Sony Nex 3

davev

I bought a Nex 3 about a month ago, but I really haven't had a good chance to try it out.

I bought it from Best Buy also with the kit 18-55 and the pancake 16mm lenses.
So far I have been underwhelmed.

I remember using my Sony 717 and always thinking the colors were just a bit ... plastic looking.
Reds a bit to red and greens a bit to green.

I have an adaptor to try a few Canon FD lenses. The FD lens allows me to set an aperture, the adaptor that
I bought for the EOS lenses is also a "dead" adaptor, and setting the aperture isn't possible.

After trying a few of my older FD consumer grade lenses, I realize that this isn't going to give me great results either.
The older glass that I have doesn't have the coatings on them that todays lenses have, and therefore give me a lot of C.A.

So today I threw another big chunk of cash at it by buying the 18-200 E mount lens.
I guess we'll see how that does.

A few shots from the camera.

This was at dusk in the shade using a Vivitar 70-210 Canon FD mount lens. Iso 1600, 1/100, f5.6 shot in B&W.


Once again, making this camera work hard. This is with the kit lens at 55mm, iso 3200, 1/20, f5.6
These are the colors that make me cringe.


So after this, I went to the local camera store to check out some used FD lenses.
I ended up buying a Vivitar 70-210, but a different one from the one I had.
It has less C.A., and can give me a better chance at getting the shot.

Stella was in the shade, 1/125, f8, iso 1600, and a good bit of post work, some by my own fault for overexposing the shot.


The last shot gives me some hope. with the E mount 18-200 with OSS, I'm hoping that I can tame the colors
a bit and really like this camera.
Right now it a $1300 experiment that isn't working out all that great.

davev

I got the Sony 18-200 lens for the nex cameras today.
It expensive, but I think it's worth it.
Auto focus isn't real fast, but OK, the OSS works well.

If I had it do over, I'd buy the camera with the 16mm pancake lens, then buy the 18-200.
I wouldn't have bought the 18-55 lens.
Now that I have the 18-200, the 18-55 probably won't see the camera much, if at all.

Made a very quick stop at the zoo where my Niece works and took a few shots.



It even works pretty well as a macro.


And one more from the the town where my wife works.

ziggy53

Congratulations on the new lens Dave.

Looks to be very sharp indeed.

davev

I've found that the best way to tame the colors is to shoot RAW.
I don't like shooting in RAW mode, but right now I don't have a choice.

The last few times out, I have shot in RAW + JPG.
I've tried to get the JPG's to look more like the RAW's, but I haven't been able to do it yet.

The weather and my work hours have made it tough to get a good run through on this camera.
Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll be able to get a good feel for this camera and have some good shots to post.

Thanks for looking guys.

davev

Ok, back from the dead.

I still haven't had a real good run with this camera, but I have a few newer shots that I think came out ok.

The new Nex 5N is now out, and the Nex 7 ships some time mid 4th quarter.
The Nex 7 looks to be a good camera, but it ain't cheap at $1200 without a lens.

Reading the reviews, I do have a lust for the 7.

Anyways, a few shots.

Using the 18-200 lens, I cropped these shots for some up close portraits.

This shot ...


is a crop from this one. I think it held up well.


Another up close of an odd bug.


Iso 3200


Last shot, this has a bit of "extra" processing done to it.
Strange things come out of the corn fields in Iowa.


Thanks for looking.

David_S85

Hey Dave! Looks like your Sony dragonfly finally came in! And talk about returning from the dead; remember this thread?

ThatCanonGuy

Nice shots Dave, looks like your 18-200 is working That last one's my fav, I agree about the corn fields

I counted at least 4 dgrinners in that DPR thread. Ouch, we did need dgrin

davev

Boy, I know I went back a few years with the Sony Talk people, but I didn't realize it's been over 10 years.
My first post on Dpreview was 07-11-1999 about using a Sony FD-88. The FD stands for "Floppy Disk"

I think when Dgrin was just starting, Andy was still using a Sony 717, and was very active on Dpreview.
I remember reading his thread telling about a new forum.
I think Andy and Harry were still hanging around the New York subways when Dave's thread came out.

Thanks for reminding me how much older I am. (not mature, just older)