To become popular I believe it’s necessary for any camera system to offer some cheap and good quality lenses. Something that makes you say: “Damn, I do not have a lot of money but by joining the system I can get that nice lens“. The most popular lens on Amazon Rankings (Click here) is the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens. The most popular lens of the Micro Four Thirds system is the Panasonic 20mm pancake. And looking at the NEX system I think that role can be played by the new Sony 50mm f/1.8 lens which is now available for preorder on Amazon (Click here). I only wish it would come in black too to fit on my future [shoplink 8454]NEX-7[/shoplink]!
One more deal news: Amazon itself is now shipping the NEX-5n (Click here).
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Amazon is now selling the NEX-5N weeks after Sony settled the “click” when recording videos, the new stock comes with the problem solved? or not?
not.
but the clicking sound isn’t very serious to me. what bothers me is the clicking sound when I move the camera and the camera is completely powered off. maybe this is just by design…
Sound great. If I were to buy a NEX, I would get the 5n with the 50 1.8 OSS, no doubt. Seems like an incredible combo for low light work
It’s okay that some of the Sony lenses will only come in silver … some of the best Canon lenses only come in white. That said, if I was given the choice between ordering the new 50mm in silver or black then I would choose black.
I wish they had a 35mm (~53mm equivalent) pancake-esque lens. My D200+35mm\f/2 was a GREAT combination… Maybe I should just get a Nikon F to NEX adapter, since Sony doesn’t seem interested in you know… E mount lenses…
yes, a 35 f2 or something like that should be the next lens
The 35 1.8 SAM for A-mount is great, especially considering its price! Something like that but a little smaller would seal the deal for me and I’d probably buy a NEX
The 30 macro is f/3.5, but it is looking very sharp and amazing bokeh. Initial reports are that it focuses super fast and silent so very usable as a prime.
The 30mm f3.5 macro is my next lens. Available on/about 10-12-11.
I’d have been happier with f2.8, but Sony seems to want all of their lenses to have a common diameter and a filter size of 49mm. The only lens that is different is the 18-200 f3.5-6.3 which uses a 67mm filter.
Hmm, yeah that could be tempting, although the slow-ish f3.5 puts me off a little. Though that may be offset by the usefulness of having a lens which can focus close too.
I’ll have a look into the bokeh too, thanks for suggesting it.
Favorite lens on Canon APS-C is 35mm 2.0
Why would Sony make this lens in silver when all of the new NEX bodies are black? It’s a small point, because image quality is what’s really important. I already have my pre-order in. But it just seems odd.
AFAIK only nex 7 comes in black..
I like the SEL18200 (silver with Focus ring and Zoom ring in a darker color) Looks great..! By leaving the black lenses to Zeiss and G lenses is an interesting decision (besides the SEL1855 black version that it’s nothing premium in quality at all) and leaving the silver lenses to Sony standard lineup to me is ok.
This lens has an 75mm equivalent angle of view, so what do you use it for? Small, good and fast 16mm and 35mm would be most welcome as well as a 60mm.
Portrait photography. On crop cameras 50mm to 85mm is normal for portraits. On full frame it is 85mm to 135mm.
It’s also a good length for fashion/glamor.
I agree Raul ! it s a good decision making premium lenses in black !
and i like the 18-200 too ! i really want how good will be his image quality, with the new “lens improvement” of the Nex-7 software
I do have to say that the 50mm FoV on aps-c cameras is pretty useless. It’s just the traditionally cheap lens and one that is ingrained in photographic culture.
35mm (50mm equiv.) would be much more useful. 24mm (35mm equiv.) is frankly the best, the Zeiss will be awesome
In regards to some customer comments on amazon and nigh… at least one comment per article on this website since the 5ns release…
Will people please stop going on about the “click” thing with 5n…Ive been shooting with my 5n over the month and not once has it caused me a issue….and im filming my 3 year old running about most days!
I have to swing the darn camera violently in complete silence to get any click from it.
Really overblown “issue” by some.
Also If youre shooting and high quality audio is a big thing needed then you should not be using the crappy on board mic anyway.
jeez its getting old!
I agree with you…so I assume your moniker refers to the sound of the shutter? I’ve checked out a bunch of videos from the 5N on YT and vimeo, and the only ones with audible clicking are those with the word “click” in their title. Just goes to show that even if it does click, it also produces very useable video.
this 50mm is fine, but a 60mm/1.8 (preferably Zeiss) would have been much better (in black off course!)
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+3 (although I’d prefer a f/1.2 … 😉 )
Well, the 30mm will be available about the same time.
this will be my new e-mount lens for sure! unfortunately it will mostly arrive around decembre which is a little late. so first the nex 7 in novembre then the 50m f1.8 lens – yes 🙂
I have not seen some sample images from the 50mm f1.8 yet ?!
Shipping date on my a77 has changed to 9/9/11. Do not know if date is just nonsense or it should have been october 9th.
It will be popular for a while due to limited selection of lenses, but it will never be as popular as the m43 20mm due to the difference in 35mm equiv. focal length. The 20mm is much closer to a walk around lens while this 75mm equivalent lens is more specialized.
If they don’t make a 8-600mm f1.4 pancake this is the worst camera system ever http://youtu.be/Lzyd91NFx-Y
LOL!!! You forgot OSS!!! This should atleast compensate upto 10 stops.
For a start, they need a good 35mm f/1.4 and a *good* 16 or 18mm f. 2.0 as well and then two or three pancakes.
imo 55mm or 60mm would have been a bit better than 50mm for this lens
I’m excited about it myself as I love taking portraits and the 18-55 just doesn’t have good enough separation with the backgrounds. It’s also not “prime” sharp. I would also love a 60mm prime, and a 100mm prime for head shots.
I’m sure Sigma and other aftermarkets are working around the clock on a few lenses as well for the E-mount.
Best,
Jay
I am also sure about that, but until we cannot hold those new lenses in our hands, the E system is to be considered seriously handicapped
hey i am thinking of buying nex5 or nex 5n – is there a big difference?
I think the big idea with the camera is lost with the big lenses for me that is, so is the 16 mm as bad as everyone says?
thanks for the reply
best regards / joakim
I think a 50mm/1.8 at $299 is overpriced.