5N newbie

[paulpp]

Bought a 5N with the EVF today and experimenting with various settings.
Any best tips appreciated.

 

[semordnilap]

Turn off the automatic change from lcd to evf... and buy a hawk's helicoid adapter for your m lenses!

I personally like the yellow peaking, and have set various functions to the programmable buttons and little control wheel, such as ae lock, focus magnification, iso, etc.

Enjoy!

 

[douglasf13]

Set Creative Style settings to Standard or Portrait and use -3 contrast, so that the EVF isn't too contrasty.

 

[paulpp]

Shake?

Shake?

Thanks for these. Does anyone have an easy guide to the "shakey hand" and exclamation mark symbols? Doesn't get much of a mention in the manual.

 

[Pablito]

I like the automatic change from lcd to evf.

 

[segedi]

What lenses will you be using?

 

[douglasf13]

Thanks for these. Does anyone have an easy guide to the "shakey hand" and exclamation mark symbols? Doesn't get much of a mention in the manual.

That comes up when your shutter speed is less than 1.5 times the reciprocal of your focal length. In other words, if you're shooting a 20mm lens, that warning comes up when you use a shutter speed slower than 1/30. This doesn't flash if you use manual focus lenses, only native lenses.

 

[paulpp]

Thanks. As to lenses I bought the kit with the 18-55, but looking to buy an adaptor to use OM lenses.

 

[craygc]

Personally, I find the 5n with the EVF much better than the Nex 7 - I only use manual focus lenses on it. The ability to articulate the finder through 90 degrees is something I'm finding invaluable for what I shoot. The only real control I use on the fly is the exposure variation - press the lower side of the wheel to bring up then adjust with the wheel - I run it in auto ISO and AE unless I specifically want a low ISO for effect. In reasonable light I can manual focus accurately without peaking or magnification at f/1.4 on a 35mm lens. Here's a couple of snaps with the 5n

 

[douglasf13]

I also liked the option of tilting up the 5N's EVF, but I eventually sold it, because the NEX-7's EVF is so much more compact and the camera's controls are nicer, even with manual lenses.

 

[segedi]

With legacy lenses, I set to A mode and you also need to set the camera to fire with no lens attached. The manual focus experience is pretty good, but you'll probably want to focus with a large aperture and then stop down. At say f/8, most things are indicated in focus even though they might not be.

 

[paulpp]

Thanks all. The EVF is impressive even if shadows are blocked out in bright sunlight. Presumably that is alays the case and not either me or a fault?