I'm very interested in how you find the Nex7 perform in a motorsport application, particularly as I assume that FD-fit Tokina is manual focus?
Thanks, glad you like the photos.
Yes, the lens is manual focus. I have been using a GH2 until moving to the NEX-7 recently. I find the NEX-7 much more effective at this type of photography than the GH2 thanks to the superb EVF and focus peaking feature. I haven't tried manual focus tracking yet, so these were all pre focused. However, being able to see (thanks to focus peaking) when the subject moves into, through and out of the plane of focus makes things so much easier.
ebookman wrote:
Nex 5n with circa 1950 Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 9cm 1:4
Very good colors and really nice feeling of depth. Actually its pretty amazing.. 63 yrs old lens and I would say it has better way of rendering that a lot of today.
I am still playing around with this ancient Leitz Elmar 9cm, 4.0 on my Nex 5n. This picture is a really good example of the lens character. It is full image, no cropping, wide open at F:4. I just added some sharpening to the RAW file but nothing else. I think the lens is very flattering to skin tones.
I love this shot, excellent work, was it a 58/1.8, or was it a 58/1.2(or 1.4) shot at 1.8? As I don't see it listed here: http://minolta.eazypix.de/lenses/index.html
If it was a 58/1.8, I'd like to see some more from it.
