Sunday, April 24, 2011

Beware, VM adapter on NEX pass infinity focus

Just aware that VM adapter on NEX with all ZM lens and Heliar 12mm. blur when set focus ring to infinity and better if turn back from infinity point a bit.


the others lens are coming.


to be fare I found some one review on Fotodiox that having same behave or even worst,

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

External flash with NEX5

my old style NISSIN optical slave trigger connected with PC synchronize cord with Canon 580EX II, the result as following:





See big files here ..http://www.pbase.com/chounws3/nex5_with_580ex_flash

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Zeiss Biogon 2,8/25 ZM on NEX 5

I would recommend this lens, it is very sharp at wide open with slightly blur at the corner,  and already extremely sharp entire the frame at f4.
see big file here..http://www.pbase.com/chounws3/testing_zeiss_25_f28_zm




at f4. iso 200, 1/1250s


at f2.8, iso 200, 1/2000s

at f2.8, iso 200, 1/800

at f2.8 iso 200, 1/4000s

not sure which f stop been used, iso 200, 1/800s

not sure which f stop been used, iso 200 1/320s

Friday, April 15, 2011

Biogon T* 2/35 ZM testing with NEX 5

This is a stellar lens of ZM series, I wish will have chances to test it on Full frame camera one day.
this picture borrow from http://www.kenrockwell.com/zeiss/index.htm
 the following sequences from wide open until f8.0,
at f2.0
at f2.8
at f4.0
at f5.6

at f8.0



Thursday, April 14, 2011

EVF (DIY) on NEX

Using original accessory from Sony the LCD hard plastic cover then attached with Hoodloupe from Hoodman USA I could manage to view the large high resolution EVF on Sony NEX 5, the other benefit is it help for hand hold the camera more stable to shoot in low speed.





Biogon T* 2,8/21 ZM testing with NEX 5

all testing at f5.6 fitted on Sony NEX 5 with VM Voigtlander adaptor.




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Sony NEX 5 with f5.6 12mm Heliar

the first set of testing this Voigtlander Heliar 12mm. f5.6 ASPH II. on Sony NEX  5
(the others lens will follow)



updated today (17.04.2011)  in Museum Siam in Bangkok., shoot wide open.

All it shoot with wide open handheld.




For me this lens is very sharp at wide open and not so much vignette as ever heard,
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