get the image from in the EVF, they two are not linked physically or for operation. SLTs get their EVF image from the main sensor – just because the mirror is directing light to where the EVF is located on that particular design has nothing to do with it’s operation, they are in no way linked. It is also no possible (or at least likely) for their to be an OVF as part of this design, too little light would be shone through the OVF. Secondly you are assuming this is designed to mount to the current NEX cameras such as the 3,C3 and 5 – while it theoretically could be made to work (and I would love it if it did) it isn’t it’s purpose as such. This is for new models of camera that we have yet to see. The a55 for example has this already buit in to the body and I would exactly call that camera an ergonomic nightmare, sure it is small but there will be other examples. The fact is that section of the camera DOES NOT have to be moulded in to the plastic body of the camera and certainly doesn’t have to be to handle well. All they are doing is creating a disconnection point to detach the front section of the camera, one that not only enables you to remove the front section, but be able to attach different elements in it’s place. Thus creating a properly modular design. Imagine being able to buy an a22 with e-mount so that you have a compact camera for travel, family snaps etc. Then you add on the front section, add on an additional hand grip with control dials (to augment the ones on the back of the body), add on a high resolution EVF and you have yourself a proper SLT. Bolt that front end onto your FS100 or VG10 and you have PDAF on your video camera. Or being able to chuck on a PL mount, M-Mount or whatever you like to a fuller body than the NEX provides, want the EVF? Stick that on too… or leave it at home – the choice is yours.

Personally I would love this, I have an a55 that I recently bought but as I was chaging systems I bought a NEX3 as well for legacy glass. Now I always have to chose which camera I am going to take, or take both. I also have conundrums as to whether to buy more e-mount stuff as it comes out (when it comes out!) or buy a-mount glass instead, knowing that I will be limited in which cameras I can use it with, especially e-mount stuff. This way I wouldn’t have to choose, I would buy lenses based on which mode I will use that particular lens in more and feel much more at ease with buying e-mount glass. If I had the coice of having the pros of both cameras in the one design I would go that route any day of the week.

The current CDAF in the NEX is pretty decent, I and many others would say it is fairly similar to entry level DSLRs, the biggest problem is the a-Mount lenses aren’t exactly well sorted for CDAF, which means they are incredibly slow when on the current a-mount adapter, this will recitfy that. Making the AF system in camera faster will likely not help anywhere near what having PDAF in the adapter will be able to do. Further to this it might be possible in this design for the PDAF to augment the CDAF offing the speed of PD with the accuracy of CD.

As far as I am concerned, Sony are the only manufacturer making a proper ‘System’ of cameras. Panasonic are a close second, however they are missing the high end and will forever do so as their lenses and mount aren’t designed for Full Frame – Sony’s are. A camera that is fully compatible with both mounts, deisgned around using both mounts (not hard to do) and give you the best of both worlds sounds pretty revolutionary to me. But not just Sony mounts, Sony are embracing their users using all sorts of weird and wonderful glass on their cameras – why not extand that to their entire line of cameras?

Sony are bringing the best of mirrorless and SLR/T together and making it easy for you to choose – have both!

Why anyone would sook and stamp their feet about this rumor is absolutely beyond me!

wow, 2 button SLT~ yay?

please be remind, its only works with A mount, and its a lot more expensive then the LAEA1. people would just save the money and get a DSLT instead (and more buttons)

This would be very exciting if Sony can pull this off and still maintain the fast AF of the a-mount lenses on the newer a-mount cameras, if its even a little slower I would still buy SLT’s over NEX. Also, the NEX needs to achieve all the other features of an SLT, larger body design (hand grip), flash control with the Minolta smartshoe (especially wireless flash control that all Alpha SLT/DSLR’s have), battery grip. The NEX is great, but it needs to be more than a “pocket” mirrorless to truly replace an SLT. If the NEX-7 is a real camera then it might just be what I am looking for. They also need the NEX models to go down to ISO100, the sensor is capable and there are times where the difference matters enough that I want to be able to shoot as ISO100.

Yeah, that’s true…..

maybe it’s one of those things that people will buy, use twice and then but it in the closet to all the other toys

“You seem to imply to get two camera and lens systems.”

No, but NEX need bigger bodies as well to balance better with bigger lenses. Ever seen NEX-5 with 18-200 lens? Sony has to make full range of bodies, like Panasonic does: from GF3 to GH2.

Walt, get off it. Sony has no lens or system sales to loose as they are coming from zero position. Their priority is to establish themselves as a respected photo brand. If/when they achieve it, they can start worrying about how to protect their system sales. Surely, you did not miss the fact that Nikon and Canon are not in the mirrorless category exactly so that they do not canibalise their SLR sales.

The NEX is one of Sony’s big errors. Yep they sell some cameras, but look at how many lens sales they loose when folks just adapt other brands of lenses. It shows cybershot thinking on the management’s fault, they don’t understand how much money is to be made in selling a complete system rather than just selling another low cost camera body being all that they make money off of.

As one who’s used a visoflex I can say it’s ergonomics lost out long long ago to the SLR design. Even when it was around it was not a big sellor. Very antique way of doing things.

Some of us, myself included, will never own a smartphone. We have a burner Tracfone/Net10 phone for emergencies, and that’s the way it’s been for years and that’s the way it always will be. I can’t get myself or the wife to even use more than 50 minutes of our 300 minute/60 day allocation. Drives me mad, but that’s the way it is. One phone we had was sitting at 2500 carryover minutes before a better (free) phone came along – and, those carryover minutes were essentially free.

There is a life, you know, beyond your smartphone, twitter, and facebook. To that end, I and the rest of my family are non-members of all online social networks. We have a life, unlike the rest of the idiots wasting time on farmville.

Agreed. The lack of lenses for the forseeable (to me) future had me pass by the Nex that I really wanted and buy a G2 and a 20mm f/1.7 lens and manfrotto tripod for under $600. Now I am saving up for more fast glass that exists today.

Please do not think I am trolling. I watch this forum daily as I can still eBay my relatively small investment and buy a Nex if they have *native* fast glass.

Peace,

Bill

NEXaflex. It’s a good tradename, I like it.

Considering we don’t have any further details of what Sony might release along with this, it definetely created a lot of buzz.

Any other rumours? How about this one from today: http://photorumors.com/2011/07/18/some-sony-alpha-a99-rumors/

This could really lead to a completely modular camera system. Imagine NEX bodies of various sizes with switchable grips (like the EP-3.) One could use this new adapter with a large handgrip and other accessories when shooting in the studio with a-mount lenses, and then remove the adapter and hand grips to make a small camera for street shooting later on. This really opens up a lot of possibilities.

I’m fully aware of the 2-adapter thing. I know it sucks to buy two of them, but I then have a NEX and a A77! (If A77 ~ NEX7+adapter)
(And you’re not raining on my parade. In the end, I’ll probably still buy the A77, due to ergonomics. But it’s the first time I’m actually considering the NEX7.)

When an image sensor can adjust the exposure for each pixel independently, we will reach the DR of the human eye.

Huge fallacy Geert. The NEX is an incredibly fast camera to control.

With adapted lenses you have full physical controls for aperture and shutter speed and no shutter lag.

For AF lenses, you may not have two separate physical controls for either aperture and shutter but you can toggle between them with one push of a button that rests directly on the Jog wheel – So if you want to shoot in manual mode, simply adjust your aperture with the physical jog wheel, press down at the bottom of the wheel and then spin again to adjust shutter – fast, efficient and easy. The fact that your finger never moves off the Jog control makes operation very quick – definitely faster than my X100. And if you are shooting Av or Tv and want to use exposure compensation, the controls work exactly the same.

I don’t think that this adapter will do away with larger ‘A’ mount cameras, adapters are nice, and it sounds like they are going to make a great one for the NEX, but if you like larger cameras then, the NEX won’t do it for you, as for now they are too small for a lot of people. However, if they make a full sized NEX, then you could satisfy this group of people who want the NeX mount flexibility, all the old manual lenses of various brands can be used, plus all the old minolta maxxum lenses can be used, then hey, this would be great. Try that on a Canon or Nikon, you can’t do it.(But you could use their lenses on you NEX).

It will certainly have limited appeal, but that applies to all specialised accessories. Put the accessories together and you have a system rather than just a camera.

Are there any figures for total sales of NEX cameras? I guess if one NEX user in 500 buys one of these adaptors, they will sell enough to be worth while.

+3

The performance of the human eye? Heh, not as good as you might think…

F3.5, Dynamic Range~14 db, has HDR…can automatically balance exposure levels

NEXaflex? Amazing.. That can be solution to most problems. Heh they could even do it with regular mirror, NEX with OVF, that would be something.

Now, what about full-frame NEX with this?

Why remove IBIS from NEX-7?

If Sony add IBIS to NEX-7 it will sell more cameras, even if disengage when a E-mount lens is attached.

@admin: any news if NEX-7 may have IBIS?

They have the technology and the parts. What could be wrong on making an IBIS APS-C mirrorless camera with the best sensor available?

And if the answer is battery life, a better grip makes space for a bigger battery.

Well, isn’t that an advantage? If you don’t want to use a manount lenses, then don’t buy this adapter. Then you have a nex just like you had before this adapter, no skin off anyone’s back.

Umm, why would this make DSLR/DSLT obsolete? And what would make that any different than having an A55.
DSLT’s will not be obsolete, NEX cameras are still going to always be APS-C. Don’t get too far ahead of yourself. Sure, it sounds like a real cool gadget to have, but you are acting like the NEX is already the most perfect camera system ever made, and everyone should just stop making cameras forever.

Heretical, redundant, obsolete and, wow, modular. But before being modular, it`s still heretical: the NEX cameras, lacking a built-in viewfinder, are display-centred (as you can see from ergonomics and controls). A viewfinder-centred camera must offer blind-operated controls. And NEX are obviously lacking such controls. So, the electronic viewfinder is feature-esque, and the translucent mirror adapter is redundant and made obsolete by the cheaper Alpha to E-mount existing one. If you want a fast focusing mirror-less camera, buy a Pen-3. Or hope Sony will wake up.

Does that mean we will finally get a Sony DSLR without stabilisation?
Pay much more for much less? What a great step back and really like a revolution! And a new market: NEX Accessory Backpacks
I would prefer an incamera stabilisation (steady shot?) and fast contrastfocus and an electronic adapter for at lest A-Mount (and, if I can dream, for F-Mount and Canon-Mount etc.)
And some really good NEX-lenses.

because CDAF cant provide continuse AF as PDAF can, and now u can use both on nEX

Why not just work on the CDAF technology to increase AF speed like the EP3? Then give us small lenses instead. Isn’t that the more logical future for the NEX?

So now all previous rumors makes sense, if they all refer to the same camera: NEX PRO / 7
Nex 7 will ask for $1200 with kit lens, and it will also bundle with new SLT A-E adapter, which makes it the 3rd alpha camera comes together with a65 and a77, that have A mount, NEX styled and looks alike the V3.

Good job Sony. I’ll buy it, IF it does have SSS in body

I keep asking if ANY of these brave new world offerings offer in-body stabilization. The silence is deafening. Do not know about you guys, but a strong reason I bought into the Sony system was because of SSS on ANY lens, not just zooms. With this adapter, the Next 7, and the mirrorless A-mount cam leaked here- I am hearing NOTHING about SSS. Does no-one like having their primes stabilized out there any more ? Do not know why Sony why would want to throw-away their killer app that they and Minolta poured so much money into. Olympus has in-body stabilization in its mirrorless cams, yet Sony has thrown it’s SSS advantage into the fire- seemingly for the slight advantage of a few mm slimmer bodies than the competition.

+1

Yeah, this didn’t need to by hyped on Friday. Still no offense meant.

The revolution is the mirrorless system. The translucent mirror is just a lifeline to the dying DSLR.

As sensors get better the lower light gathering ability of E mount lenses becomes less of an issue. As the camera market overall shifts towards smartphones, the compact market is disappearing and the DSLR is going to increasingly mark the person who carries it as a camera geek.

Why lug all that weight? most people will say.

The NEX is the revolutionary camera.

A professional camera should have decent and easily accessible controls. That currently lacks in de NEX-bodies.
I don’t even think on buying one untill it has both individual aperture and shutterspeed controls for shooting in Manual setting.

I forgot to mention that I’d like a FF Nex body TOO !!!

…ok..great….now some more A77 news…please

That assumes that:
(a) upgrading both NEX camera and PD-AF module together will be more expensive than upgrading your all-in-one SLT camera (possible but not guaranteed)
(b) being able to upgrade AF and sensor at different intervals will not have benefits for the users (upgrade only what you care about most)

Why do you compare a FF camera with a cropped one? And why do you compare an (adapted) SLT camera with an optical viewfinder one? And where do you get the periscope idea from?

The Leica module had a periscope to provide a through-the-lens viewfinder. No liveview capable camera needs a this optical viewfinder aspect for this this, nor does the referred to SLT cameras use the mirror for any viewfinder purposes.

The picture is there to show that somebody already did create a mirror-containing module for a mirrorless camera in the past (for the purpose of focus and framing). With SLT it would by definition not be for framing, only for focus, which means there would be by definition no ‘periscope’. But people see the picture and cannot abstract from it, in their mind this module will look like the picture and be as bulky.

So, you already have seen a G3 with such an adaptor to know that it is big, looks ugly, chunky, incompatible with accessories, poor ergonomics, poor balance with lenses?

Did you ever see a camera with a TC+lens? Did it look big, ugly, chunky and had poor ergonomics and poor balance?

Such a module by definition has the depth of existing mount adaptors. And nobody forces them to make the mirror cover fully the frame, it can be much smaller if it covers only the area that current (D)SLR PD systems cover.

You seem to imply that using a lens such the Olympus 43 35-100 mm f/2 on, eg, a Panasonic G3 (with adaptor) is always going to be so inferior to using it with an, eg, Olympus E3 that anybody wanting to use low DOF lenses (ie, largish lenses that really benefit from PD-AF) will never be happy with a smallish body like a G3, adaptor or no adaptor, and will anyway get a DSLR (or maybe SLT). In short that nobody will ever use a large lens on a small body and thus such adaptors are pointless.

And what does Full Frame have to do with this? Do you mean that any product that is not FF is useless anyway?

Sounds like an ergonomic nightmare to me

Uff, no revolutionary as I thinked. Sony, make E-mount lenses: 50mm f1.8, 30 mm f2.0, 60 mm macro, a “cheap” “no optimized for video” 18-200 mm… ¿another gadget? bah.

The depth is given by the flange difference between the A and E-mount. It cannot be of any other depth, it will be exactly as deep as existing A to E-mount adaptors. Its diameter (or height and width) might not be compact but the length is given.

“other than the fact that now u can use both A-mount and E-mount lenses on the same camera”
Which is the whole point, you don’t need to buy and carry two cameras.

I don’t think an optical viewfinder would work, look at the position of the focussing screen on existing 43 DLSRs compared to the sensor. If you were to supplant the optical viewfinder system of these cameras onto a m43 camera, it would protrude very much into the camera.

Said differently, superimpose a 43 optical path onto a m43 optical path and you will see that the m43 mount sits square where the 43 mirror sits. And if you wanted to add a mirror on front of the m43 mount it would require the mount to be further pushed out towards the lens, ie, you would a completely new set of lenses again.

Sony is in a better position because the E-mount is, particularly in relative terms, much closer to the sensor.

No need for such a device! I thought for something revolutionary like a new SLT FF with enormous Mpx or ultra high ISO, new sensor technology, new lenses ….

I have another concern. Maybe Sony want to retire A-mount system and concentrate on E-mount business? They have so much going for E-mount: its their own standard optimized for still AND MOTION pictures. Sony have repeatedly said they see future as still & motion pictures converge together in single platform. Through this SLT AF adapter, all the SAM/SSM lenses are no longer orphan any more, for those with screw drive lenses owner, well, that’s too bad. They are the victim of Sony’s own evolution.

Is this the end of DSLR-SLT cameras?
No. This is the end of Alpha cameras.

LAME!!!

I really don’t understand such an enthusiasm. Do you think that shoting with a small body (nex-5 for example), this kind of periscope adapter and Sony 70-200 f2.8 should be a better experience than shooting with an A900 + same 70-200? Am I the only one seeing insanity in all of this?

And what is the equivalent of the SLT cameras? R or M?

Digital sensors and electronic viewfinders really do change the game. Why buy a SLT nowadays over a mirrorless in the Panasonic G3 form factor? PD AF + legacy lenses.

Why buy a SLT over a Panasonic G3-type of camera which includes such a PD module?

It has always seemed to me that the SLTs were a stopgap on the road to a future mirrorless A-mount camera with PDAF on sensor. But since that camera is not ready yet, the SLTs were the best they could do.

Now, with this adapter, Sony seems like it’s getting closer to creating a mirrorless A-mount camera but is concerned about alienating the E-mount users. So if and when that magical mirrorless A-mount arrives, they have to offer a way for the E-mount users to transition easily to A-mount lenses. Hence this becomes another stopgap.

My concern is that when they finally do create a mirrorless A-mount, they will merge systems and orphan the E-mount line. It feels a lot like they are rethinking the idea of creating a different mount and are trying to find a way to easily backpedal from it.

Great to see things moving forward! But to be honest as a pro I’m only interested in NEX as a second camera and I’m sure they will make awesome portable second cameras! For me personally the Alpha game changer will be a full frame mirrorless alpha mount pro camera with on sensor phase detection, sealed body, 26 Mpix (More than enough!!) a shit hot focusing system High ISO performance to beat at least the 5DII an preferably approaching D3s territory.

I love my A900 but I just wish I could cram that FF sensor inside my A55, and fix the buffer overflow issue as I just love everything about that sweet little SLT! If I need to settle for an A77 for now I might just do that…

The sensor needs to be further away. It needs to be equal to 18mm from the back of the adaptor.

ehhh??? Is this all???

What’s the point anyway?

For us who want to good SLR/SLT camera… what’s this for???

For me, I want a fast camera, with fast AF, with multi frames/sec, with high image quality in high ISOs, with a good hand grip confortable for shooting several hours, with confortable and intuitive buttons so I don’t need to take my eye out of the OVF/EVF….

NEX is nothing to me… except (if I had the money) I could buy a small NEX to take family pics on free time…

I don’t see the big deal on this thing… Pretty useless in my point of view!

Once again, I think Sony is going on opposite way…
And I still see nothing good coming out of the A77 to replace my A700…. And delays and more delays and the totally lack on news….let’s hope I’m wrong…
And in the end, there are some good rumors, and lots of speculation about high Iso image quality… but honestly, I’m affraid we might all be disapointed in the end… you know, when the expectations are too high, nothing is good enough!

Let’s see…

About this Rumor… Totally useless, in my opinion!
If I want a big camera, I can buy one… not a small one with a huge accessory!

Pretty condemning but kind of where my line of thought is going – great for the FS100 & VG10 users – they can have speedy AF with a decent range of lenses. Interesting for A-mount only owners as they can buy a NEX as a pocket camera yet use it properly with their A-mount lenses when the need arises.
Much of a market or future beyond that….? I doubt it.

Looking at it from the other direction – people upgrading to NEX from P&S or have downsized from their entry level DSLR with kit lens (which i imagine is the vast majority of NEX users) – I really dont see any of them going for this. IF they do buy another lens it will perhaps be an upgraded zoom, perhaps a macro or even an old lens for novelty value.
If they are thinking of getting more serious with their photography they will buy an SLR/T if only for the LOOK of it – imagine turning up for a pro photoshoot with a little NEX & adaptor – you would probably be told to stuff off, even if it is capable of getting the shot. Image is everything!
I’d imagine you could quite effectively design websites with a £300 laptop from Argos with some beefed up internals – can you imagine wanting a new website & turning up to meet your guy & he has this weedy looking 13″ laptop…

btw, i’ve made this mock-up a week ago

http://i54.tinypic.com/2liapaf.jpg

If this adapter is the first step towards a modular system them it really is a revolution coming. I would love to see something(a NEX) that you can transform it in an Alpha camera with full grip and all else, and then transform it into a video camera or a small rage finder as it best suites you. Just think how nice would be to be able to change just your sensor module or just your auto focus module and so on. It would really be a revolution coming.

It is better to have on sensor PDAF or a super fast CDAF.

Adding the translucent mirror will reduce light to the sensor.

Adapter with translucent mirror inside will be more expensive than the current A to E-mount Adapter.
Then you may also want to buy the add-on EVF, which means more $$ to spend.

In the end, it probably makes more sense to buy a-mount camera instead of NEX with those 2 add-ons.

If you just want NEX as backup, but does not want to carry additional NEX lenses in addition to a-mount lenses … then why not buy the smallest and lightest a-mount camera as backup?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a NEX user … and yet the idea of getting a-mount adapter never appeal to me.
If Sony does not release better lenses for NEX, then I will just buy A77/something. Then NEX + kit lens will become the backup.

I shoot a Nikon D700 and have been using my Sony NEX primarily for Leica/Voigtlander lenses and some legacy lenses I have from other manufacturers.

Sony is getting ready to release (for FullFrame) a new 50mm 1.4, a new 50mm 1.2.

The rumor was reported here on SAR:

http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/hot-patent-discloses-a-new-sony-50mm-f1-2-and-f1-4-fast-lens/

(I read somewhere that one or both of the upcoming 50mm’s from Sony are going to feature the concave front element design similar to the old Zeiss Contaflex lenses.)

I love shooting 50mm’s on a FullFrame format. This adapter is great, I’ll definitely be adding new Alpha lenses to my lens collection.

this is what olympus should do. a phase detect 4/3 adapter with optical viewfinder. with just one adapter they can save the 4/3 lens line and expand m4/3 to a whole new concept.

but im not sure why sony would do this. maybe they want to move nex users to a mount by adapting a mount lenses?

As a 14 year old boy I was excited about a new generation of inline skates that could detach the wheels to use as normal shoes.

I ordered them and by the time I put them on my feet, I felt a rush of disappointment. Too bulky as inline-skates (compared to normal ones), too bulky as shoes (compared to normal ones), the usefulness was there, but they were as far from sexy as anyone can imagine. And it was not the quality, the build quality was fine.
Bottom line, I returned them. I have never again seen someone use them.

Right now I got the same feeling for this “practical addition” to SLTs. It’s lacking so much elegance that consumers/enthusiasts will never use it, and Pros will prefer to buy/carry 2 bodies if they need the utility of both worlds.

well, considering that olympus made a killer contrast AF system, i would say that’s a more convenient way to go, you have a very fast AF, no translucent mirror to block light, and no mirror to add vibration. Besides contrast AF is more accurate than Phase detect, their only problem is the sensor itself, not really up to Sony’s sensors.

Way to go Sony! A revolution indeed. They should have made that in the first place instead of SLT line.

Is this the end of DSLR-SLT cameras?

Yes. If that thing make lenses work as well as A55, then why would anyone buy a SLT or DSLR? Ergonomically, NEX need bigger bodies to make that combo look normal.

I hope other manufacturers follow with their adapters.

@Andrea – when will that adapter be available?

The more I think about it, the worst it sounds. It could be interesting for those who allready have A-mount or old Minolta glass, but that’s it.

This will make NEX big and bulky, it will raise the cost, it will remove 1/3 F-stop of light, it will be anoter place that will collect dust to be seen on pictures…

I was hoping Sony will anounce PDAF on sensor or very fast CDAF and global shutter. Now that wolud be revolution! To get away from mirrors and all mechanical parts of camera. It would reduce cost and make the camera smaller and lighter.

Who wants to buy NEX and make it big with adaptor and A-lenses?
Who wants to buy NEX and make it behave like SLT or SLR? Then just buy pure SLT or SLR?

NEX users need native lenses, especially pancakes. Mirror is gonna dissapear sooner or later, and I don’t want to buy A-lenses. When I want to play with lenses there are numerous adapters for old manual lenses and they cost next to nothing on ebay.

Btw… this reminds me about FS100 !!! O.M.G. ..and how it can be transformed into an SLT!!! that is just WOW!!!

Again… i’m adding… this is an amazing news!! … The key part here is modularization of our digital camera…. Buying any E-mount camera will now be like buying a sensor and a processor. Then, you make your custom camera out of it that matches with particular needs of a shoot. Brilliant!

Kick butt, Sony!!!

Sony is really innovating, Nikon and Canon need to watch out!

Please give us a FullFrame NEX!

A FullFrame NEX combined with this adapter will really put Sony light years ahead of the competition!

Thanks for the post, Andrea!

But this makes NEX an attractive option as a backup – though maybe not quite as intuitive, it CAN do all the things my main camera can do & when i’m traveling light i can strip it down to take with me. Saves me having to buy two cameras to do two different jobs

For the first time i am interested in the NEX line – i will have to see how it works in reality of course, but a no brainer for Sony IMHO

I should have written: “any significant number of persons” instead of “people”

Didn’t Sony reps state like 90% of all DSLR buyers never even buy additional lenses? I guess that number more or less also applies to NEX users. Then how are they expecting any significant number of people buying such obscure adapters?

Without mass-production and any competition, the price will stay high which makes it also little attractive for power users.

If they do this with different mounts (Nikon, Pentax and all the Medium Formats are possible, Canons are not really) then they could gain a lot new users who don’t want to give up their existing system but would like a secondary camera… or Nex as primary but to be able to use existing lenses from other systems.

It is easy to imagine people using such an adaptor. Wildlife films are an obvious application, especially of smaller creatures.

I see no reason why independent makers cannot bring out versions for Nikon or Canon lenses. There are no moving parts or electronics involved. They just need a source of semi-reflecting mirrors.

On the other hand, for many jobs the new viewfinder or live view may be better.

second thought. the advantage of this over the previous LAEA1 adapter is only AF speed?

Then, I am not sure. Surely as technology advances, AF speed for NEX will improve to a point that the difference is not worth forging out for this.

If the purpose is for an OVF, then why not just get a normal DSLR?

Why would you buy a NEX and then want it to behave like an SLT?

Useless piece of shit. It’s not revolutionary, it’s really stupid. It’s like crutches. Just buy a77/65/35/33 if you want slt.

Will it have screw drive? Or SSM/SAM only?

lol. Maybe my 50mm f/1.8 will take less then 7 seconds to focus.

As much as I want this I think I’ll have to pass. On the VG10 the kit lens works perfect for when I need AF, otherwise pulling focus is good enough.

As a NEX shooter this does not excite me.

However, this may mean that we will possibly see full frame NEX cameras? (AKA Leica M9 killer?) Now that’s revolutionary!

And I think Sony is behind on developing lenses for E-mount, so instead of actually coming out with any good native NEX lenses, they are just gonna give us a goofy looking huge ass adapter, and tell us to go buy their A-mount crap. GREAT.

I always say that unlike N and C, Sony has no baggage from its DSLR heritage. And hence, mirrorless is always the killer form for Sony to knock others off the perch.

in some way, this make the NEX a bit like GXR, with the NEX body being the main body and this adapter a mid-module. Of course, the advantage is not to have to buy a new sensor every time!!

also, now w/ this adaptor in place, NEX can go FF more readily. A NEX-FF will serve the existing A900 fans as well as being a leica-killer for classic lens user.

But then, the big question is: how much would the whole setup cost?

Isn’t option #1 and #3 in the poll is the same?

I’m with mf, anti-climax…

Gah!! I was close
Sounds cool – rather obvious line to be going down really

Anti Climax! hahaha

but I do like the idea though!