No day is passing without some bloggers posting new Sony tests and images. But at least we have one real new and unseen test. Our reader Klaus sent me this text: “During the Alpha-Festival in Berlin I shot some sample shots with the 10-18mm. I have also included corner and center crops. http://www.sonyuserforum.de/forum/showthread.php?t=124123. At 10mm the lens shows some pink color cast which can be easily removed with Lightroom presets. The lens is damn sharp and brilliant for its size and prize. Stabilization works really good and AF is spot on. Good performer – will buy it ASAP“. Thanks Klaus for being the first testing this lens!
The lens can be preordered at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, and more links at Alphacameradeals.
And here are new RX1,A99 and NEX-6 tests:
TheVerge had the chance to play with the RX1 and writes: “I got to try it this week, and frankly, it’s amazing. Shooting even vaguely usable 6000 x 4000 resolution pictures at 25,600 ISO with a camera this small is unbelievable, and the fixed Zeiss lens produces lovely results.”
Also Steve Huff posted some new thoughts and images about the RX1: “Sony is climbing a little but of an uphill battle with the rX1 due to the cost of the camera because the “masses” are not into a fixed focal length lens. Many enthusiasts are, and these are the ones Sony made this camera for.”
Sony Digital Imaging Press Event – Sony A99, NEX-6 & RX1 at Photographyreview. Also the Italian website Fotografidigitali posted a new A99 hands-on.
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Sony preorder list:
A99 body Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Jessops, Wex UK, Wex Germany, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH and more links at Alphacameradeals.
A99 with kit lens links Alphacameradeals.
RX1 Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK ,Wex Germany and more links at Alphacameradeals.
NEX-6 body Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Wex Germany Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH and more links at Alphacameradeals.
NEX-6 with kit lens Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Jessops, Wex Uk ,Wex Germany and more links at Alphacameradeals.
NEX-VG900 Amazon, BHphoto, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, Wex Uk and more links at Alphacameradeals.
NEX-VG30 Adorama, Amazon, BHphoto, Wex UK, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, and more links at Alphacameradeals.
Sony E-mount 16-50mm Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, and more links at Alphacameradeals .
Sony E-mount 35mm Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, and more links at Alphacameradeals.
Sony E-mount 10-18mm Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, and more links at Alphacameradeals.
Sony A-mount 300mm f/2.8 Amazon, BHphoto, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH.
32 Responses
Pink corners with a native Sony lens? No surprise that the problem is so big with rangefinder lenses…
Sony made the exploit of making the 10-18 smaller and lighter than the 7-14 for m43 !
And even include stabilization !
Hopefully the pink cast will be soon corrected via firmware, or it would be a bit shameful.
Shafemul is the fact they put such a bad sensor in the NEX-7
The NEX-7 does not have a bad sensor. I am not a pro, so my standards may be less stringent than the needs of a working professional. Many people seem capable of producing great work with the NEX-7. In my own use, I find the camera quite capable.
I agree! I have used many cameras in the past 40 years, from Leica M’s to Nikon, Rollei, Canon, etc. Some of my best photos have been taken with the Sony Nex 7, and some even with the “cheap” Sigma 19mm. Not a pro either but have had years of experience photographing, so not sure where all the nonsense about the sensor is coming from. When shooting film, nobody ever expected the corners to be as sharp as the center, so not sure why it is of such concern to the neophytes today.
I believe some shots in the movie “The Hunger Games” were also shot on the NEX-7
Not bad sensor. Not good enough lenses! Nor are there much quality lenses available with purchasing an adaptor.
Curious now, not “good enough” for what? The 24mm, 50mm, 55-210mm and 18-200mm, any Leica M or Zeiss lens with an adapter as long as it is a retrofocus design, most older Olympus OM lenses with adapter, the Sigma 19 and 30mm, are all good enough for this amateur. The 11-18mm and 35mm will probably be fine too. Unless you are referring to a professionals needs, how many lenses does one need to use a camera system. How many are enough? Yes I like to have options, but I see a lot of people on this site complaining that there aren’t enough lenses, or there too big or some other perceived problem. This is not a camera designed to replace a professional system, so curious why people keep judging this product as if it had to meet some unknown and un intended standard. It isn’t a perfect camera system, but what it is is quite good. I guess you either like it or not and that is fine, but a small camera with more than a few lenses to carry around kind of defeats the idea of getting a small camera system.
I can imagine that the reason for a still not existing NEX-7 firmware upgrade is given by Sony´s waiting for final versions of the three new e-mount lenses to be included in the in-camera corrections.
… like they already do on the RX-100:
http://friedmanarchives.blogspot.cz/2012/10/the-most-distortion-ridden-zeiss-lens.html
The pink casting is really bad. I’m surprised they would allow this, especially on such an expensive lens. I hope the 35mm f1.8 isn’t like this.
that just happen in super wide lens
I just started selling my NEX gear. I am switching to Nikon. Sony doesn’t care about current users as the other ones. Besides, the accessories are not that great for NEX system. Even from 3rd party! Anyway, i’ll keep visiting this site as I got a Sony RX100 and I love it. I only wish there were an articulated LCD. I had to whine about something, right? 🙂
nikon has a nex equivalent? i never knew
Don’t feed the trolls! ^^
I never said it’s equivalent. I am not a pro by any standard, but I thought NEX is going to be a good compromise for an enthusiast like myself! It’s just not that small to take it everywhere(with big lenses) and it doesn’t have all the features I want/need.
So I switched to:
1) RX100: casual and everywhere
2) Nikon D600 as a hobby.
That italian website fotografidigitali is completely not reliable. They’re making a fight to drop attention from Sony new cameras. They probably are too much in love with Nikon or Canon. Not worth even opening the page.
You’re right. They dont like Sony much at all.
Search Google for “Canon 5D mark iii overpriced” and you get “About 731,000 results”.
Search for “Sony A99 overpriced” and you get “About 13,800,000 results”.
‘Nuff said about Sony pricing the camera right, eh?
Well, not really. That’s search for you. It may be referencing ANYTHING that is Sony that someone has written as overpriced. A search for “A99 overpriced” for example yields 101,000 results. “Canon s100 overpriced” yields 1,720,000 results. Not saying it is or isn’t overpriced. That’ll be determined in sales presumably. Just pointing out that Google can be deceptive.
I heard that when Google reaches 16kk results, Sony will start giving these cameras for free in order to be forgiven.
I wish steve would have showed us the eos-m he is missing out on the best mirrorless out there. With some L glass is might become a legend! Canon never lets me down and they continue making some of the worlds best images. I liked my nex-3 but cant wait for my eos-m a real camera witha real hotshoe.
If bulky is good, eos-m is surely best.
PEEGlit = Troll. . . don’t feed the trolls! ^^
Troll? Im a semi pro photographer thank you!
What makes a “pro”? That you get paid? A certificate? I always laugh when others claim “pro” photographer at me. . .
Only a dozen of those RX1’s in the world and they put it on a ledge on a building. #facepalm
I have a hunch Sony will no longer be sending Steve anymore of their cameras. Edge of the ledge? With the weight of the camera strap on the other side? A fart would have blown that thing off the ledge. Not too bright this guy….
ohhh brother, The camera is fine.
Not to mention, he totally underexposed that video of the camera on the ledge. When your subject is the color black, and your only light source is coming from the background, you should know to give the scene some + exposure compensation. When I see such horrible photography skills, I ignore the entire review.
It’s a great piece of technology, thanks for the review, I think that the RX1 with an NEX 6 are going to be a wonderful combination for traveling, street photography, video etc.
10-18mm looking alright – I wish Google chrome would translate the page for me. Look forward to see it on a 5N or 6 however as clearly the NEX-7 still struggles with ray angle.