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Category Archives: Lenses

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Sony to release E-Mount lens mount specs

By Tom Bonner | Published: February 14, 2011

Sony is encouraging third-party lens makers to create lenses using the E-mount used in the Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5.

Also posted in E-Mount | Tagged aftermarket lens, E-Mount lens, Nex-3, Nex-5 | 2 Comments

Lenses: How to tell an A-Mount and Rokkor Lens Apart

By Tom Bonner | Published: December 17, 2010

Strolling through a garage sale and you stumble across a cache of old Minolta lenses. They look clean and the optics are clear. Will they fit your Sony Alpha?

Also posted in A-Mount, Hardware, Photography, Rokkor Lenses | Tagged A-mount, digital camera, digital SLR, Photography, Rokkor, Sony Alpha, Sony Alpha dSLR, Tom Bonner | Leave a comment

Using Minolta Lenses on the Sony Alpha

By Tom Bonner | Published: August 10, 2010

Fortunately, figuring which Minolta lens are compatible with the Sony Alpha is fairly straight forward, but there is a lot of confusion and misinformation about.

Also posted in A-Mount, Rokkor Lenses, Sony DSLR | Tagged Alphatracks, lens, Lenses, Minolta, Rokkor, Sony Alpha, Tom Bonner | 12 Comments

A-Mount lenses on the Sony NEX series

By Tom Bonner | Published: June 1, 2010

Not satisfied with the E-mount lens selection for the Sony Alpha NEX system? Want to use your A-mount lenses? Sony has an adapter for that.

Also posted in A-Mount, E-Mount, Nex3, Nex5 | Tagged Alphatracks, Lens Adapter, Nex-3, Nex-5, Photography, Sony Alpha dSLR, Tom Bonner | 8 Comments

Scoping out the Sony E-Mount Lenses

By Tom Bonner | Published: May 17, 2010

Sony will launch the NEX camera line with three available lenses. Which lenses should you choose?

Also posted in E-Mount, Nex3, Nex5 | Tagged Alphatracks, digital camera, E-Mount, EVF, lens, Nex-3, Photography, Tom Bonner | 11 Comments

New Sony Alpha hardware at the 2010 PMA Show

By Tom Bonner | Published: February 22, 2010

Sony teased Alpha users with several “concepts” at the 2010 PMA show. No word on when these cameras will be sold, but this is a preview of future Sony Alphas.

Also posted in A-Mount, DSLR, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR | Tagged cameras, Photography, PMA Show, Sony Alpha, Sony Alpha dSLR, Sony Concepts, Tom Bonner | Leave a comment

Bar Camp Charlotte; a Rokkor prime lens comes out of retirement

By Tom Bonner | Published: October 27, 2009

Bar Camp Charlotte returned to Area 15 in Charlotte’s NoDa district last weekend. Last January I wrote about my experiences shooting the first Charlotte Bar Camp with a M42 telephoto lens. This time around, I hauled along a wide selection of lenses, including the 70-210mm Minolta “Beer Can,”  the Minolta 50mm f/1.7 prime lens, 16mm [...]

Also posted in DSLR, Rokkor Lenses | Tagged lens, Minolta, Rokkor, Sony Alpha | 5 Comments

Sony Alpha: inexpensive lenses with a M42 adapter

By Tom Bonner | Published: May 5, 2009

This aluminum adapter converts a M42 screw mount lens into a A-mount lens. May 4, 2009 A few weeks ago, I discussed using an M42 lens with the Sony Alpha. The way you pull this off is with a M42 to A-mount adapter. The adapter is nothing more than a thin piece of metal with [...]

Also posted in Aftermarket Lenses, DSLR, Hardware, Sony Alpha | 14 Comments

Sony Alpha dSLR lens catalog will be expanded with six new lenses

By Tom Bonner | Published: March 4, 2009

March 4, 2009: Yesterday Sony has just announced six new optics to the Alpha dSLR lens lineup. They are: Super Telephoto Lens DT 50mm F1.8 DT 30mm F2.8 Macro DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 28-75mm F2.8 No word on pricing or when they will be available, but Sony says they are coming. I find [...]

Also posted in A-Mount, DSLR, Photography, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR | 8 Comments

Photographing basketball on the cheap

By Tom Bonner | Published: February 12, 2009

Indoor basketball shot with a Vivitar M42 lens and Minolta 4000AF flash. Would a top-of-the-line lens/flash combination produce a better image? Feb. 11, 2009 Sports photography is breed apart. In most forms of photography the photographer takes his or her time, carefully adjusting the lighting and arranging the scene to capture the perfect image. It’s [...]

Also posted in A350, Aftermarket Lenses, Flash unit, Photography | 9 Comments
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