"as a service to the forum"...:ROTFL: Have to remember this one, when my better half tries to oppose my next camera purchase. A lot to lean here on this forum. Not just about photography
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jonoslack
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Ahh - my better half never opposes my camera purchases . . . . but then I don't grumble about the horses either!"as a service to the forum"...:ROTFL: Have to remember this one, when my better half tries to oppose my next camera purchase. A lot to lean here on this forum. Not just about photography
douglasf13
New member
Thanks, Jono. You shouldn't have!:ROTFL:
jonoslack
Active member
It's just that you're such a nice guy Douglas . . . I simply couldn't resist :angel:
douglasf13
New member
You're too kind. I'll be sure to PM you the address to send your old, dilapidated M9 to. :ROTFL::thumbs:
Terry
New member
Last night I was at a book signing at ModernBook in San Francisco. This is the final part of a class I took at Stanford on making photo books. Excellent class!!! I used the Contax G 35mm lens. I had the metering set to matrix but looking at the shots when I got home it was user error and I would have been much better served with center weighted. Most shots underexposed but I've boosted the exposures by in many cases more than a full stop. I was stopped about a dozen times with people asking about the camera. They had heard about it but hadn't seen it in the flesh. They were pretty shocked at the size.
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For all we know, they (or maybe close relatives of the Contax G lenses) may already be in the works, as we speak.
Mr.Masashi Imamura, the president of the Sound and Imaging group of Sony, already stated (on January, 2010) that Zeiss is involved in designing future lenses for NEX. Since it has been several months since he stated that, I would not be surprised to see a few NEX lens surprises during Photokina.
jonoslack
Active member
Don't push it mate, or I'll set Simeon on you:
N.B. first published shot with NEX5 (16mmlens f5). it added it's own vignetting
by the way, which M9 do you want?
Terry
New member
And you added the distortion ??? :ROTFL::ROTFL::ROTFL:N.B. first published shot with NEX5 (16mmlens f5). it added it's own vignetting
jonoslack
Active member
No No - clever lens added that too :salute:
douglasf13
New member
Oh, you have to rub it in, don't you?!
Nice shot above.
jonoslack
Active member
Yes Douglas . . . but I'm 57 and I have a floppy wrist . . . maybe we can do some kind of a deal?:ROTFL:Oh, you have to rub it in, don't you?!
PS - thank you!
douglasf13
New member
jonoslack
Active member
douglasf13
New member
Well, you're off the hook. I just ordered a black NEX-5 with the 16mm, the Alpha adapter, an M adapter...and I'm still trying to decide on a 35mm lens. I'll probably rent the CV 35 1.4 once the camera arrives.Oh! I think that's rather unkind; one
Same predicament as me. I am looking at both the 35mms and 28mms, but thus far there have been no confirmed RF lenses that will pass muster....well maybe the ZM Biogon 35/2.
bring the camera to Belgium -- with the M adaptor!
one of the things i'd really like to see is the quality with older M lenses -- how the NEX handles the lower contrast, increased micro-contrast.
on some digital sensors, the older lenses can look muddy whereas others seem to shine with finer detail (as long as you do proper PP).
i'd especially like to see them with some higher ISO shots (which are always very tricky)... anyways, i have a handful of oldies but goodies for you to play with. off the top of my head:
25/3.5 Canon
v.1 35 'cron
pre-asph 35 'lux
50 'lux (second version)
E58 Nocti
75 'lux
i imagine the Super Angulon is too deep, though, non?