Bicycle Bell #3

Bike Bell -- NEX-5 & Minolta MD Rokkor-x 45mm f2. Click for larger.

This MD Rokkor-x 45mm f2 is visibly smaller than the MC 55mm f1.7 and the MD 50mm f1.7.  It has a 49mm filter size, instead of the 55mm of the MC versions.  Quite a bit lighter too.  The MD lenses were a start of cost reduction in terms of built quality and materials used.  They are generally smaller and lighter than the MC version.  For this reason, I like the MC version of the lenses much better.

Antiques in Display Window

Antiques -- NEX-5 & Pentax-M 20mm f4. Click to see larger.

At about the same size as the Pentax-M 50mm f2, the Pentax-M 20mm f4 lens is so small it can almost qualify it as a pancake lens.  What a wonderful little lens it is.  Sharp as a tack and easy to take anywhere.  It works very well on the NEX-5 giving a 30mm focal length equivalent.  Wide enough for most occasions.  The only down side is the apparent distortion is pretty bad if the lens is not align to the focal plane.

On the other note, I am quite happy with the NEX-5.  It's got a good sensor which I am happy with IS 1600.  The only complain I have is that an EVF is not available.

Michael Lee-Chin Crystal

8th wonder of the world, or butt ugly?  -- NEX-5 & 18-55mm Kit lens. Click to enlarge

This is an interesting building located at the corner of Bloor St. & Queen's Park.  A new addition of the Royal Ontario Museum which cost $270 million dollars to build, and opened to the public in 2007.  The building was name after billionaire Michael Lee-Chin who donated $30 million for this new building. The public reaction of te design of the building  is a mixed bag.  Some name it one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world, and others hail it as a monument.  Personally, the building doesn't jive with me.  It's too radical for my taste, but then again I am no architectural critic.