New Metabones Nikon G to E-mount Speed Booster announced. And Rokinon 16mm in Stock.

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It’s definitely a Speed Booster day! A couple of hours ago I wrote you about the new A to E-mount Speed Booster coming in August. And now Metabones announced a Nikon G to NEX adapter too! it’s already in Stock and shipping on their store (Click here). Now you can tell your Nikon friends that they have no excuse anymore to switch over to the NEX system with their G lenses :)

And another new product is in Stock for the first time: The Rokinon 16mm f/2.0 for A-mount ships now at BHphoto (Click here).

 

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Metabones A to E-mount Speed Booster coming in August. Vizelex clone now in Stock.

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SAR reader Alan got a confirmation from metabones that they will start to sell an A-mount Speed Booster adapter for NEX cameras in August! That’s great news! All current Speed Booster for NEX can be found at Adorama (Click here).

And in the meantime a third company is now offering a “Speed Booster” alike adapter. Fotodiox launched the Vizelex Cannon Nikon G to E-mount adapter which is in Stock at Amazon US (Click here). But from first testings at personal-view

we know that the quality is inferior compared to the (more expensive) Metabones.

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The best lenses for your NEX7 according to DxOmark.

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After the A99 DxOmark (Click here) also published the list of best lenses for the Sony NEX-7. The best prime is the 50mm f/1.8 (it beats the Zeiss lenses too!) and the best zoom is the 10-18mm wide angle zoom. It’s interesting to read that conclusion from DxO:

“Designing lenses smaller than their retro-focus equivalents remains a challenging prospect, however, Sony has introduced a couple of ‘pancake’ type primes and compact zooms that perform well. The range also includes several high-performance primes, although image quality assessment based on the 24-Mpix Sony NEX-7 means that sharpness scores aren’t quite as expected. Whether that’s due to the limitations of current lens designs only time will tell.”

I hope more quality lenses will be announced along the next NEX-7 successor coming in late August!

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Zeiss 50mm in Stock at Adorama (and first owners feedback). Bower TS also in Stock.

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The new Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 SSM lens is right now in Stock and shipping at Adorama (Click here) and on their [shoplink 19371 ebay]eBay store (Click here)[/shoplink]. Another new lens is in Stock, the Bower Tilt Shift lens at BHphoto (Click here).

And here is the first feedback from SAR readers:

Anonymous: “There are many samples at the topic here http://sony-club.ru/showthread.php?t=63681&page=43“.

Joel: “Received the new Sony Zeiss SAL50F14Z today.  It did not come with the usual premium lens case.  No lens case at all.  That was quite a big disappointment for such a lens with a premium price.  Is this how Sony hopes to shore up their digital imaging business?”

Jonathan: “Just received my SAL5014Z.  The AF-D focus option is not available when using the new Zeiss 50mm on the a99 body.  I suspect it’s because each lens, in order to work with that feature, requires firmware specific to that lens.  It’s hard to imagine Sony releasing this premium lens without a plan to upgrade the firmware on the a99, to make it fully functional with the new 50mm.  So, let’s keep our eyes out for that new a99 firmware update.”
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DxOmark test: The best primes and zoom for your Sony A99.

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DxOmark (Click here) tells you which lens is the best for your Sony A99. I guess none here will be surprised to see the Zeiss lenses on top:

Primes:
The Sony Planar 85mm lens wins easily. It will be curious to see if the new Zeiss 50mm lens (in Stock now at Adorama) can match or even surpass the Planar.

Zooms:
The Zeiss 24-70mm lens wins. But the other zooms are pretty close (see table on the bottom of this post)

Note:
Too bad DxO had no time to test Samyang lenses. I suspect they are pretty close to the Zeiss lenses.

Price check:
Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 at [shopcountry 19367]
Zeiss 24-70mm at [shopcountry 6050]

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Sony manager repeats it: Full Frame NEX photocamera is possible!

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Watch the video on top from minute 31:10 (once you click on play you have to wait a few seconds before it starts). The Sony US manager basically he says he cannot confirm that a Full Frame NEX photocameras is coming but he believes in rumors :)  I know this is just my personal wish but I hope to see a sort of digital version of the [shoplink 19360 ebay]Zeiss Ikon ZM (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. Solid build quality and hybrid EVF. That’s it  for me :)

I was a bit on hold with NEX rumors because I worked a lot on the brand new A-mount roadmap. But soon I will come back to the NEX and FF NEX rumors. Don’t worry. All I can say is that 2014 will be a ver Full…Full Frame year :)

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