NEX-5n with 12mm Heliar

[sevo]

WOW. Considering that you are using a 12mm lens (I used to have that one) this is truely impressive. Go Sony.

Wasn't the 12mm Heliar available in SLR mount as well? That would make it strongly retrofocal - if so, it is no surprise that it works out that well.

 

[Nokton48]

Nope, Mirror lockup and viewfinder required on Nikon F/F2. Not a retrofocus design.

See Here:

http://www.cameraquest.com/Voigt SL.htm

Wasn't the 12mm Heliar available in SLR mount as well? That would make it strongly retrofocal - if so, it is no surprise that it works out that well.

 

[Bob Ross]

Don't have a hell of a lot of evenly lit white surfaces around the place, but here's a shot of the side of my house at f/11.

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For a uniform field, you can use something like an Expo/Disc (pringle's lid etc.) You can do some +EV to show up the corners better. If you have the Expo/Disc check your meter while you are at it. I did this when I got my M8 and wanted to see what the coding did.
Thanks for the post, like others this does ease the worries.
Bob

 

[angeloks]

Wow, that looks nice ! I used the 12mm on the NEX5 and got some colorshift... If the NEX5n/7 fixed that issue, that is just great !

Here's a shot from the 12mm on the NEX5 :