Maybe he never hold a big lens, so blur blur lo.
Sony NEX announced ...
- Thread starter maxwell207
- Start date
Maybe he never hold a big lens, so blur blur lo.
Basic skill about how to hold a camera.
http://knol.google.com/k/how-to-hold-the-camera-with-your-hands-for-best-support
I suggest, spend sometime read about it.
:thumbsup::thumbsup: Good article heh .
But I think when it comes to PNS , pple usually holds the boday . So I think thats where the comment made was coming from Cheers !
The guide also has a section about holding a P&N or small camera.
yup I saw that part. Really good article .
I dont think the NEX is really that bad in egronomics . looking at all the shiny parts , I wonder would it be prone to scratches and easily slipped ..
I thot the ergonomics would suck but I was quite surprised when I got to briefly handle one that was being used by a photog test driving it. It was surprisingly quite ok to handle.
Results looked good - especially some macro stuff I saw shot using the Alpha mount adaptor. The wide-angle convertor was rather disappointing though, the distortion at the edges was just too much.
For the price I think its a steal!
Results looked good - especially some macro stuff I saw shot using the Alpha mount adaptor. The wide-angle convertor was rather disappointing though, the distortion at the edges was just too much.
For the price I think its a steal!
coffee3in1
Senior Member
:thumbsup: Thanks.
maxwell207
New Member
Is this the correct way? so far i been doing the other way arnd :dunno:
Give it a try lo.
Diavonex
Senior Member
This is how you hold The NEX; picture from slrclub.com.
http://www.slrclub.com/bbs/vx2.php?id=slr_review&no=166
Last edited:
coffee3in1
Senior Member
Is this the correct way? so far i been doing the other way arnd :dunno:
me too. I call it the chicken wing.
When you don't have vertical grip, yes you need to always close up the under-arm. :bsmilie:
Dude, that's a Konica Minolta 7D, not a Canon 7D...
Why not? I'm selling it off to benefit someone who wants a full-sized DSLR but not willing to pay premium prices for a new model... it's still fully capable, just not so vogue anymore... I only upgraded cos I like wide-angle and so went full frame with the A900. Otherwise I would not have upgraded until it conked out on me...
I was just thinking that having a NEX5 mounted to a 16-105mm DT lens would be just superb... the zoom lens isn't very large, and gives very good range at 24-127mm which is a really excellent range for travel photography... this would really be a super lightweight and compact backup setup. It would likely take up only a small compartment in a full-sized camera bag that an A900 user would carry along... and it would take high quality images like any DSLR... pretty interesting option...
I just wonder if they could solve the AF issue first with the Alpha mount adaptor. That Jap guy with the Alpha division said they were working on the technical grelims... wonder if they would be able to solve the problem or not...
I won't mind buying the NEX5 and just one all-in-one lens of high quality like the 16-105mm DT and then use it as it is... then here's to hoping Sony can miniaturise the 16-105mm DT lens so that it becomes E-mount and much smaller... cos the flange distance has dropped I think the diameter of the lens can be much reduced... and the overall size of the lens reduced as well... here's to hoping though...
I just wonder if they could solve the AF issue first with the Alpha mount adaptor. That Jap guy with the Alpha division said they were working on the technical grelims... wonder if they would be able to solve the problem or not...
I won't mind buying the NEX5 and just one all-in-one lens of high quality like the 16-105mm DT and then use it as it is... then here's to hoping Sony can miniaturise the 16-105mm DT lens so that it becomes E-mount and much smaller... cos the flange distance has dropped I think the diameter of the lens can be much reduced... and the overall size of the lens reduced as well... here's to hoping though...
Why thanks for explaining my thoughts.
But yes seems abit awkward to use a full size DSLR zoom lens plus lens adapter to this small body, (Yes I have never used a large zoom on such a small non DSLR body before, those that I use are so huge, you can take them with both hands on the cam)So I am wondering if it will feel off balance when you use a larger or heavier lens. ( I find Canon lenses are somehow bulkier and heavier than Sony lenses, so it may not matter so much for the Sony Lenses) Certainly the dynamics of shooting this camera will be different from a DSLR, as you don't use a viewfinder but shoot it like a very lens heavy PNS.
But the thought of being able to use primes on this NEX makes this camera a very attractive proposition. Espeacially since I saw the Sony promotional lens pricing for the 35mm prime.
Last edited:
It really isn't very different from using a full sized lens on a small DSLR body... anyone who has used a 70-200 f/2.8 will tell you that when you hold the camera, you essentially are holding onto the lens first and then the body... the body becomes like an extension to the lens rather than the other way round...
So likewise for the NEX5 with either ther 18-55mm or 18-200mm zoom lens, one would hold the camera by the lens rather than by the grip... the weight would be borne by the hand holding onto the lens when shooting or otherwise and the right hand simply is for stabilising the camera body and to depress the shutter button... Not very different from using full-sized DSLRs like Canon 1Ds Mk4 or Nikon D3S or Sony A900... even these bodies are dwarfed by the large f/2.8 lenses...
This form factor is also not unusual as Sony has released the F717 & 828 which have similar forms... Fujifilm also has something similar in design with their flagship bridge cameras where a 10 or 12x mechanical zoom lens dwarfs the body of the camera... so has Canon in one of their very early digital cameras or film cameras (can't remember now) and you would simply grip these cameras by the lens barrel rather than the hand grip...
Similar threads
