Sony NEX-7 Color Shading & Vignetting vs Sony 24mm ƒ/1.8 Sonnar

Just added to the color shading / vignetting page in my Sony NEX-7 review are results for for the Leica 28mm ƒ/2.8 Elmarit-M ASPH and 50mm ƒ/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH, AND for the Sony 24mm ƒ/1.8 Sonnar.

The Sony 24mm ƒ/1.8 Sonnar shows that a lens “designed for digital” can do has meaning— gone is any color shading whatsoever, making the Leica M an dZeiss ZM and Voigtlander M-mount lenses look colorful by comparison.

By showing color shading, one gains insight into potential performance issues on the Sony NEX-5N, Fuji X-Pro1, and similar ALLVIEW cameras.

Sensor design can vary greatly, and thus one cannot even assume that the NEX-5N will behave like the NEX-7. What can be said is that if a sensor interacts the way the NEX-7 does with one lens, then it will interact for the same reasons with other lenses.

Reduced size screen shot below.