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We are all waiting for Sony to release new high quality lenses for our NEX cameras. But meanwhile another lens producer is asking NEX owners if they would be interested in getting a 50mm f/1.0 manual lens. The company is SLRmagic which already made the cheap [shoplink 3514]35mm f/1.7[/shoplink] lens with E-mount. So let them know what you think!
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If the image quality is decent (ie: better than the 18-55 kit lens), I would definitely pick one up. The NEX5 is a great little camera, but the current E-mount lenses leave much to be desired.
Yes, we want one. Just not from SLRmagic.
you get what you pay for, so in case of SLRmagic its obviously not much.still its a fun addition to the bag. i`d take one.
It isn’t so much a question of quality, but of usefulness.
we basically already have a 50 prime from them if you will.
How about a 24mm prime that gives us 36?
I have the 35mm f1.7 from SLR Magic and even though the sharpness and focus are all over the place, it´s a super fun lens that allows you to be really creative for an afordable price. If the 50mm is about the same size and price I´ll buy one for sure.
Sweet. Sony shares mount. Mount gets love. Good times. I’d take one.
I’m still confused about absence of 30mm, 50mm or 70mm E-mount pancake lens…
I feel like sony is not well supporting the NEX platform. So I’ve picked up a cheap a300 so I can use the A-mount lenses I had before I bought it again.
You can use the a mount lenses on the NEX as well. It supports auto focus too.
certainly not my old minolta or sigma lenses. for that to work, they must be SSM or SAM with the AF motor in the lens.
No, there are plenty of good, cheap 50mm lenses available.
The main convenience of the SLRmagic should be size.
But I have an excellent Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm F1.8.
Are we talking full-frame or APS-C? If it’s designed for NEX APS-C, then I’d prefer it 56/57mm to make it feel like a 85mm prime on 35mm.
Yes, I would buy it if it is priced the same or maybe lower compared to the 35mm.
A lot of people knew that 35mm f/1.7 from SLRmagic is in fact a CCTV made in Fujian, China. Luckily, it barely cover APS-c but I have a hard time of focusing with this lens. First, the focusing part of this lens is somehow quite unstable, it is able to focus but sometimes it can lost its track and cannot focus all the way due to the focusing ring unable to hold the helicoid well. Another frustrating thing is the image plane is not flat enough. When focusing to infinity, I need to stop down to f/8 to obtain a sharp image for the corner.
It do a great job of large aperture but if you want to take some “normal” photos, you may be terrified. Maybe I am too serious but at least, I want a product that can be handled with expectable result.
So, if a 50mm f/1 is made, please take the experience from 35mm lens and keep a reasonable quality control.
I’d rather it be a ~20mm f1.0.
I would like a normal prime (28-30mm f/1.0).
The thing is: I don’t like paypal. So if you don’t add a credit card payment, I will not even consider buying one.
I have the 35mm f/1.7 and I love it. It’s not meant to be a “real” lens that takes a nice crisp picture, the results with this are very stylized but I love it. It make portrait look great, especially in b+w.
Да, очень буду рад появлению в продаже
I think this will be the Noktor 50 f1
yes, please