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June 3, 2011

Nex-5 (, )

by fluffy at 8:57 PM

I decided to splurge a bit and ordered a Sony α NEX-5. I got it in a bundle with both lenses (16mm pancake + 18-55mm zoom), an 8GB SDHC card, and a carrying case, and I also added on the fisheye conversion lens. Today I received it, and had a bit of fun.

One particularly fun thing is that the fisheye conversion lens mounts to the front of the pancake lens, but the zoom lens also accepts accessories (such as an included glare shield). Both lenses use the same accessory mount, so of course one of the first things I tried was attaching the fisheye lens to the zoom lens. It gives some pretty neat effects!

Comments

#13981 06/04/2011 01:25 pm
You got rid of the plaid style?! Truly the end of an era.
#13982 06/04/2011 01:27 pm
So YOU'RE the one!
#13983 06/04/2011 01:32 pm
Yeah! I can't find the thread, but I commented awhile back that I liked the old style, so you pointed me to the ?style=plaid link. So I bookmarked it. Razz
#13984 06/04/2011 01:33 pm
So you really liked having a broken header layout and terrible element contrast? What kind of masochist are you?
#13985 06/04/2011 02:09 pm
That layout may have been a little rough around the edges, but it had heart. It proclaimed to the world, "I'm fluffy, and this is who I am! If you don't like it, buzz off!" I really admired that. This new layout is fine, just a little more button-down.
#13986 06/04/2011 02:51 pm
Aww. I just thought it was hard to read.
#13989 06/05/2011 09:02 pm
Awesome! I picked up my refurb Olympus E-P1 today as well. Oh man is it classy. I just got the 14-42 zoom lens, though. It doesn't perform as well as your NEX, but it was almost worth the price as a fashion accessory alone.
#13990 06/05/2011 09:11 pm
Huh, that one looks pretty nice too.