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Sony NEX-5 with Contax Zeiss Distagon and Planar

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Here are my dream slr lenses on the Sony NEX-5. They are Carl Zeiss lenses made for the Contax SLR system. These lenses are on par with the modern Carl Zeiss lenses for Sony/Minolta, Pentax, Canon, and Nikon at a very reasonable price. All the lenses were previously used on a Canon DSLR via a Contax / Yashica to Canon EOS adapter. They were mounted on the Sony NEX-5 using an EOS to NEX E-mount adapter . The direct way would be to use a Contax/Yashica to NEX E-mount lens adapter . Here are the lenses mounted on the NEX and sample snap shots at wide open aperture and stopped down at f/5.6. These images are straight jpgs out of the NEX-5. The first lens is the Contax Zeiss 28mm Distagon with a maximum aperture of f/2.8. This is a great landscape lens at a bargain. Sony NEX with Contax Zeiss 28mm f/2.8 Distagon Contax 28mm Distagon at f/2.8 Contax 28mm Distagon at f/5.6 The second lens is the Contax Zeiss 50mm Planar with a maximum aperture of f/1.4. The perfect normal lens, dreamy

Sony NEX Contax Zeiss Yashica Lens Adapter

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Here is the 2nd Sony NEX E-mount lens adapter released today. This adapter allows us to use around 31 Carl Zeiss designed Contax manual lenses on the Sony NEX camera. These lenses vary from fisheys, shift, zooms, and mirror lenses. Here is the eBay auction for the Sony NEX Contax Yashica Lens Adapter . The two lenses below would be great on a Sony NEX body. First is the 28mm Hollywood Distagon, which would give you a fast 42mm effective focal length lens. The second is a pancake lens, 45mm Tessar f/2.8. The compactness of the Tessar would complement the size of the NEX body. Contax Zeiss 2,0/28mm Distagon aka Hollywood Contax 45mm Tessar Pancake on a Contax Aria