Three deal news to report:
1) The Sony A-mount to Sony NEX Speed Booster is now shipping at Metabones store (Click here). An almost must have adapter if you want to use your FF A-mount lenses on the NEX!
2) The smart Hoocap are also shipping. These are Lens Cap & Hood in one single product…smart!
[shoplink 21085 ebay]Hoocap For Sony RX1, NEX 50mm F1.8, and NEX 55-210mm (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 21086 ebay]For NEX Zeiss 24mm F1.8 (here on eBay)[/shoplink]
3) Zeiss deals reminder:
Zeiss for E-mount NEX:
$200 off on the Sony 24mm f/1.8 E-Mount at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Zeiss for A-mount:
$200 off on the 24-70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the Sony 16-80mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$180 off on the 135mm f/1.8 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$140 off on the 24mm f/2.0 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
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Interesting, first time I see that Hoocap. But at that price…
The Sony A-E mount adapter works great with full frame A mount lenses on the NEX-VG900 in full frame mode.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8343/8194434390_dcb0dbdbea_k.jpg
My mistake, thought it was smart adapter
Very tempting… Sometimes I awake at night realizing I’ve been dreaming about using my Minolta 100/2, 35/2 and 50/1.4 the way they were supposed to. Yet there’s more to come on the Nex front that needs my attention (and money)…
Sony gives me GAS, thank goodness I am a indecisive person.
this way my bank account somehow survives.
nice but is it able to AF?
i would highly doubt it, there is no place set for the contacts and it looks like there is a separate aperture in the adapter to handle iris control
Nice,my 135 STF cannot wait for it.
YES!
Are there other slow lenses sharp wide open?
How does the small-ish opening actually not cover the field of view on that hood-cap?
I think we need an update on the NEX 7N rumor, this is what was postd on July 8, “After a long delay the NEX-7 successor is scheduled to be announced in late August-early September. With shipment due in October. The cause of the delay could have been a pre-production hardware issue on the camera that had to be fixed. New lenses are coming too (High grade zoom, 85mm fast lens and probably one more lens.” It appears that the Camera part of this rumor might need updating?
Dan
+1
Oh Lord, don’t even go there, it’s the total silence on all fronts about this. No one seems to want to answer. Not coming apparently…
+1
wait, which way does this go? A to E -as in will this take my Sony A99 A-mount to an E-mount?
No, it will make your A-mount lenses E-mount lenses.
I’m personally not happy with my SpeedBooster – my Walimex 85mm F1.4 is really sharp without it, but not sharp with it unless stopped down. But the whole point of this is not stopping down. If I have to stop down, I can use native E-mount lenses.
Are you using the METABONES version?
yes
That is metabones mkII, will not work with full frame cameras; it is easy yo tell because the round opening. MkIII opening is a box with roundish top and bottom areas( judt google it)
Anyone know why there are no electronic contacts? Someone had mentioned here that NEX was an open standard.
Similar thoughts here, but A-Mount is not an open standard right?
Thing is, neither is EF, and they already have an A->E mount smart adapter to reverse engineer. (LA-EA1)
Looks like there is an aperture ring on the adaptor. I assume it moves the aperture pin on the lens to adjust aperture, manual focus of course.
E-mount isn’t an open standard; Sony just said their specifications are royalty free.
No offense to Metabones, but for $430 I would at least expect electrical contacts for aperture control.
+1. At that price better to invest such money in a real native lens.
+1
Well if you want a fast lens at moderate focal lengths there are no native lenses. With the adaptor you could have a 85mm f/1.0 for around $1000
Yep
I just bought one of these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271274867850
Without knowing if it is good or bad, at least I only paid $110 including shipping. I happen to have three Carl Zeiss Jena lenses adapted to Sony Alpha mount, so I am totally looking forward to understand how well this focal reducer works. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Interesting discounts. How about 300 off that 50mm zeiss 1.4. I want it bad and I want it now. Only problem is the price is just a smidge to much. Make it so,that we sony guys can unload our 50mm 1.4 on ebay and pick this up for a grand.
+1
It would take a pretty awesome e mount video camera for me to consider this. I haven’t seen one yet.
Metabones says to me today that an ALPHA TO 4/3 adapter is on the run and in their programs
Nice. Yet another reason for STF sales to go up 🙂
(really wish Sony would consider making ~50mm or ~80mm STF)
I’d be interested to see how a NEX-VG900+LA-EA3 compares to a NEX7+AlphaBooster for the same Alpha lenses. If you’re in London and have the NEX7+AlphaBooster and are similarly curious, please send me a message a message on flickr and I’ll bring the other bits.
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