First real outing with NEX-5 Pancake & 17-55 zoom

[alphaomega]

Finally the sun shone here in Scotland yesterday and I had time on my hand. Took a trip to costal resort town Largs on the Clyde Estuary and tried out my NEX kit. I fitted my ClearViewer and it really is quite good and the poor man's EVF on the NEX-5. The rich man is still waiting for Sony to come up with the goods. I am impressed by this little thing as I get better and better at not pressing the wrong buttons at the wrong time.
I took images with the 17-55mm zoom, my repaired pancake and the U/W converter fitted to the 16mm giving me 18.5mm (35mm equivalent). All the lenses impressed me at 100%. Could nont really detect any unsharpness at the corners. Could not see any deterioration in image quality by fitting the U/W but more CA (fairly easily removed in LR3.) The kit in a small bag is a fraction of the weight and size of my A580 with a couple of lenses.
Three pictures attached with 1755, 16mm and 16mm with converter. This is great gear to take anywhere including Ryanair & Easyjet 10kg bags. I must confess I enjoyed excellent fish and chips in the Nardini restaurant.
Very pleased with my NEX outfit and looking forward to more lenses becoming available.

[alphaomega]

Here are a couple of images with the ClearViewer attached to my NEX-5. The lens enlarges and covers the whole 3x2 area of the NEX rear screen. As you can see from picture 2 the ClearViewer folds neatly against the rear screen when camera not in use. I can also be meved below if the rear screen only is used. the viewer is screwed into the tripod bush.

[Dr. Harout]

Nice shots and very clever device. I like it.

[gio67]

that pic brings back memories, the Nardini restaurant will be owned by the family of actress Daniell Nardini

[Birma]

Nice shots Alphaomega and an interesting set up. The Nex is a very appealing package with it's small size. I saw that the Nex 3 with 16mm is down to £299 today at Best Cameras. With the 16mm being £190 on its own you could see it as £110 for the camera .