Sony NEX-5 body, 18-55 lens, Photodiox Pro OM-NEX adapter (from B &
H), charged battery, and downloaded software--all assembled, so I'm ready
to squeeze the shutter. Took a couple shots of the light bulb in my
basement office with the 18-55 and saw that the NEX-5 worked, so I plunged
right in and put a slide of a larval midge under the Olympus compound
microscope. Gotta start somewhere. Used an FK 3.3X lens on the trinocular
head, attached the NEX-5 body to the adapter, turned the camera on, and got
"Lens not recognized."
Hmmmm........ The manual didn't help at all, but by fumbling around I
went: Menu (arrow) Setup (arrow) Release w/o lens (arrow) Enable.
Ah-hah! Now I get an image of the head capsule on the screen. Histogram
values were way to the left, but I just pushed the shutter release,
downloaded what was captured, and posted it to:
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http://s124.photobucket.com/user/Dean_Hansen/media/Dipping%20a%20toe%20in%20the%20mirror-less%20pond/Stilocladius_zpsfc395569.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0>.
(Someday I'll have to figure out tiny url.)
Not a great shot, but at least I got my toe wet in that enormous
mirror-less pond. Putting the NEX-5 on the 65-116 OM auto extension with
the 38/2.8 will be next. The underwater box? Ahh, maybe not for a few
days.
I might grow to like this camera.
Dean
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