Since 5N native iso support is higher than the F3,
my rough guess still that 5N is better in terms of iso control.

but don't have proper review yet, still thinking.
Not sure when F5 come out

What lens you bought?

Poison you, get the last 2 for SEL50 and SEL55210 

pls add me in Nex-5n user list. Thanks.

Anyone know where can still get SEL50F18 with lowest price u know?

I'm sorry for the stupid question as I've never owned DSLR, but if I have two lenses, how do I protect the other end of the lens which is not protected by lens cap when it's not in use? (very sayang my camera) Surely I can't just dump it in my bag?

i'm more than happy if can get it RM900...haha...u know anywhere can get the stock now?

Hi there all sifu i'm just new with my nex 5n
just bought at keep around 2599................ is it ok  with the price it come with two lens 1855 & 1628

has anyone tried mounting canon EFS lenses (e.g. cheapo legendary 50mm F1.8) onto the NEX 5N/F3 and do manual focus with the focus peaking feature? if that is possible, it is another good option instead of the expensive sony 50mm 1.8.

update: fuh... anyone here tried something like that? http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp...essage=41772022

for the price of the sony 50mm 1.8, you can get a canon 50mm 1.4 and do manual focus!

I have a Nex 5N and 18-55. Until today I still think is the the best "value for money" mirrorless combo, it is giving ur APS-C image quality on such a small form factor. On my last trip I ask my mum to take it for his shoot. You know old people are noob on camera and they don't even understand how to half press to pre focus or things like focus and recompose. So everything have to be auto. The pictures come back all sharp without misfocus (as long as the subject is not at the corner/border when the background will be in focus). Old people also like to print and the prints are just amazing and have all the SLR look. [I am referring to image quality, nor artistic value, lol]

When you use 18-55 at 18mm, you can use f3.5. If you buy 19mm, you can use f2.8. The difference is only 2/3 step, other than smaller size, there is really not much benefit.

If you buy the 30mm, it is effectively a 45mm view on Full Frame camera. That is quite an interesting view. And if you shoot 30mm with 18-55 you probably are now at f4 something which means now this lens can really give you more than 1 stop advantage in both low light and bokeh (background blur). So this look more interesting. But for me, it is still not interesting enough.

The 50mm is very interesting. It can shoot wide open and still get very sharp results [but not on Nex 7 which the megapixels outresolved the lens capability]. The 1.8 will give very good bokeh when needed and quite a good low light performer compare to the sigmas. It will be a good match for 18-55 because the 50 of 18-55 will need to be shot at near f5.6, you can getting 3 stop advantage! Also while not related, the silver lens look more cool then the black sigmas.

Please don't sell the 18-55, you can't get much for selling it and it is really value for the money.

Owh..... for the sigma and the samyang do you need adaptor to mount it for the camera

Just check with you guys, can I activate focus peaking in manual focus mode using the SEL lenses? Or do I have to use a manul focus lens only?

Camera is sleeping at home at the moment. lol..

bokeh is not lens dependable, almost all lens can do it 

How come 2 years warranty? I thought it's 1 year only?

I'm not happy with NEX7 high ISO and the purple fringing on legacy wide angle lens (appears on my Samyang 8mm fish eye lens)
Now waiting for the Home Minister approval to jump ship to OM-D, as reviews show that OM-D high ISO is almost as good as 5N, plus the Pan 12-35 f2.8 is too tempting for a single lens walk-a-bout camera

Some newbie in action :

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Added on July 15, 2012, 10:35 pmAnyone of you guys bought the "E30mm F3.5 Macro Lens" and the "SEL50F18" ?

how much ??
Sony page Retail Price is RM 999.00 and RM 1,099.00 *....

I using 1855 stock lens...   this photo i got edit abit that why color so rich~~~

how much you bought the 30M35 ?

Ya, over exposure   but not bad too....
welcome bro

The background bokeh is as what you wanted, so keep the aperture as it is. Reduce ISO to a smaller number, alternatively increase your shutter speed. maybe can do abit of sharpening in PP.

Try underexpose and then dragged clarity slider in LightRoom or Camera Raw to the right.

Oh windy  .  If not windy and the flowers are totally still, I have an other idea to use 2 exposures. First exposure is to fully blur the background flowers, so you set the widest aperture. The next exposure you set maybe F8 to get the sharpest single flower subject. After that in Gimp/photoshop/whatever that can cut and paste the sharp flower on top of the blurrer background. 

Can also layer both pictures, 1st exposure blur background on top of the 2nd sharp flower exposure. Then slowly eraser/smart delete the blur 1st exposure flower until the sharp flower layer below can be seen. Or can do some blending la. Have fun .

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As for the macro of the flowers, maybe an external flash or maybe flashlight/reflector can be placed at an angle below the flower, then you take a shot at it from the top?  Just an idea, maybe I'll try it out when i'm feeling bored and not running around.

Anyone else here used a ring flash before and would it help in this situation??
Flowers.. Aaah..give them during graduations, courting, when friends r sick... they're not just for pictures u know!!
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