NEX SEL16 F2.8 pancake - back-ordered? at DVinfo.net

Piotr Wozniacki · July 3rd, 2012, 08:53 AM

I've got inspired by Derran's posts on flying the FS100 and started looking for the SEL 16mm pancake and converter, only to find the former is on back-order almost everywhere around the world (and certainly here in Poland, CVP of the UK, and B&H in the US).

Does anyone know whether this lens has been discontinued? Or can you link me to some reputable on-line shop that has it currently in stock?

TIA,

Piotr

Piotr Wozniacki · July 3rd, 2012, 11:34 AM

I've just found and purchased both (the lens and the converter) through Amazon.co.uk :)

But the fact remains they are very difficult to spot!

Piotr

Mark A. Foley · July 3rd, 2012, 12:53 PM

Imagine everyone is scooping them up and hard to keep on shelves...I also have one backordered

Tony Neal · July 3rd, 2012, 02:14 PM

I wanted the pancake lens and ultra-wide adaptor for my VG20 but also couldn't find one in stock until I tried this place in Cardiff (UK) two weeks ago...

Sony Nex E 16mm f2.8 Pancake Micro SLR Camera Lens

They sent me a lens in 4 days - not sure if they ship overseas though.

They are not in original Sony boxes - they are brand new lenses split from NEX camera kits. But mine was well packed and in mint condition.

Good image quality although a little softer than the standard zoom. Fabulous images with the steadicam but with no inbuilt image stabilisation hand-held shots are unexpectedly wobbly - you need rock steady hands (with a VG20 anyway) and the autofocus tends to hunt a little, but I'm very pleased with it.

July 3rd, 2012, 08:53 AM	#1
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	NEX SEL16 F2.8 pancake - back-ordered? I've got inspired by Derran's posts on flying the FS100 and started looking for the SEL 16mm pancake and converter, only to find the former is on back-order almost everywhere around the world (and certainly here in Poland, CVP of the UK, and B&H in the US). Does anyone know whether this lens has been discontinued? Or can you link me to some reputable on-line shop that has it currently in stock? TIA, Piotr __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive

July 3rd, 2012, 11:34 AM	#2
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	Re: NEX SEL16 F2.8 pancake - back-ordered? I've just found and purchased both (the lens and the converter) through Amazon.co.uk :) But the fact remains they are very difficult to spot! Piotr __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive

July 3rd, 2012, 12:53 PM	#3
Mark A. Foley Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bonaire, Ga. Posts: 356	Re: NEX SEL16 F2.8 pancake - back-ordered? Imagine everyone is scooping them up and hard to keep on shelves...I also have one backordered

July 3rd, 2012, 02:14 PM	#4
Tony Neal Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fareham, UK Posts: 160	Re: NEX SEL16 F2.8 pancake - back-ordered? I wanted the pancake lens and ultra-wide adaptor for my VG20 but also couldn't find one in stock until I tried this place in Cardiff (UK) two weeks ago... Sony Nex E 16mm f2.8 Pancake Micro SLR Camera Lens They sent me a lens in 4 days - not sure if they ship overseas though. They are not in original Sony boxes - they are brand new lenses split from NEX camera kits. But mine was well packed and in mint condition. Good image quality although a little softer than the standard zoom. Fabulous images with the steadicam but with no inbuilt image stabilisation hand-held shots are unexpectedly wobbly - you need rock steady hands (with a VG20 anyway) and the autofocus tends to hunt a little, but I'm very pleased with it.