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i doubt E50 would do any better at eye focus on a moving cat at that distance. it's not like the any NEX lens has particularly fast accurate continuous AF. i get a lot more keepers shooting moving...

kipon adapter not a fotodiox adapter, though now i have the optics of my contax g lenses transfered into rokkor helicoids for better manual focus: contax g 45/2 in m-mount with rokkor...

yes, complexity has nothing to do with whether a lens is called planar or biogon. a modern biogon lens is more likely to be complex though because it is not limited to the double gauss design. if...

i actually used the g35 on a NEX-3 and briefly on a 5N and sold it before buying the NEX-7. your sample from the NEX-6 looks similar to what i saw – corners never reach the level of the g45 or...

biogon is just zeiss's name for wide angle lenses with a symmetric optical design and planar is zeiss's name for lenses with a double gauss design. both are ostensibly symmetric designs (in...

i have to disagree here having owned the g28, g35, and g45 and used them all on the NEX in addition to numerous other lenses. the g35 is noticeably weaker in real world usage and i certainly...

only if they release a FF digital version of the CLE along with an m-rokkor 40/2 and 28/2.8. i really don't think the minolta name conjures thoughts of high end cameras. minolta purposely...

as i said it depends on the lens. i wouldn't place too much faith in photozone's tests though, they tend to only test one copy of a lens and only at a relatively close distance (when comparing...

very nice! especially considering you were using the lcd. i find tracking with the lcd to be very difficult. i actually do like using the lcd for birding with wider lenses though so i can hold the...

depends on the lenses, in most cases though f/1.2 lenses turn out to be sharper stopped down than f/2.8 lenses. this is mainly because f/1.2 lenses are premium lenses while f/2.8 lenses are...

yup, i absolutely loathe AF even on pro dslrs. all my shooting is manual focus now. AF is faster in some instances but not as consistant or accurate. i shoot my 2 year old daughter running around...

depends on your use. if you only are using one lens the difference between a rangefinder lens and slr lens is quite large (closer to an inch than fractions of an inch). i don't usually go out with...

it's certainly not cheap, but i think the leica m 35mm summilux pre-asph is smallest f/1.4 lens with adapter on the NEX: the voigtlander 35/1.4 is about the same size and a quarter the price,...

in order of use today:1) NEX-72) minolta XD-113) contax aria4) NEX-3i was using a sony a55 in the 2 spot while the NEX-3 was in the 1 spot, but sold it when i got the NEX-7 as it was superflous. i...

thanks a bunch! there are a fair number of lenses i've always been idly curious about in this series.

ha, yeah, when i saw this thread i figured i'd just grab a couple old ones from each of my zeiss lenses to contribute. forgot the contax g 28mm though:

contax g 35/2: contax g 45/2:c/y 35/1.4:

fantastic shots danny! love the kingfisher ones.

i also have the tamron, but stopped using it for macro because of the sensor reflection issue. i actually really like the rokkor 100/3.5 i've borrowed and am considering getting either that or the...

forgot to mention, my copy has an extra kinda funny feature:rokkor 50mm f/3.5 macro with minolta SR mount removed to reveal an m39 mount it actually is an m39 mount lens that comes with an m39 to...