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p.1 #1 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

Bit the bullet and bought a Sony NEX 6 to use with Leica M glass.

I am using it with 21 SEM, 35 Lux FLE (and 50 Lux ASPH and 90 AA).

Wanted to report there is no smearing or colour shift issues with these lenses. I know Sony tinkered with the sensor for optimising the AF, so there was a doubt in relation to how this may perform with wides compared with NEX 5N. Can't comment on how this performs with other wides thought.

I am blown away by the camera. I have the 5D II , plus Zeiss glass and am considering downsizing. Initially I was very dissappointed with the images using the Sony software, the images looked very soft. I am used to Canon's DPP software which is much better in comparison. I am using LR4 now and am impressed.

The camera is great. It feels and operates really nicely. The build quality is great. Unlike the NEX 7, it features a lot of rubber and speccled paint. Feels very much like my 5DII build wise.

The mf experience is awesome with focus peaking and magnification.

This is my first NEX camera, and I'm just really impressed with the it. The EVF is awesome, the menu, and camera layout is straight forward.

The eyecup is close to the flash mount and it can get a bit crammed when mounting an external flash.

Here are some test shots, these are processed witht the Sony software. Most are in very harsh midday sunlight, will post more shots when I get a chance. Thanks.

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Nov 08, 2012 at 12:17 AM

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p.1 #2 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

Nice pics. Pretty good news about those corners.

Thank you for that.

NEX-6 is on my "thinking about it" list as it ticks probably every box camera can for me.

Tho I wonder, there was some rumor about center (near center) sharpness being degraded in places due AF sensors. Is it true or not?

Nov 08, 2012 at 01:04 AM

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p.1 #3 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

That's great it works well, but those resized test shots are very informative......

Nov 08, 2012 at 01:15 AM

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p.1 #4 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

I think you will only see a loss of sharpness with testing software, otherwise maybe 1/1000 shots may show some artifact due to interpolation, I believe there are threads here and @ DPR about that.
Thanks for posting your experience.

Nov 08, 2012 at 01:33 AM

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p.1 #5 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

Mescalamba wrote:
Nice pics. Pretty good news about those corners.

Nov 08, 2012 at 01:51 AM

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p.1 #6 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

All good news thus far, I cannot imagine they will not be working on the corner issues. The camera sure looks good. It would not be like Sony to bugger up the sensor resolution.

'The mf experience is awesome with focus peaking and magnification.'
Isn't it great, I am an instant convert with the a99 I just received.

Finally, forget the IDC s/w, it is just good enough to delude the casual viewer into almost accepting the results. LR or ACR as Adobe is now up to full speed with Sony RAW files.

Nov 08, 2012 at 05:47 AM

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p.1 #7 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

Thanks Philip.

Mescalamba wrote:
Tho I wonder, there was some rumor about center (near center) sharpness being degraded in places due AF sensors. Is it true or not?

I haven't noticed this.

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Nov 08, 2012 at 10:19 AM

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p.1 #8 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

Did u buy these leica's only for the nex?

I use a M9P with some leica lenses, and recently bought a Nex 5N with two sigma's (19/2.8 and 30/2.8)

I bought a adapter to use the leica's on the nex, just for fun. But can't say I really see the point in doing so.
I compared the sigma 30mm with the leica 28 summicron ASPH and 35 summicron ASPH. And the leica 18 SE ASPH against the 19mm sigma.

I found the sigma 30mm to be almost on par with the leica's. Colors are great, sharpness is good. And even the build is nice if u keep in mind its a 159 euro lens.
With the 18 SEM and 19 sigma the difference is not big either. The leica 18 has some soft edges (not at all on the M9) were the sigma is sharp across the picture.

After that I don't really use the leica on the nex any more and always go for the sigma's. Suit the nex IMO a lot better.

Nov 08, 2012 at 02:12 PM

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p.1 #9 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

Seems ok, thanks.

Nov 08, 2012 at 09:27 PM

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p.1 #10 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

Thanks SKumar25!!
Also looking forward to seeing how the Contax G 21mm does on the nex 6!!

Nov 09, 2012 at 03:00 AM

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p.1 #11 · Sony NEX 6 - with Leica M wides

Bijltje wrote:
Did u buy these leica's only for the nex?

I use a M9P with some leica lenses, and recently bought a Nex 5N with two sigma's (19/2.8 and 30/2.8)

I bought a adapter to use the leica's on the nex, just for fun. But can't say I really see the point in doing so.
I compared the sigma 30mm with the leica 28 summicron ASPH and 35 summicron ASPH. And the leica 18 SE ASPH against the 19mm sigma.

I found the sigma 30mm to be almost on par with the leica's. Colors are great, sharpness is good. And even the build is nice if u keep in mind its a 159 euro lens.
With the 18 SEM and 19 sigma the difference is not big either. The leica 18 has some soft edges (not at all on the M9) were the sigma is sharp across the picture.

After that I don't really use the leica on the nex any more and always go for the sigma's. Suit the nex IMO a lot better.

Thanks very much.

I am hoping to use the lenses on Nex as a stop gap, my ultimate goal is to use these on a FF body.

Nov 09, 2012 at 03:51 AM

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