Kenko (Click here) announced the new 400mm E-mount lens price. It’s 22.000 YEN ($290). As you can see from the image it looks like a module of the space station 🙂
Mansurovs (Click here) reviewed the Sony A77: “Overall, I am very impressed by the Sony SLT-A77 and I highly recommend it to our readers. I mostly used the Sony A77 for photographing landscapes and I can honestly say that I would not hesitate to use it professionally for my work.”
Which One is Which? Sony NEX 5N vs Canon 5D Mk II at ThePhoBlographer (Click here).
Sony A65 review at DigitalPhotographySchool (Click here): “with the A65 I captured stunning, sharp, brilliantly colour-saturated images.”
Sony A77 search order links [shopcountry 8461].
Sony A65 search order links [shopcountry 8459].
Sony NEX-5n search order links: [shopcountry 8452].
20 Responses
Manual lens or will this actually auto focus?
Manual focus
What’s the point of 400mm lens for E-mount? If there was an body with classical DSLR-like construction with heavy grip… maybe. But I see no sense in making such lens for current bodies.
lenses options is all that matters. I don’t mind if they’re offering such a lens as long as they keep them coming.
Roman, Do you realize that mirror lenses are almost always, if not ALWAYS tripod mounted? What difference does it make whether it is mounted on a 5N or a D3 when on a tripod anyway?
I can’t tell but does this lens come with a tripod collar?
It must right?
A good question?
Actually, i attached the Minolta 500mm f8 with a 2x teleconverter to my NEX-5 and attached the camera itself to the tripod with no problems. Mirror reflex lenses are really light so there’s no tripod creep.
Yeah who hand holds a catadioptric lens?
When can I buy this Kenko in Canada?
why would anyone buy this lens? Minolta and Sony have a much superior one, the 500/8 RF, the only reflex lens with AF ever built!! and this kenko is just their SLR version with an adapter builted in…
there are tons of cheap manual reflex lenses out there
Wouldn’t you have to purchase the LA2 adapter to take advantage of the AF of the 500/8 for the NEX? That cost coupled with the cost of the lens is 2-3x more than this Kenko. For a mirror lens? I wouldn’t be spending that much!!
Well i already have the lens but not the adapter. It looks from the specifications that the Kenko lens, that it is smaller than the Minolta and Sony 500mms. I guess the appeal would be to save some space in your camera bag. /shrugs
if someone is interested, there is a student music video entirely shot on a77. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhUNd2XKFqk
looks pretty descent.
A very well done review of the Sony a77 done by an experienced professional photographer that has a solid understanding of how to capturing an image and has artistic vision and a big improvement from some of the other review written by someone who’s only photographic experiences come from taking snapshots of their children with a point and shoot or cellphone.
But I’m sure not everyone here will agree with him
That NEX-5N vs 5DMk2 makes me love my camera even more. Never really thought it could compete with a full frame beast like 5dmk2.
Though it’s just making me wonder even more, why would anybody still digging on the m4/3 while there is this ultra compact camera beast available to get..
or maybe I should keep it a secret so that there wont be too many people using the camera that I’m using 🙂
Hmm think I’ll pass then it doesn’t offer anything over my 3M-5CA other than being a native E-Mount. If it auto focused that’d be a different issue then!
That’s great… Now where’s the 500/f4G SSM?…
I really don’t understand the point of this lens that basically has a built-in adapter. What is better about this than getting a mirror lens for any other mount and adapting it? Now if it were a true e-mount lens, like Kenko’s 300mm m4/3 mirror lens, that would be news.