I found a bunch of nice third party lens reviews (tested on NEX cameras). Let’s start with the most expensive lens:
1) Leica 50mm f/0.95
Steve Huff (Click here) tested the $11,000 lens on the NEX-5. yes it’s not a typo…$11,000 or 10.000 Euro. Don’t believe me? See the scary auctions on [shoplink 6749 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Got a heart attack? 🙂
That’s what he think about the combination: “This also made me wonder if there is anyone out there who bought an NEX-5 and a lens like the Noctilux to use with it. IMO, it would be a waste as the NEX sensor can not take full advantage of this masterpiece lens.”
2) Panasonic 14mm f/2.5
EosHD (Click here) tested a Micro Four Thirds lens on the NEX-3. You wonder how that is possible? With that adapter you can find on [shoplink 6750 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
EosHD says: “It covers the whole sensor just about with a slight light fall off. What’s interesting is just how extreme the distortion of the image is without the electronic image correction of Micro Four Thirds bodies. The optics really are very compromised on their own. But it’s a sharp lens, even wide open at F2.5 and very contrasty.”
3) Contax Zeiss Distagon and Planar
SonyAlphaNex (Click here) tested a bunch of (awesome) Contax lenses on the NEX-5!
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Wow, Steve Huff, what an irrelevant opinion… what a useless test…
The only advantage of 50mmm 0.95 is deep of field. If you take 135mm lens you get the same DOF at f7.1 and I would say for Zeiss 135mm bokeh is much better any way.
I don’t understand why they tested the NEX-5 and Leica M9 side by side… the first is $600 and the second $6000 !
The Contax Zeiss lenses are really not all that exotic… Or maybe they are, in the sense that fakes seem to be more common than authentic lenses.
People, RELAX! Steve Huff was doing the “test” just for kicks and giggles! No need to complain. You’re loss if you didn’t find it amusing at all, I guess.