douglasf13
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Lisa, a 50mm lens for NEX is one of the rumored lenses to be announced on the 24th of this month.
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I've been wearing glasses since I was in fourth grade. Luckily, most of the cameras I've owned either work well with my glasses or have enough diopter adjustment that I don't need to see very well to make the focusing work fine. Never had any trouble with the Leica M type rangefinder (the older IIIf rangefinder ... forget it! could never see the double image with that one) even without my glasses at all.Well I also probably needed a diopter adjustment but not sure which one. I don't yet wear reading glasses but some things that used to be simple for me to see aren't anymore (although I don't yet hold things out at arms length distance)
I'm pretty happy right now and don't lust for an M9 so it must have been the right decision for ME.
Don't worry, I'm sure plenty of folks here will pick up the slack for you. ;-)Back to the NEX7. I should be someone out in the bush watching the wildebeests migrate with no internet access when it is launched. I will miss all the gadget excitement!
You just be careful Godfrey - picking up the slack indeed!oke:Don't worry, I'm sure plenty of folks here will pick up the slack for you. ;-)
Hah - now - here you go blaming your eyes! Having played with magnifiers and dioptres I'm going to revert to my original point - it's practice, not perhaps practice you want to do, but practice is what does it, not dioptres.Well I also probably needed a diopter adjustment but not sure which one. I don't yet wear reading glasses but some things that used to be simple for me to see aren't anymore (although I don't yet hold things out at arms length distance)
I think most of us would swap!I'm pretty happy right now and don't lust for an M9 so it must have been the right decision for ME.
Back to the NEX7. I should be someone out in the bush watching the wildebeests migrate with no internet access when it is launched. I will miss all the gadget excitement!
LOL ... I didn't say anything about tossing the slack once you pick it up, Jono.You just be careful Godfrey - picking up the slack indeed!
Thanks for the advice. If I was willing to focus, that's exactly what I'd do. I'm a fan of the OM system from way back as well, though for me it was always an object of desire more than something I ever got to own.For just about the same money, I'd look into buying an Olympus OM adapter, and a Zuiko 50mm f/1.8.
Looks like it is just what I might be looking for. I saw the claim that it would have optical steady shot. If this is true it will explain why it is more expensive than the alpha mount version, and make the lens a potential no-brainer for me.Lisa, a 50mm lens for NEX is one of the rumored lenses to be announced on the 24th of this month.
HI AminCan the Summilux really be as bad on the NEX-7 as Reichmann showed? If he weren't such an experienced reviewer, I'd think misfocus. Lack of custom microlenses explains the poor edge performance, but the center is awful even at f/4 .
Hi thereMR is human, and therefore fallible. Maybe his adapter was not mounted correctly or his lens fell out of alignment jostling around in his bag. Who knows? He should have looked into it more if there are plenty of examples of lesser M-lenses like the CV glass doing a bang-up job on the NEX. Probably deadline pressure.
Oh... it has to be the adapter. Or the firmware perhaps, maybe it understands Zeissish only?!So lets chalk this up to a bad sample of something (camera, firmware, adapter, lens, user or any combination of the above) and not extrapolate any findings until MR has another shot with the kit. (And being MR, it is highly likely that he will get another go at it.)
Maybe when he wasn't looking, someone smeared the lens with Vaseline.Carlos / Jonas
It's hard to see what could possibly make that lens that soft in the middle except a focusing error - after all, the adapter is only a hole!
My gob is thoroughly smacked!