Showing posts with label 1-lens. Show all posts
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Sony NEX 5N, my compact camera in hiking and skiing with 1-lens

2016-04-21
Some product shots using the A6000 and E 50mm f/1.8
The subject is my NEX 5N with Fujian 35mm f/1.7 mounted

Sony NEX 5N, my compact camera in hiking and skiing with 1-lens
f/2.0, iso 2500
Sony NEX 5N, my compact camera in hiking and skiing with 1-lens
f/2.0, iso 1600
Sony NEX 5N, my compact camera in hiking and skiing with 1-lens

The 5N is a smaller camera than the A6000. Instead of getting a 1 inch sensor camera, I am keeping my 5N and use smaller lenses like the 16-50 kit zoom, sigma 30 and 19, along with manual compact lenses such as my Voiglander 40mm f/1.4 or Fujian 35mm f/1.7. The combo can't beat the size of a Sony Rx100 IV or Panasonic LX100 but it is smaller than any dSLR that I have used. One of my most favorite Pentax is the Kx but the size can't match the 5N with a small lens. I have these comparisons pictures of K-01 and Sony 5N before.
Sony NEX 5N, my compact camera in hiking and skiing with 1-lens
Sony NEX 5N, my compact camera in hiking and skiing with 1-lens

When the 1" sensor camera get closer to < $400, I may consider it but until then, I am using the 5N for those moments that smaller size is better suited on 5N.



This small combo with NEX 5N and 16-50 pancake kit zoom happen to be my most used combination even though I have my A6000 with me. I use the A6000 with a fast prime in Voiglander 20mm f/1.8 for other 1-lens outing in Mammoth Lakes visit last week.
Sony NEX 5N, my compact camera in hiking and skiing with 1-lens
Sony NEX 5N and Voiglander 40mm f/1.4
Sony NEX 5N and Voiglander 40mm f/1.4

Both were taken with Voiglander 40mm f/1.4 and A6000. A nice combo for small and compact size similar to FA 43mm f/1.9. The Voiglander has great character wide open and when paired with a $35 Helicoil adapter for better close up, it is well rounded manual focus lens that is UNLIKE any bigger dSLR lenses.

Sony 16-50mm f/4.0-5.6 kit zoom handy in traveling light

2016-04-12
When you have to be 1-lens with a tiny bag in hiking or any trip that require the smallest gear that can help you with lighter gear.  In my recent trip to Mammoth Lakes in California, I left my A6000 along with all primes in the hotel and I brought my NEX 5N and the 16-50 as a single lens on a smallest E-mount body.  Prime will have better corners and faster speed, but the kit zoom get you versatility and it is good in good-lighting and casual shooting.

sony 16-50 kit zoom in Mono Lake5N and kit zoom in Mono Lake
f/10, 48mm

sony 16-50 kit zoom in Mono Lake35mm f/8.0, cropped

sony 16-50 kit zoom in Mono Lake16mm f/10.0

sony 16-50 kit zoom in Mono Lake16mm f/11, panoramic

sony 16-50 kit zoom in Mono Lake1-lens with a small bag is a great blessing in long hiking and casual shooting

I almost give this lens away for my family but now I found it a stable lens to use when I need the smallest in traveling light and compact.
pros:
  • very lightweight and compact, likely the most compact zoom in E-mount
  • good range from 16mm wide, wish it gets longer as in 16-55mm
  • jpg engine fix most of the distortion on the wide end
  • in good lighting and f/8.0 (maybe f/6.3) to smaller, this is pretty good and dependable
  • color and contrast is quite good in good lighting
  • OSS, do I get it right?  this comes in handy though I seldom use the lens for indoor shooting
  • AF is good and dependable
cons
  • build appears to be poor and the lens has no good aesthetic as the other prime lens in E-mount 
  • no lens hood, the front of the lens is not well protected
  • not great indoor, corners can be a touch soft for landscape though I don't find it a problem as I am center looking guy
  • shooting raw can be a time sinker as work needed in distortion correction
  • vignette is not a huge issue but I do see it especially wider aperture in indoor
  • DISLIKE the zoom ring design though some people may like it, feels like a p&s in W <-> T setting
 

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