artd wrote:
- With the NEX and flat stitching I can now get big, detailed, high quality image files. From stictching with my 5dii I feel like I can come impressively close in resolution to what I used to get from 4x5 film without the bulk of carrying a large format camera and film holders. The NEX may not be quite as good as the 5dII, but it will be close and at a fraction of the weight. (And with flat stitiching there is no need to carry a pano head.)
Won't the NEX actually give better quality per sensor area? Higher pixel density, higher SNR per area, better dynamic range.
FlyPenFly wrote:
So it's $380 for auto aperture control
No, it's $380 for any aperture control. You can't change the aperture of the lens at all with the $20 adapter. You either shoot the lens wide open or pre-set to a selected aperture on a Canon body and then leave it there.
alundeb wrote:
Won't the NEX actually give better quality per sensor area? Higher pixel density, higher SNR per area, better dynamic range.
I think it would depend...if using the same lens on both cameras and then cropping the image down on the 5dii to match the NEX field of view, I would think yes.
The only real question now is how fast the system is with the adapter attached? The Conurus does have a tripod screw hole in the bottom of it which is great for adapting to a quick release. I was going to buy the LA– EA2 adapter and add the Zeiss 24 F2 to get the quality I want for some some occasions, now I don't have to. That saves me about $1600, the Canon 24 1.4 is a little smaller and a little lighter than that set up. Now I can wait for some of the new E mount lenses and play around with some other Zeiss glass.
Jman13 wrote:
I guess I don't much get the point. If you're using EF lenses, which are quite large compared to mirrorless system lenses, why not just get a small EOS body, like a T3i or something. Heck, even a T3 is only $469, with a T2i coming in at $509 new.
You'd get full AF, much better handling, the same sensor size, etc. The advantage to mirrorless comes because the whole system is smaller, not just the body. If you're using huge lenses on the body, why not have a little larger body that works natively, for the same price?
I guess this might be useful if you have ONE EF lens you really want to use on your NEX, while bringing all smaller stuff for the rest of the kit, but that's an awfully big premium to pay for one lens.
I mean, the TS-E 17 is NOT small (plus, if you're shelling out the kind of dough for a 17mm tilt shift, you really should grab a full frame body and use the whole FOV). ...Show more →
Yes but you may have a bag of Canon lenses, and think you'd like the NEX, only to realise how pathetic the lens line-up really is. So this helps while you wait for however many years it takes Sony to get their act together.
Sounds like a good idea to get compatibility with the rest of your lens kit for a EF shooter running an E mount kit on the side (or vice versa). That's exactly why I got an LA-EA1 adapter for my NEX-5N as an Alpha shooter. I don't expect to use my A mount lenses regularly on the NEX, but there's always times it'll come in handy.
$400 is reasonable for such an adapter from a 3rd party,
carstenw wrote:
The 24 PC-E for my D3 is wider and gives better image quality. I am still not convinced that getting an APS-C camera full-time is worth it at all. I am looking for a special portable camera to add to my D3, not replace.
Well then the virtues of the adapter should be obvious regardless how bad you think EF lenses behave on your D3.
Oddly enough, I'm thinking about getting one too, too bad no AF though and the high price of the adapter is making me think about it more carefully.
My reason for the adapter seems to be completely different than everybody else's though. My wife wants a high quality compact camera to replace her old dying compact. The NEX 5N seems to fit that bill. Since I'd be carrying the EF lenses for myself anyway, she could just snag whatever lens she wants that I'm already carrying. It wouldn't change my situation as I'd be bringing what I want to bring, but this would give her the versatility and quality of my lenses as well.
I'm also thinking that this adapter with a NEX and focus peaking would probably give the best results with the 50L since focusing by default would be performed while stopped down, and thus the focus shift would be automatically handled (not that I'm unhappy with the performance of my 50L on the Canon bodies - I've measured the focus shift, it exists, but it isn't terrible, just sub-optimal). I just think its kind of funny that the best performance from the 50L could be coming when mounted on a Sony camera.
The key, for is not too drag around $$$$ in lenses that weigh a pound and a half apiece, but rather to be able to take one of those lenses, any one, when I go to shoot.
legaltrouble wrote:
The key, for is not too drag around $$$$ in lenses that weigh a pound and a half apiece, but rather to be able to take one of those lenses, any one, when I go to shoot.
From my perspective that's what the kit lens is for or maybe a Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2.0 would fit the bill. This adapter just gives me an option of what pound and a half lens I want to lug around, plus the E lenses when they finally arrive.
Without having one in my hands - the quality and design look really excellent - you can count on only the very best from Conurus.
Bo-Ming - Thanks again for another major contribution to the photographic community!
BTW - a converted Contax "N" 24-85 would be a great IQ, compact zoom lens to consider using on the NEX. Also add the 50/1.4 & 70-200 from the "N" list.
Cheers to that remark! 
