I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

Started Oct 10, 2011 | Discussions
Rob from thepicturedeskca Regular Member • Posts: 485
I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

I spent a couple hours testing the Sony NEX7 with some lenses.

This is a list of the images on flickr and blogs for the Sony NEX7 I tested with a selection of Sony NEX lenses. I tried two Alpha lenses as well. The camera is pre-production but I just received it Thursday and it's the most up-to-date version I've had so far.

-Rob Skeoch

NEX7 with Sony Alpha 70-400G

http://thepicturedesk.blogspot.com/2011/10/sony-nex7-with-sony-70-400g-and-100.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6232253978/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6231734001/in/photostream/

NEX7 with Sony Alpha 100 macro
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6232252084/in/photostream/

NEX7 with NEX 18-200

http://thepicturedesk.blogspot.com/2011/10/sony-nex7-with-sony-70-400g-and-100.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6231703229/in/photostream/

NEX7 with NEX 55-210
http://thepicturedesk.blogspot.com/2011/10/sony-nex7-with-sel-55-210mm-lens.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6232194280/in/photostream/

NEX7 with NEX 18-55
http://thepicturedesk.blogspot.com/2011/10/sony-nex7-with-18-55mm-kit-zoom.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6232169522/in/photostream/

NEX7 with NEX 50mm portrait

http://thepicturedesk.blogspot.com/2011/10/sony-nex7-with-sel-50mm-portrait-lens.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6232104998/in/photostream

NEX7 with NEX 30mm macro
http://thepicturedesk.blogspot.com/2011/10/sony-nex7-with-sel-30mm-macro.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6231552157/in/photostream

NEX7 with NEX 24mm Sony Zeiss
http://thepicturedesk.blogspot.com/2011/10/sony-nex7-with-sony-zeiss-24mm.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6232144924/in/photostream

NEX7 with NEX 16mm pancake
http://thepicturedesk.blogspot.com/2011/10/nex7-with-sel16mm-f28.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6232002288/in/photostream

NEX7 with NEX 16mm pancake and attachments

http://thepicturedesk.blogspot.com/2011/10/sony-nex7-with-16mm-and-lens-adapters.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sportsphotorob/6231530435/in/photostream

naturalefineartcom Forum Member • Posts: 66
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

How's the OLED EFV?

James63 Forum Member • Posts: 87
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

Nice post, thanks.

jang573 Regular Member • Posts: 151
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

My favourite photos are the ones taken with the nex 50 f/1.8 and the nex 18-55 mm. Thanks for your posting .

Cheers!

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Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS Sony E 10-18mm F4 OSS Sony E 35mm F1.8 OSS +1 more
Slynky Senior Member • Posts: 2,434
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

Thanks for all the effort and trouble to let us view the variations.
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 Slynky's gear list:Slynky's gear list
Sony Alpha NEX-5N Sony E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Sony E 16mm F2.8 Pancake Sony E 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS +3 more
Gary H Senior Member • Posts: 2,543
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

Thanks for all of the work and for posting full size images.. Good choice of subjects..

I've the 50mm on order and after seeing your sample, I think that I will go through and purchase it.

Thanks..

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Fujifilm FinePix X100 Fujifilm X100S Canon EOS-1D Mark III Sony Alpha NEX-6 Sony a7 +28 more
OP Rob from thepicturedeskca Regular Member • Posts: 485
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

It's great but I've been using the A77 for a few weeks so am used to it.

-Rob Skeoch

James63 Forum Member • Posts: 87
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

Rob,

They look good for the most part and thanks again for taking the time.

However 16mm is crap and I am surprised by how bad the 18-200 is at 18mm F8. Is the 18-200 really that soft at 18mm?

nopt Forum Member • Posts: 91
Really excellent work Rob

Thanks for going through the trouble and posting full size pics.

Anadrol Contributing Member • Posts: 519
the Zeiss 24mm

Is it the new Zeiss 24mm ??

On the picture at f2.5 the house is really not sharp, with many CA !

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Photohobbyfun Senior Member • Posts: 1,364
CA on 24mm Zeiss is bad!

Thanks for posting these, much appreciated. I have to say though that the CA on this lens appears to be pretty bad, a bit of a disappointment. Wide open the 50mm also shows hefty CA.

Photohobbyfun Senior Member • Posts: 1,364
Seems I exaggerated

So I went back and looked at the other Zeiss lenses for M mount and all of them have about the same amount of CA wide open at F2 or more. Not sure if this is because these are m mount but I'm guessing lenses at F2 and faster have a tendency to show a large amount of CA?

photo perzon Veteran Member • Posts: 4,653
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

Please post some face portrait pictures I am very interested in skin tones on faces

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RussellInCincinnati Veteran Member • Posts: 3,201
what a super project, early Christmas for Nex enthusiasts

Even enjoy your separating out the Sony lens tests from the Zeiss lens tests. Sounds trite now but thanks again, Rob.

Of the Sony lenses, looks like at this we-shouldn't-judge-yet-Nex-7-pre-production-stage at F8, the 50mm, 24mm, the 18-200 zoom at its middle 55mm focal length, and the 70-400 zoom at its wide end, have survived your battle with nary a scratch. Hmm the used price of an all-manual Contax 50mm F1.7 Zeiss might be slipping a notch some time soon.

Will also be fun to sift though your Zeiss comparisons.

Any generalizations you care to make?

Slynky Senior Member • Posts: 2,434
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

That would be nice. Would apprecaite the extra trouble you'd go through.

photo perzon wrote:

Please post some face portrait pictures I am very interested in skin tones on faces

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 Slynky's gear list:Slynky's gear list
Sony Alpha NEX-5N Sony E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Sony E 16mm F2.8 Pancake Sony E 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS +3 more
Gary H Senior Member • Posts: 2,543
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

For the price, the 55-210 doesn't look so bad.

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Fujifilm FinePix X100 Fujifilm X100S Canon EOS-1D Mark III Sony Alpha NEX-6 Sony a7 +28 more
Sosua
Sosua Senior Member • Posts: 2,342
Re: Seems I exaggerated

I would say its because of the overexposure on the white parts of the house / deck more than anything.
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perry rhodan
perry rhodan Senior Member • Posts: 1,971
Thanks Rob!

You really have done an excellent job. Giving very usefull information.

Kind regards Perry

Duvelr New Member • Posts: 2
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

Exif: Taken on January 5, 2011 at 1.36am EST ?

kodakoid Forum Member • Posts: 99
Re: I tried the NEX7 with a selection of Sony lenses

Is the 18-200 broken? The pictures shot at 18 and 200mm aren't anything like the other sample pictures.

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