We are all waitng Sony, Sigma, Tamron and Zeiss to release new high quality lenses for our NEX camera. But in the meanwhile we can only report about new lenses made by chinese companies.
The latest addition is the new 28mm f/2.8 Mitakon lens for NEX. You can see image of the lens on Flickr (Click here) and image samples at Xitek (Click here).
I don’t know where you can buy the lens. I searched on [shoplink 6533 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] where I could find Mitakon lenses but not for the NEX.
The other chinese lenses with NEX mount are the SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 you can already buy on [shoplink 3514 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and the soon to come fast prime 23mm (again from SLRmagic).
There are also a few reseller that do rework the mount so that it can fit on a NEX camera without the need for an adapter. An example: The Kowa 50mm f/1.0 you can find on [shoplink 6534 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
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Looks pretty good for a cheap Chinese lens. I hope they pull another Samyang and continue to release good products.
Please stop citing the SLR Magic lens! Despite what they say, that’s just a CCTV lens with a nex adapter. The only difference is that it costs five times more. I bought a CCTV lens with NEX adapter and macro rings for $40 shipping included on eBay, it looks the same and takes the same photos, see my blog for samples.
I second this.
Does this lens have autofocus?
No autofocus, no auto-aperture. It’s just a mechanically compatible lens.
Hi, all,
1) The xitek link in this post is image taken using a pre-production lens, without coating. Here’s actual one on sale: http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=860237
2) This lens is now on sale but by pre-order only on taobao.com (chinese ebay). Price is 500RMB.
Please see here：
http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=860237
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