Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

Here is the tally of the sales of digital cameras in Japan for the 1st week of August. The NEX-5 Dual Lens Bundles are in 3rd (black) and 7th (silver) place. Can anyone tell us why they would be split apart? Both the silver and black NEX-5 kits are climbing. Can they pass the Nikon D90 or the Rebel T2i? The tiny sensored µ4/3 cameras make their 1st showing in 12th place. We believe that as the more consumers are exposed to the NEX line of cameras, they will see the big advantage over the µ4/3 system. Thanks BCN !

Sony NEX-5 with 1440-7200mm Zoom Lens GK emptied out his photo bag and came up with this monster. NEX-5 with flash, Sony LA-EA1 adapter, MD->MA adapter, Cosina 2x, Vivitar 2x and Tamron 2x teleconverters, Minolta MD extension ring set (28mm, 21mm, and 14mm), Vivitar 120-600 f5.6-8 MD mount lens, 82mm lens hood. So if our math is correct, the effective focal length is 120-600mm * 1.5x [sensor] * (2x)^3 [teleconverters] = 1440 to 7200mm. This is assuming that the MD>MA adapter is 1:1. Thanks GK !

Adobe has released the Adobe® Photoshop® Camera Raw 6.2 plug-in and Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 3.2 updates which support the Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 RAW files. We can now edit RAW files taken with the NEX in Windows machines with either Photoshop CS5 or Lightroom 3 . Camera Raw 6.2 and Lightroom 3.2 also adds Lens Profile Support for the Sony E 18-55mm OSS Lens which corrects distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting. Apple released Sony NEX RAW support about a week ago. •Newly supported camera models include: Casio EXILIM EX-FH100 (DNG*) Leica S2 (DNG*) Panasonic DMC-FZ100 Panasonic DMC-FZ40 (FZ45) Panasonic DMC-LX5 Pentax 645D Samsung NX10 Samsung TL500 (EX1) Sony A290 Sony A390 Sony Alpha NEX-3 Sony Alpha NEX-5 You can read more about the updates here, Lightroom Journal . Download Lightroom 3.2 Release Candidate with NEX RAW support for Macintosh and Windows . Download Camera Raw 6.2 plug-in with NEX RAW support for Macintosh and Windows .

Leica R system fans rejoice, here is the Sony NEX E-mount Leica R lens adapter. The lens adapters are available through eBay auctions and Amazon.com . Time to dust off your Summilux-Rs. Sony NEX-5 with Leica 50mm Summilux-R

H.P. Moon sent us a link to cool video starring the Sony NEX-5 with the 18-55 OSS lens . The short film was created by Constantine Konovalov. He used the Sony Alpha A230 and the NEX-5 and with great editing came out with a gem in "Moscow - City For Animation." More info about Constantine Konovalov . Thanks HPM!

Apple updated their Camera Raw Compatibility to v3.3. This adds support for Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 RAW files. You can now use Aperture and iPhoto to open and edit Sony NEX RAW files. Summary Learn which digital camera RAW files are supported by Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or later. Many digital cameras offer options to save pictures in digital camera RAW format. Digital camera RAW formats retain more image information than JPEGs and can produce better results when used with imaging applications such as Aperture and iPhoto. Mac OS X Leopard provides system-level support for digital camera RAW formats from the following cameras: Products Affected Mac OS X 10.5, Aperture, iPhoto Supported by Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.3 Canon PowerShot SX1 IS Olympus E-PL1 Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10 Samsung NX10 Sony Alpha DSLR-A390 Sony Alpha NEX-3 Sony Alpha NEX-5 Let's go Adobe! Time to update Adobe ACR. Thanks Apple !

chan from hklfc posted samples from his Sony NEX-5 and the Leica 21mm f/2.8 Elmarit-M ASPH . The ultimate wide angle lens in M mount gives the NEX an ideal 31.5 equivalent focal length for street snapshots. He seems to have taken full advantage of the Sony E-mount and the Leica glass. thanks chan and hklfc !