Shooters.

When I first heard of the Sony Nex and the ability to use lenses of different manufacturers on it via adapters, I was thrilled. The original Sony lens choice for the Nex cameras is really small. And since Photokina was a big disappointment – Nex owners only got a lens plan, but no actual lenses – we have to rely on the offerings of other manufacturers for the time being.

BUT, after testing a couple of more and less expensive lenses with Nikon- and Leica-M-mount I didn’t feel all that thrilled anymore: I got more flexibility, but not that much of a quality improvement over the kit-lens.
(I still owe you my Leica M-Summarit 35/2.5 on the Nex, but that’s only, because I wasn’t amazed by the performance of this combo.)

That has definitly changed recently. I got the chance to use the now “old” Nikon AF-D 60/2.8 Macro on the Nex. To say the least, my hopes were rather modest. But this time I was proven wrong.

Here’s the master of the Nex! (Read on after the break.)

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Since I got my Kipon Sony E-Mount to Nikon lens adapter I was eager to try out different lenses on the Sony. I did so recently with some Nikon lenses and basically felt pretty much disappointed (see for yourself here).
For a couple of days now Lightroom 3 is supporting the RAW files from the Nex and so I thought I’d give it another try.

This time I wanted to know how these lenses are performing on the Nex – Kipon combination at different aperture settings and how they compare to the Sony kit-lens, the 18-55/3.5-5.6 OSS:

• Nikon AF-D 35/2
• Zeiss Distagon T* ZF 35/2
• Sigma 50/2.8 Macro
• Nikon AF 85/1.8

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