Blossom crop

Here's the crop from the pic below running away from the funky bokeh. What would have helped this pic a lot is light, it was taken late evening and therein another problem with mirror lenses-they are light hounds, almost like they can never get enough HA! But this shows what is possible I hope with a lens that has an effect focal length of 600mm on the Nex sensor.

Nex 7 and the Kenko 400mm BUT with funky bokeh

Compare with the dandelion shot below, this one has the funky bokeh associated with mirror lens, but maybe in a way it draws the eye to the blossom that is sharp and in focus; which brings up another problem with the mirror lenses; they have a VERY narrow focal length-the out of focus blossoms were 2 inches behind the plane of the in focus blossom. Now we get to the beauty of a 24megapixel sensor-it give us such leaway for cropping.

Nex 7 with Kenko 400mm F8 Mirror

Most wont see this as a remarkable picture but I do. The reason is multifold, one because it was taken with a mirror lens, second because of the bokeh generated THIS time (bokeh with mirror lens is hit or miss and very much a challenge, and third because of Sony's Live View which allows this camera to use this lens when technically it cannot detect the len's presence-its like it is not even there!

The view from Little Bald

A blaze on Big Bald

A bit of bracketing.

Barbed Wire

Near Spivey Gap

Big Bald view

Hanging on

Fork Knife Phone and Keys

Stack gone bad :)

Tulips lately but here is another flower :)

Tulip in relief.

a77 and Tamron 90mm macro

Nex 7 & Tamron SP DI macro

Tulip again

Tulip

Sony Nex 7 with the alpha lens adaptor using Tokina 90mm macro

Time lapsing between Spivey Gap and Sams Gap on the AT

Hanging on the Appalachian Trail

Hiking poles

From this weekends AT section hike.

That time of year

This time pairing the Nex 7 and the Tamron 70-300 via the alpha to nex adaptor. Someday Sony just might offer a native Nex lens in 300mm, wouldn't that be nice!

Thru-hiker season

Max has visitors

The Max north side-April 5th 2013

Alone

Max's Patch

But most just call it Max Patch. Max's Patch was the historical name.....for me an opportunity to drive 5 hours then set up a time lapse.

Nex 7 & PZ 16-50mm

I couldn't remember if the PZ 16-50mm had been couple with the Nex 7 so to the mart with me it went. Lightroom instantly recognized the PA and corrected. EXIF shows a FL of 39mm.....enough to show me this is a viable lens on the 7

400mm fist fight

For the alpha body on the left and the NEX body on the right. There is no comparison betwen these two lenses in any way yet each has there place. In many ways it is too bad more don't consider the diminutive mirror lenses.

A trash can lid?

Remarkable eh! Well it is because this shot was taken via Nex 7 AND a Kenlo 400mm mirror lens. What's so great about that? For starters this lens weighs 16 ounces.....the Sony 400mm zoom weighs 3.3 pounds! Then there is the size difference; the Kenko mirror lens is pocketable-the SAL70-400G requires back surgery after toting a few miles. Of course picture quality (IQ) cannot be compared but the Kenko is a $300 dollar lens and the honking zoom is right at 2K. Truthfully the Kenko is a 'what if' lens, when you aren't planning on shots at distance but a lens you can have with you just in case.

Nex-5 and SEL 10-18mm

Nex 5 goes super

super wide with the SEL10-18. The HDR via this lens was with the Nex 7 earlier today, this lens with the Nex 6 again a joy, but the 5, that was the question. The answer is avacado :)

Fence and Drum

More spring springing

Barely

Barely can hold the Next 6

Spring starts yellow