SLRgear (Click here) posted the full 50mm for NEX test: “The Sony E 50mm ƒ/1.8 OSS is a capable lens, marred only by some poor CA performance when used wide open; even then, depending on the subject matter, it may not be particularly noticeable.”
Lens price check at Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.
And I also found the first NEX 5n Shadow Hot Shoe Review at Cameradojo (Click here): “if you want to use speedlites or studio strobes with your NEX 5n, you really have no other choices today. In the end, the Shadow works and if you need the functionality, at least there is a solution available.“
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Interesting to compare the Olympus 45mm f1.8 with this lens, even though they are for different crops. The NEX lens need to stop down to f4 to get even close to the resolution of the Olympus at wide open.
The Olympus even does better at f16 where you would think the NEX would have the advantage due to diffraction.
Just the moment SLRgear convinced me especially with their IS Test to get Sony’s SEL-50F18 nevertheless my good old Canon FD 50mm 1:1.4 is still performing fine, you’re posting this blasphemy – do you have a link to an IQ comparison?
Compare the Olympus and NEX at SLRGEAR. They have tested both.
http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/zproducts/sony50f18e/tloader.htm
http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/zproducts/olympus45f18m/tloader.htm
Thanx, but comparing these reviews does not really proof that, since line width per picture height is coming to similar results even considering that sensor heights are 15.6 and 13mm:
http://www.photozone.de/sony_nex/720-sony50f18nex
http://www.photozone.de/olympus–four-thirds-lens-tests/704-oly45
Sony’s usually better in the centre with borders and corners improving on stopping down, while Olympus is more consistent all over the picture and is a damn good lens manufacturer anyway. Well, there’s no other choice for NEX users than SEL-50F18 anyway and OSS is a big advantage…