Here are two new images of the NEX-5T. As you see there isn’t much difference with the [shoplink 14168 ebay]Sony NEX-5R[/shoplink]. It also shares the same sensor. Unlike the 5R the 5T has It has NFC, FN-button control like on SLT cameras, new Menu Interface and a couple of more things.
Now all that’s left to leak is the ILC-3000 cheap entry-level E-mount camera. I think we will see it soon…
Images via Digicaminfo.
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$1000 question: Resistive or capacitative touch screen? I skipped the 5R because of resistive
I had no idea they used a Resistive for the 5r.
That’s incredibly stupid, it’s not like Capacitive is much more expensive.
they used resistive instead because capacitive screens are too sensitive. people on the canon eos-m forums are going crazy because settings are often changed inadvertently. this isn’t a cellphone that has only a handful of settings, these are cameras that have tons of settings.
Jeez Man, how did you ever take photos before this feature? Are you serious?
Touchscreen is very important on the NEX-5 series because it allows you to quickly select your prefered focus point by just touching that area on the LCD
It is very useful and a major selling point over the NEX-6 series
I wish they’d have that as standard on higher end nex too, people who don’t like it can just disable it
ILC 300 pls!!
The most important thing by far will be the menu changes, if they have fixed the bad problems.
Any details leaked ?
No, they have focused on the good parts and tried to make it a more seamless experience…. 😉
It would have been nice it had the new 20 mpx sensor, no reason to upgrade from a nex-5n
God job Andrea! 🙂
With redesigned innards and new enthusiast functionality it would be a tempting buy as an extra body. The NEX-5’s is the signature model in my opinion. Extremely compact, well built and practical all in the same time.
Nice try Sony.
What’s up, you moaning again?
🙂 TOTALLY!!!
Fully agree. Even though there are NEX models with higher image resolution and more abilities, the 5-series is the core of the NEX system, almost iconic in its clean design. And obviously, Black Magic thought so too. 🙂
For me, the most important question is if the “so called” PDAF finally deserves the name and in fact allows fast auto focus.
Don’t hold your breath there 😉
Sony will likely deliver the sensor for the new Olympus OM-D, which claims to have fast PDAF with FT lenses, uniting µFT and FT to one fully functional system. If it really holds up to these promises, I think Sony has solved the on-sensor PDAF issues.
still nex-5n for me ..^^ but the next question will be the ” ILC-3000 ” atleast i can still use my lenses on this camera hold the buying for now ..^^
The image show no hot shoe? It is weird
5N body is too slim to accommodate standard hot shoe.
Well, this 5T photo suggests that the kit lens will be 16-50 pz. That’s a significant differentiation from the 5N/R.
In my country, they’re already selling the 5R with the 16-50mm.
So they added the zoom lever to the NEX-3N, but not the 5T. Anyone else find that very bizzare??
It is pretty weird, maybe they’ll reply on the touch screen for zooming.
the zoom lever has always been a attempt to lure in the compact point and shoot crowd by making the 3 series as close to a point and shoot as possible. I actually like it this way 😀
No, typical Sony head scratcher.
Maybe the control dial can be used for zooming?
NO NEX7 Replacement???
Thanks!
Now we only miss the ‘more MP’ and ‘how about new firmware for …’ posts.
Where would be the fun without crying the same thing over months? 😉
Anyone has any idea how they choose the letter after nex-5? What do ‘n’, ‘r’, ‘t’ mean?
they threw a ball at a keyboard from 5 meters away, the first letter that is typed when the ball hits the keyboard is the next iteration of the NEX model
Still perfectly happy with my 5N and EVF attachment …which is crippled to fit that body only apparently.
“FN-button control like on SLT cameras”
Since I never owned an SLT: what is the difference with the way the Fn button functions on the 5R?
The Fn button on the SLT cameras allow you to access most of the most important settings at once, navigate through them and alter them, all in the same screen. It’s very close to a QuickNavi screen or SuperControlPanel with Olympus, Canon and Nikon also have equivalent control screens. You access more than the 5 options allowed by the Custom function on the other NEX cameras.
that makes sense 😀 its like what they’ve been doing with their RX cameras and the Fn buttons on that then.
Thank you for the explanation. Since I do not feel the need for having access to other options than the ones the 5R is giving me, I can cross this new feature of the “Oh! I want that! Gonna buy the 5T” list.
Without a hot shoe its just not for me and the nex-6 price on ebay has gone down to a very nice price but if the menu is better I hope they at least give the nex-6 a upgrade for the menu.
This is ok for what it is. Does seem to fly in the face of sony’s statement of no additional releases without significant change but none the less I am sure it will be a fine camera. I would have a tough time buying a camera without a built in VF. The reason I don’t buy an rx camera
you’re missing out 😀 the RX party is awesome
i put a olympus OVF on my RX1 and find that i almost never use it, but I can’t take it off because it’ll look too much like a dumb p&s camera so i leave it on even though it makes it harder to fit into my pocket
Sorry, what is the difference – I can’t find any on these pictures? Differently to Alan TJ I can also see the same cover over the accessory port. Anyway, I’ll buy a NEX-5T for sure, since it’s still my favourite form factor & Megapixel-Count…
…found one difference to the old NEX-5R: second photo, left side in the middle of the handgrip, but could be also an image defect.
So the last Model with the old hot shoe interface…
Hard to manage… Building two lines of accessories for RX and Nex
yes, i was hoping that the 5 series would have a multi interface shoe to be compatible with all future accessories, but i actually prefer this because the body of the 5 is so thin, and if you were to do a 180 tilt screen there isn’t room for a multi-interface shoe.
another complaint i have is that with the EVF attached on the 5, you can’t get a full 180 tilt on the 5R… luckily i’m not that vain and so i don’t use the 180 tilt feature that often
small camera but BIG lenses -> makes no sense to me!
=> m4/3 !
Crop Factor 2 with manual full frame lenses on µ4/3? -> makes no sense to me!
=> NEX-5T + Lens Turbo (or Speed Booster)
Perhaps you need to think harder.
Small body but with a bigger sensor, relative to m43.
FLASH ???
Is there are SONY MIS Hot Shoe ??
Maybe Everyone purchasing it operates in the Dark
Don’t they Need or use FLASH Lighting??
ADMIN – Any New SONY Flash Lighting Options
The SONY HVL-F60m Flagship Flash overheating is still not resolved.
After just 23 shots, it locks up and is non-operable
Sony HVL-F60m Flash repeated fails,
Sony HVL-F60m Flash causes lots of Burns and it’s Very Danagerous – WOW,
The expected Sony HVL-F60m Flash expected firmware
Any word on when we might get this firmware?
Or is this HVL-F60m Flash determined to be at
EOL – End of Life cycle for replacement??
From the Sony Tech support Sony HVL-F60m Flash recommendations
on continued AA Battery Swap outs – Very Danagerous Burns.
im sorry but burning hot batteries in flashes is not a sony thing. i have canon flashes and they do the same thing.
Yes, there surely are some repeating failures …
Haha, +1
E, there is a thread about the overheating f60 on the Sony forum. Have you voiced your complaint there? Sony is looking into this and the more people who report it there he more likely it is they may diagnose the problem.
What Sony Forum are you referring to?
Any blogs I have read are covered with this
and the lack of Sony Flash options for the
Sony MIS Hot Flash Shoe – Multi-Interface Shoe
The information on the AA Battery swap out is the
Protocol Operation recommendation Directly from Sony Support
in any attempt to reduce the total length of time all
HVL-F60m Flash users have to wait for the flash to unlock
from overheating after just 23 flashes.
Sony Support services also recommends purchasing a
2nd and 3rd Flash for just one camera – then
rotate them as they overheat and lock up.
Sony MIS Hot Flash Shoe – Multi-Interface Shoe seems
to have just three flashes that can work with it.
The Sony HVL-F60m Flash is the Flagship
Sony’s Top of the Line – The Best Sony can do.
E,
There is a thread on the official Sony forum:
http://community.sony.com/t5/Alpha-SLT-DSLR-Cameras/HVL-F60M-Flash-Overheating-Unusable/td-p/139177
Moderator (in limbo here), would you e-mail E the link?
Anyone know if this 5T allows charging through USB like the 3N does?
NEX-5R already has this feature and therefore also comes without the BC-VW1 charger.
Are you sure? Because I read a review of the 5R (language: Dutch) that says:
“Unfortunately, you can only charge the camera with the supplied charger. I assumed my phone-charger could be used as well because the NEX has a micro-USB. However, the Sony refuses to charge with this; possibly the phone-charger has to much output.”
Yes, I am sure, because in your review they’re not talking about a Battery Charger, they’re talking about that AC Adapter used to power the camera via USB for charging the Battery inside the camera. Not everybody is happy with this solution, since only Sony’s Adapter seems to work, but you can get a real Battery Charger cheaply from Hong Kong.
i have a 5R, yes you can charge using USB, BUT the problem that the 5R has is that it refuses to charge using generic USB chargers, and only likes charging with Sony chargers. money grubby sony 😀
(much like how apple for some versions of ipods stopped charging when using 3rd party chargers)
ohh… so if one connects the 5R to PC for transferring photos, will the camera eventually discharge battery like all previous NEXes?
^yes, i just tried it now to verify, thats why i always get a card reader and take the card out to read the photos
Thanks folks, that very helpful to know (and very disappointing).
As a hiker (backpacking) I am always keeping an eye on size and weight; I now have a very small Samsung charger (only 25 grams) that has 1A output. I don’t know the Sony charger, but likely it is larger and probably has a fixed cable (I hate those).
Do all Sony cameras have this problem? the RX100 too?
I wonder if any of the previous ‘5’ models will get a firmware update to enable the new menu interface that the 5t will have?
If history is any indication, Sony will release updating firmware for every previous camera version any day, including for my trusty old NEX-5. 😉
Lucky you, Benji, I’m still waiting for Lens Compensation on my trusty old NEX-5 😉
Note that there is “APS-C” written on NEX-5T, thus implying there will be non-APS-C NEXs [24×36, for instance ;)]
it says it on the 5R already, i think that all FF will have a orange mount ring around it anyway 😛
If the changes to the 5R are so minimal as it seems it will be, why release an entire update with new model name? The biggest change it seems is the new interface and that’s something they could just update through a firmware update right?? Would the older NEX models get the firmware update to use the new interface? I’ve gotten used to the interface so I could live without it, but if it’s something that would make things easier and more convenient then sure, why not?
I would think the only thing that would warrant a new model name would be either adding a bunch of new hardware features, like button rearrangement or improvements, or a new and improved sensor. It will add NFC which may be useful down the road, but otherwise, I can’t see what else Sony needs to change for the middle child aside from an updated sensor as it has been handed down a couple generations now.
i wish sony would update the firmware on the 5R too! but i don’t think it’ll happen, sony won’t make any money from it
So that they can charge you $700 for a firmware upgrade – disgraceful!
The “Mickey Mouse” interface was one biggest complains about NEX from all the times.
Wondering why they still don’t have a hotshoe being used on 5-series cameras. With more and more accesories sharing the Multi-Interface Hotshoe, I think it’s intelligent to provide the same hot shoe since it seems Sony will not release more accesories for the Smart Accesory Port. And if they provide a Trade-in service to exchange the current EVF for the new one, I think many people will go that way.
Maybe they are planning to sell NEX5 port to standard hot shoe adapter. If your flash has the old Minolta shoe, you’ll have to use yet another adapter,haha.
It looks like he On/Off switch is even easier to turn On accidentally… 🙁
My Nex5-R is a camera that you can’t put in a bag or in your pockets.
Not because of the size, but because there is no way to lock the camera off !!!
And if you feel confident and still put it in a bag, it will simply overheat and empty the battery.
It never happened with the original nex-5 from 2010, the switch was properly designed.
Oh, and where is the IBIS feature ???
I was comparing my original NEX-5 with my NEX-5R yesterday and in terms of construction and layout I find the original superior:
– buttons on the back of the original are silver so you can see them! The black buttons on the back of the NEX-5R (and I guess T) are more-or-less invisible in the field which can be frustrating. I’m amazed they kept this stupid choice on the 5T (as the black shutter button indicates): they must just be using-up 5R parts on this model
– the original NEX-5 has its strap mounted on lugs on the side of the camera which makes it hang downwards with a lens attached – protecting camera and lens nicely (great and innovative idea). The NEX-5R and 5T have reverted to those silly ‘conventional’ eyelets for the strap, which makes the camera hang at an awkward and unstable 45 degree angle against your chest
– the original NEX-5 has an anti-reflect screen protector that works quite well (though detaches itself evenutally) and a light sensor to control LCD brightness – missing on the 5R
– currently the top dial is a total waste (except in M mode where rear and top dial can be used to simultaneously modify shutter and aperture which is useful). There really should be a firmware change here
– power switch on original verion is indeed nicer
– there is more metal in the body of the original NEX-5 and it feels more solid. On the 5R only the front plate is magnesium (wonder if the 5T is all-plastic?)
– LCD image on the original is a bit sharper than on the 5, I guess the extra restistive touchscreen layer reduces light transmission and blurs image a bit
Of course the actual features of the 5R are superior to the original (particularly focus selection on the touchscreen) and the EVF accessory option is a big plus over the first model
Thank you for your comparison.
For the Power button, from my point of vue it would not change the fact that in my tight pocket, the button would still turn on and damage the power zoom.
I’d like sony to release a firmware to open up the power zoom only if there is light going on the sensor.
Yes it also happened to me… the camera can easily be turned on in the pockets.
And because the zoom lens is a power zoom, it tries to open-up in the pocket and damage the mechanism.
Interesting to see that they have been replacing the MP info in the bottom right with the sensor size, maybe its just marketing but they don’t have a NEX with any other sensor sizes, at the moment.
Just thought it was interesting…
NEX-VG900 is FF.
And another FF NEX is said to be announced in September.
NEX-5R also has APS-C written on it in the same place so it’s nothing new
I don’t think it’s ‘preparing for FF’ (why market that your product is ‘inferior’, what next, a ‘weak engine’ sticker on the back of some cars?)
I think Sony are trying to differentiate from M43 – many people still don’t realise that NEX has the bigger sensor, simply because the bodies are so small
Yeah, writing “APS-C” on it makes it look ghetto and cheap, like a generic Chinese knock off product from the flea market. You don’t see Canon putting “Full Frame” on the body of a 5D, or “APS-C” on a 70D. I guess they put that on there for yuppies and hipsters, so they can look cool, showing the world how big their nut sack is by showing their sensor size.
I need more AF lens suitable with NEX , no need body anymore if it doesnot have much improvement features!!!!
…i thought the present CEO of sony would only release cameras with significant difference in their features from their predecessors…. i guess the plan didn’t really went through.
That was about the A-mount cameras. They cancelled the A78 for that reason, for example. Apparently, the new policy doesn’t affect E-mount and Cyber-shot cameras.
This should have been a firmware update. Fuck Sony!