oh pls no CZ, i miskin pipu

Havent test the 50mm f1.8. But I have tested CZ 24mm F1.8 and Voigtlander 35mm F1.4 in Zaloon last week. Didnt test the Voigt 35mm F1.2 because was scared by its price and WEIGHT! The Voigtlander 35mm1.4 is much smaller than CZ (less obvious for street photography) but the weight is double of the the CZ!! But the it sure feeeeellsss solid & high quality. Like a collectable masterpiece!

After testing both the lens.. it really is a hard call. I tested Voigtlander first. This lens has a lot of character. I seems to prefer the way this lens render the image better than the CZ. The color seems more natural to me... and the separation between object in focus and background is really obvious. When I then test CZ, the first few images i took almost felt.. Underexposed.. with bokeh behind object seems darker than when using the Voigtlander. The separation isnt that "beautiful" The BLACK is very BLACK (that's high contrast i guess)... btw im comparing them at F1.8 so it should be fair.

When comes to sharpness. not sure is it due to my manual focus skin not good enough... but CZ definitely sharper than Voigtlander. There are few photos if focus very accurately on the Voigtlander which look really sharp and pops! But overall, CZ win in image sharpness for sure. Color is good but more "digital" in my opinion. Voigt is less perfect but has more natural character.

Another important thing to determine between these 2 lenses is the minimal focus distance. CZ can focus really close, almost macro.. so for walkaround lens, travel, and food shooting is a pure winner here. Voigtlander min focus distance 0.7m!!! So this is only best for portrait.

Price comparison: Voigtlander with the original adapter = Rm 2480+-, CZ bout rm 3200+- ... I think it is a no brainer that I should go for the CZ with autofocus but part of me already fall in love with the beautiful solid Voigtlander lens. Is like comparing JAPAN (hightech & practical) vs ITALY/FRANCE/EUROPE ETC (Feel~ Love~Taste!~ ART!)



Leica M mount to NEX adapter (Voigtlander brand) is rm 480, zaloon quote me if i get the 35mm f1.4.

This is really interesting all the interesting lens suddenly coming one shot!

35mm f1.8
11-18 pancake
16-50 pancake!

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Added on August 7, 2012, 3:15 amFor NEX7 user. I wan to ask if there is any way I can preview my photo at 100% and scroll to the next photo at 100% without zooming out. I cant figure if this is possible on NEX.

On my A700, When i zoom 100%, and I scroll my dial, I get to see the next photo at 100% zoom. This is extremely useful when I have shoot a few similar shots and like to compare which are the sharper one. example compare eyes sharpness.

Pls share if this is possible for nex?

This post has been edited by clivengu: Aug 7 2012, 03:15 AM

I just bought a NEX-F3 few days ago. Still learning. Anyone know how to manually adjust the ISO?

Fuiyohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

11-18 and 30mm 1.8, omg, start saving now !!!! both in my waiting list !!!!

but i hope 11-18 can be < Rm2000, possible?

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Added on August 7, 2012, 1:40 pmin A/S/P/M mode, click center button (left right up down there), iso setting there. or u can go deep inside menu as well.

u cant adjust ISO in auto mode i guess.

This post has been edited by Ah hao: Aug 7 2012, 01:40 PM

hye
i already bought nex 5nk with evf 2 days ago..
b4 this never has camera only use foncamera
this is any website that can teach us how to us this excellence camera...
tq...

Attend nex workshop

If u never use dslr before, start reading about aperture, iso and shutter speed

35mm f/1.8. Sweet.

16mm + VCU-ECL1 and 35mm and maybe another fast semi-telephoto is all I need for photographing.

35mm f1.8 nice...

can anyone teach me how to use extension tube? i bought from ebay, use MD-nex adapter and a manual 50mm 1.7 lens.

Using M mode, but problem is no matter how i turn the focusing ring, it stay focus infinity, all things blur, including things as far as from another side of living room...

the focus ring is on the lens right? your adapter have aperture blade?
if yes, set it wide open first... then on the focus peaking feature...

already done that, not aperture problem, my problem is cant focus...no matter how i turn the focus ring on the lens it cant focus, all blur...

Release without lens ON, i wonder which setting is wrong...

try to follow this link and ensure all the setting is correct... hope it helps...

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp...essage=40218253

can you try using the MD-NEX and the 50mm 1.7 lens without the extension tube?
would it be clear if it's without the tube? if it's clear, might want to research more about using extension tubes with that particular lens... may not be compatible..

This post has been edited by poolcarpet: Aug 8 2012, 05:33 PM

When you put an extension tube on, you lose infinity focus. The only things you can focus on, are close to your lens. Try holding a finger in front of the lens (with adapter and extension tube) and bring it slowly closer to you - you should see it slowly getting into focus!

thanks, will read about it
it works fine when without extension tube. i though extension tube don have compatibility issue?

try real close still cant focus...

i wil try another MD lens later...

Hi bros, I bought my nex-5 + 16mm 1.5yrs ago, and I'm really disappoint and frustrated with the performance, I have dslr, and the quality from this camera is... Very bad, white balance is all off during auto (usually appeared colder) image quality is mushy, very soft.

After gone thru here maybe it's due to the inferior 16mm lens ? Ok I'm considering the 19mm sigma, any brother used this before ? And is it a lot better then the 16mm? Color wise compared to 16mm? And where is the best bargain?

Anyone interested to upgrade to my Sony Nex-7? Topup RM2k for Nex 5N and RM2.4k for Nex F3. My Nex-7 just bought last month, condition is good and well taken care

This post has been edited by destfull: Aug 9 2012, 12:10 PM

your 7 is with what lens? pm me

SEL50F18 worth to buy ????

definitely worth... the pic quality is definitely diff with other SEL lens..

BUT, why not wait for the 35F18... maybe even nicer leh

This post has been edited by geek8585: Aug 9 2012, 05:21 PM