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best 75-90mm lens for nex5n

kuau

Workshop Member
New to the Sony Nex system and
looking for a 75-90mm lens for my new nex 5n.
I was thinking a leica 75mm summarit, leica 90mm summarit or a Zeiss 85mm ZM.
I want to keep it as small as possible.

Has anyone tried any of theses combos? If so which performs well.
Using a nex - m adaptor will I have access to infinity focus?
Which adaptor should I be considering?

Thanks

Steven
 

Nebster

Member
I have the 75/2. Heavy, but beefy and I think the mass helps damp my handholding tremors. I find this is about as long as I like to go for my style of shooting. Get the hawk adapter... then you can go much closer /and/ out to infinity easily.

 

kuau

Workshop Member
Which mount are you using on the contax and how does it focus at infinity?
Steven
 

alphaman

New member
I also recommend the Contax G 90/2.8. It is a superb lens and also very cheap compared to the Leica and Zeiss (M). Ken Rockwell has a very high opinion of the lens too http://www.kenrockwell.com/contax/g-system.htm#90, take a look.

I use a cheap Contax G to NEX adapter bought on Ebay for about £32 (GBP) and have found it to be quite satisfactory, except that it focuses beyond infinity, however that doesn't matter to me.
 

Ocean

Senior Subscriber Member
Another high recommendation for Contax G 90/2.8. It's an excellent lens with beautiful Zeiss renditions. I use a cheap adapter but it works fine.
 

kuau

Workshop Member
I Just rented from Lensrentals,com the CV 75mm 1.8 with a fotodiox new adaptor,
it does focus past infinity, yet overall the lens performs very well on the nex5n.
I was thinking about trying the CV25mm anyone have any experience with them?
After reading about all the headaches with the contax G adaptor I think I may stick with CV lenses.
 
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