Lots of Sony 50mm for NEX reviews!
[/shoplink]I particularly like cheap and good quality lenses. And the [shoplink 8448]Sony 50mm f/1.8[/shoplink] for NEX is certainly one of them. Too bad it’s not available in black as the silver color really doesn’t look nice on my [shoplink 8454]Sony NEX-7[/shoplink]. Anyway, here are a couple of test you have to read if you are currently considering to buy the lens:
Joseph Eckert (Click here) posted a new 5mm for NEX lens test: “The price is pretty good for a lens with this large an aperture, and combined with decent sharpness this can make a good portrait lens. But make sure you know exactly why you are buying this, otherwise it might end up sitting around in your bag.”
Also 3D-Kraft (Click here) is busy testing the lens. And actually he compared the lens with the 10 times more expensive Leica Summilux: “you still see an advantage for the (10 times more expensive) Summilux, which has about half a stop wider aperture and is able to render a perfectly creamy bokeh. But the E 1.8/50 OSS can make some points with autofocus and optical stabilization which helps a lot in more agile situations.”
And the Flemish website Nexblog (Click here to read the google translation) compared the 50mm F/1.8 E-mount vs. Minolta 50mm F/1.4 RS ([shoplink 11596 ebay]Click here to see the Minolta lens on eBay[/shoplink]).
One more thing: Readers from USA, Canada and Germany sent me emails to say that the lens is currently shipping in their countries. Here is the list of shops (click on names) I usually check to see when it’s in Stock. Good Luck!
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