mowkey, so you are saying the IQ is sharp? I wonder what went wrong when i tried it out.

Personally, I like the EVF. Nice.

I would say so yes, and based on my epxerience with sony, that is what I expect. But I cannot say for sure, because I didn't take any image sample home.

wingster: Wah you tested it for 1 hour or you bought it?

mowkey: Not true. Any lens that is good on my A900 is good on the NEX-5 as well. Not softer at all. The 16mm F2.8 is sharp in the center also but misfocusing may make some people think it is soft.

zstan: How do you know this? And what are you presuming mowkey is referring to - the NEX lenses or the A-mount lenses on the APS-HD sensor?

Albnok: Thanks! That is what I needed to know.

I did not say which lenses on the Nex, my question is, by default, is the Nex generally less sharp than SLRs in the range of a33, a550 etc.

If I do get it, I plan to pair with Minolta primes, with the adapter of course.

Do you mind posting one or two portrait and street shot from the Nex to convince me?

haha..

Just test the ISO and Movie mode ... as I'm waiting for A55 instead of A33 ...

By the way here's some RAW and Multi NR comparisons using A33 camera edited using Adobe RAW:
(All image are cropped at 100% resolution although the size is a little different because using picasa 3 to crop it xD_

RAW With NO Noise Reduction -




This post has been edited by wingster: Sep 19 2010, 10:30 PM

changed my mind....prefer this style for portrait...my 1st ever portrait shooting with my model = my dear....

comment abit..so that i can improve...

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#2


#3


#4


#5

A33

RAW with heavy Noise Reduction at High ISO



This post has been edited by wingster: Sep 19 2010, 10:32 PM

mowkey, the sensor in nex, is better then A550. period. noise and color profile is better. the rest of the sharpness and photo IQ relies on what lens u going to pair it with. if u pair it with a good prime, i believe it will bring out scary IQ out of it.

i played with nex not much, but sample i gotten, is far better then my A550. so u can rest assure that, Nex is not as bad as ppl reviewed or says.

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Added on September 19, 2010, 10:36 pmwingster, reduce with adobe raw? got sony IDC version? (or did u try shoot jpeg+raw, in body jpeg NR?)

This post has been edited by ieR: Sep 19 2010, 10:36 PM

ahpingko, i like photo #4 of your dear. Very nicely done.

SPAM! Shot some photos of the Sony XPLOD demo car, a Subaru Impreza. Here is the behind the scene of the photoshoot session:


Sony A850 + SAL2470Z. 1/160s, f20.0, 24mm, ISO200. Flash HVL-F58AM fired onboard (tilted 45 degrees to the right and bounced off the built-in bounce card).

Err yeah ... I only use Adobe Photoshop RAW

-NO NR means all the Color and Luminance at Noise Reduction I set at '0'

-While heavy NR I set 50 for both Color and Luminance at Noise Reduction

And those picture above are export from RAW

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Here's the JPEG with Multi NR

and i'm back, people~!!!

all shots taken handheld, some reaching into regions of 1-2 seconds



Camera DSLR-A700
Exposure 3 shots bracketed @ 2 EVs apart (0 EV @ 0.5 sec)
Aperture f/4.5
Focal Length 11 mm
ISO Speed 800



Camera DSLR-A700
Exposure 3 shots bracketed @ 2 EVs apart (0 EV @ 0.25 sec)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 11 mm
ISO Speed 1000

p/s: ahpingko good job on #4

This post has been edited by lwliam: Sep 20 2010, 10:31 AM

Taiwan? ... I like #2 xD

Let's see if you all can figure out which lens is used in which sequence for this video!

http://vimeo.com/groups/alpha/videos/14826647

mowkey: Here's one from the NEX-5 with the LA-EA1 lens adapter and Opteka 85mm F1.4 at F1.4:



Large version here:


Here's one from the NEX-5 with the Coyo Nikon G adapter and Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC HSM for F-mount at F1.4 (I think my colleague Ijan shot this, though):



Large version here:


More street shots posted here:
http://www.glaringnotebook.com/default.asp?id=1437

ahpingko: I like the mood in #5, and is #3 a color version of the earlier black-and-white?

lwliam: Nice #1 and interesting play on angle in #2.

thx thx...1st time doing portraits...

yaya...the color version....

an in-depth review of a33 - http://www.alphamountworld.com/reviews/son...orld?page=0%2C0

i presumed he was referring to the NEX E mount lenses.

cannot lose to lwliam.

handheld shots outside my hotel window up to 6 seconds with minimum wall support.

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2

ahpingko : Loved your 5th pic! I think it stands out among the rest. Just my preference though Next time try portraiture with wireless flash =D Lucky you, I don't have a model to try it

Zeiss poison by kysham :/

This post has been edited by yuhi: Sep 19 2010, 11:27 PM

good try!

though i am not a fan of too much PP.

wow..i still got a few more..hehe..got gf?..use as model la...xD

haha...coz i feel the colors of original pic does not suit the feel..so play with colors lo...

spam 1 more...



and this hanging bridge..



ok...goodnite guys...