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Sony NEX Canon EOS Lens Adapter

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ken_vs_ryu

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the mount is almost universal with adapters. get a zuiko 21/3.5 and a contax 45/2.8 and you'll have a nice compact package.
 
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tokengirl

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TEBnewyork said:
Is there a way to adjust the aperture?
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Supposedly (I have not tried this), while you have the lens on a Canon body, you set the aperture you want, press the DOF preview button, and remove the lens while holding down said DOF preview button. Of course, having to carry a Canon body with you so that you can shoot with an uber-tiny Sony body kind of defeats the whole purpose,but what the hey... :confused:
 
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hot

Active member
tokengirl said:
Supposedly (I have not tried this), while you have the lens on a Canon body, you set the aperture you want, press the DOF preview button, and remove the lens while holding down said DOF preview button.
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I often did this ... works fine :) ... with m4/3 adapter.
Tomorrow I get my Canon-NEX adapter

Not necessary with my Canon-Samyang 85mm/1.4 and Canon-Samyang 8mm/3.5
 
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hot

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I too :)

Canon 550D with Samyang 8mm


Lumix GH1 with Samyang 8mm


factor = 1.6


factor = 2


NEX5 ... factor = 1.5
SOON :)
 
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hot

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NEX5 + Sigma 10-20, aperture 20, pol.filter (77mm, $ 7.99 incl. shipping)



Pol. weak


Pol. strong
 
hot

hot

Active member
RongJin's adapter has tripod mount - fine for camera!

Getting focus is very simple: push button and you get 7x (or 14x) magnifying of picture

NEX5 + Sigma 105mm/2.8 macro








 
Terry

Terry

New member
Can you give some more information in the 8mm fisheye? Would love to better nail down ultra wide on the nex.
 
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hot

Active member
TEBnewyork said:
Can you give some more information in the 8mm fisheye? Would love to better nail down ultra wide on the nex.
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You get Samyang 8mm/3.5 under ten different names. This Korean lens is - also the others, especially 85mm/1.4 and new 14mm/2.8 very sharp and well designed.

Of course they are manual lenses, but this is fine - for adapters. Price is low, in Europe I paid (incl. 20% VAT) € 250 for 85mm & 8mm, price for 14mm = € 290.

I use 85mm + 8mm with Canon (=Canon mount ... Canon 550D) and with adapters with m4/3 (Lumix GH1,G1) and E-mount (NEX5). Of course there are different crops - 1.5 (Sony), 1.6 (Canon), 2 (Lumix).

Getting focus is very easy with all cameras - magnifying of display 5x/10x/7x/14x. For 95% I work with position "A"

Aperture is selectable with lens (or with trick with Canon EOS lenses :) ), so you must only look for focus. Big aperture and macro need tripod, otherwise always freehand. All pictures are "out of camera", only resized (and sharpened) with Irfanview. I do not make RAW, no postprocessing. A good camera makes good JPGs, RAW = wasting of lifetime :)

My adapters are from Rong Jin, Shanghai ("jinfinance"). They are well made, very exact.

http://stores.ebay.com/RJ-camera-accessory-store__W0QQ_sidZ23670291?_nkw=nex&submit=Search

Samyang 85mm/1.4








For protection against bright sun I use a "Butterfly" for $ 9.45 (incl. shipping), fast foldable and with screen protector.
It's fast removable (shifting left) - fits also other cameras (with tiltable displays, f.e. Fuji HS10)






14mm/2.8

 
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Terry

Terry

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I guess I'm looking at the 8mm label of "fisheye". What work do you need to do on the ultra wide shots and how sharp are the edges.
 
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