Thread: Show what your adapted lens looks like on your NEX camera

There are some sweet looking adapted lens-camera combos out there. Don't be shy. Show us yours!

I'll get things started. Here is my Nex-3 with my Contax C/Y Carl Zeiss lenses.


Contax Carl Ziess 28mm 2.8


Contax Carl Ziess 50mm 1.4

These are big lenses on the Nex, but they perform wonderfully. Sometimes I think about selling them and replacing them with rangefinder lenses to make the camera and lens combo smaller, but then I put them on and go out shooting and I can't bear to part with them.

They do look large compared to the body but nice looking nonetheless. I prefer the looks of the NEX-3 to those of the NEX-5, although both are very comfortable to hold.

I preferred the NEX-5 on looks alone, but the NEX-3 felt better in my hand and that made my decision for me. Here is my NEX-3 with my Voigtlander 28mm.


Voigtlander 28mm 2.0 Ultron

Those legacy lenses look great on the NEX cameras. I can't wait to get the NEX7.

'Sony α NEX-3 With LA-EA1 A-Mount Adapter & DT 50mm ƒ1.8' by RedTail_Panther, on Flickr

RT, I thought my Contax lenses looked big! How well does that Alpha lens work on the Nex? How is the AF?

Originally Posted by Travisennis

RT, I thought my Contax lenses looked big! How well does that Alpha lens work on the Nex? How is the AF?

There's some distortion going on - DT lenses are not as large as you think. Autofocus is slow but it's not due to the lens...remember it was the LA-EA1 Adapter that received the firmware update to autofocus....


A-Mount vs E-Mount by RedTail_Panther, on Flickr

105 Micro,

55 f1.2

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