Cool Gear: NEX, NEXBABY

One of the truly cool things I love about the Sony NEX cameras is their adaptability to many different lenses. One of the very easy adaptations is using the Sony NEX to Alpha mount adapter to pop an Alpha-mount Lensbaby Composer on the Sony NEX-5 camera for a very compact camera that lets your vision run wild…

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Sony Nex-5 Lensbaby in NYC
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4 thoughts on “Cool Gear: NEX, NEXBABY”

  1. Sweet. those LB’s are a pretty neat application in these compact mirrorless cams.. Brings an air of ‘polaroid fun’ back into shooting.

  2. Hi Brian,

    Awesome set — thanks for sharing. We just launched a new product yesterday that is going to be very exciting to use on the Sony NEX. Can’t wait to get one in your hands:)

    Cheers,

    Sam

    PS – Kayla Lindquist was really nice to let me know about your post!

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