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Sony 16-80mm zeiss
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:02 am
by Tenbears10
Is anyone using this lens with their nex? I am wondering if I can buy a nex with just the pancake lens any get the adaptor to use the zeiss instead of the kit zoom? I realize it won't auto focus even after the firmware update.
Re: Sony 16-80mm zeiss
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:21 am
by Dr. Harout
Tenbears10 wrote:Is anyone using this lens with their nex? I am wondering if I can buy a nex with just the pancake lens any get the adaptor to use the zeiss instead of the kit zoom? I realize it won't auto focus even after the firmware update.
Welcome Tenbears.
Unfortunately you'll be restricted to manual focus with the ZA 16-80 but you'll still have very good quality, much better than NEX's kit lens.
Re: Sony 16-80mm zeiss
Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:46 pm
by ctyankee
Are you in the US ? If you buy the two-lens kit, you save $150 ... so you basically buy the NEX/16 kit and pay only $150 more to get the zoom. It lacks the range and edge to edge quality of the 16-80, but it AFs, it's compact, and it's stabilized.
If you're seriously considering the 16-80 and it's likely to be used frequently, I'd take a hard look at the a33. I'm actually about to order both - an A33 and a NEX-5 kit - to play with them and see which suits my needs better.
- Dennis