{"id":1544,"date":"2011-08-27T01:01:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T01:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2011-08-27T01:01:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T01:01:21","slug":"a77a65nex-5n-launch-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1544","title":{"rendered":"A77\/A65\/NEX-5N Launch, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI was at the Sony Alpha SLT-A77, SLT-A65 and NEX-5N launch in Malaysia on the 24th of August 2011. This entry covers the Sony Alpha NEX E-mount system.<\/p>\n

The lens on the left is the Sony E 30mm F3.5 Macro 1:1.<\/p>\n


\nI did not get to test it in better lighting. Here it is, a JPG from the new Sony Alpha NEX-5N, brightened in Photoshop.<\/p>\n


\nThe NEX-7 was under a glass chamber so we could not try it. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n


\nSony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E 24mm F1.8 ZA, at F1.8.<\/p>\n

Why is it called a ZA lens anyway, when it is not an A-mount lens?<\/p>\n


\nSony E 50mm F1.8 OSS, at F1.8.<\/p>\n


\nAlso with the 50mm. Interestingly it is the shortest F1.8 in-lens stabilized prime (the Canon 200mm F1.8 L IS USM is on the other end.)<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right<\/b>: HVL-F7S, HVL-F20S, HVL-F20AM. Pardon the flash gel on the F20AM!<\/p>\n


\nThis is what it looks like on the camera. It has a wide\/tele switch on one end and a bounce\/forward switch on the other. The wide-angle panel does not get in position when in bounce mode, a clever design brought from the HVL-F20AM.<\/p>\n

The lens is the Sony E Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 24mm F1.8. It is smaller than pictures say and quite pocketable! It has this nice rangefinder lens look.<\/p>\n


\nShot with the HVL-F20S. It can brighten half a hall!<\/p>\n


\nShot at 210mm so you get the idea how far away the flash works. The HVL-F20S gives a guide number of 20 meters at ISO100, telephoto position (50mm). Best of all, it is already compatible with my NEX-5!<\/p>\n

This is shot with the Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS, by the way, at 210mm. It’s 1\/3rd of a stop darker at both ends compared to the Sony 55-200mm F4.0-5.6 DT, and focuses 5cm further at 100cm minimum focus distance (where the A-mount version does 95cm.)<\/p>\n

The Sony 50mm F1.8 DT SAM focuses to 34cm close, while the Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS focuses to 39cm close. Another loss there. Fortunately the Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E 24mm F1.8 ZA focuses to 16cm close, better than the Sony Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 24mm F2.0 ZA SSM at 19cm close.<\/p>\n


\nThe 55-210mm is rather handsome. A nice touch is that all the lenses have 49mm filter threads, except the Sony E 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Active OSS!<\/p>\n


\nThe FDA-EV1S is an electronic viewfinder that only fits on the NEX-5N. Why?<\/p>\n


\nThey blocked it off by adding a screw under the FDA-EV1S so it would not mount on my NEX-5! That said, even if it could, it would not be compatible as it uses the new Smart Accessory Terminal 2.<\/p>\n


\nThe NEX-5N has an extra hole for the screw.<\/p>\n


\nThe new LA-EA2 Translucent Mirror Technology SLT A-mount to E-mount adapter, also isn’t compatible with my NEX-5 (yet). On the left, it shows no aperture reading, and does not autofocus. A future firmware update will allow the NEX-5 (and probably the NEX-3) to use the LA-EA2 to autofocus.<\/p>\n


\nI am very excited about this – the ability to use phase detect on a mirrorless camera is awesome! The ability to add a mirror to a mirrorless camera is even cooler.<\/p>\n


\nLeft<\/b>: The Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS and Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E 24mm F1.8 ZA both have their apertures wide open when not mounted on a camera, which is the opposite from all other E-mount and A-mount lenses.
\nRight<\/b>: The mirror is upside down. Why wasn’t it that way on the A55 to begin with? This would avoid dust from landing on the mirror!<\/p>\n


\nLeft to right, top to bottom<\/b>:
\n– The NEX-5N loses out by not being able to customize the Left action of the D-pad. The NEX-C3 had such ability.
\n– Lens corrections are abundant even in the NEX-5N!
\n– Wow, AF Microadjust! I can only hope this is there because of the LA-EA2 adapter, and I also hope they’ll put this in the new NEX-5 firmware.
\n– Version 1.0 but is really not the final version.
\n– Live View Display “Setting Effect OFF” allows auto-gain when using the NEX-5N in a studio. Though I don’t see how it would trigger a studio light other than the pop-up flash!
\n– Front Curtain Shutter On allows for much smaller shutter lag.
\n– LCD Brightness can be set to Sunny Weather – strangely, it was missing from the unfinalized SLT-A77 unit I tried, though my SLT-A55 has it.
\n– Object Tracking is real cool.
\n– ISO25600, better than the SLT-A77. Presumably allowed because it’s mirrorless.<\/p>\n

More reading here:
\nA77\/A65\/NEX-5N Launch, Part 1<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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