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You can already preorder the new stuff!
Sony NEX-C3 BLACK at Amazon (Click here).
Sony NEX-C3 SILVER at Amazon (Click here).
Sony NEX-C3 PINK at Amazon (Click here).
Sony 30mm macro at Amazon (Click here).
Previews
Sony NEX-C3: toma de contacto (Quesabesde).
NEX-C3 First look at Amateur Photgrapher.
Full NEX-C3 review at Focus Numerique (Click here ot read the google english translation).
First look on Photoreview.
HOT: Sony NEX-C3 preview at DPreview.
Image samples
NEX-C3 image samples at Dpreview, Focus Numerique (ISO comparison with the Panasonic G3 and Olympus E-PL2), Imaging Resource (Studio test).
Highlights
HOT: Sony officially announced that the new NEX-3/5 firmware will come on June 20th!
“A firmware upgrade (Version 4) adds the new ‘Picture Effect’ function to existing NEX-5 and NEX-3 cameras. It also adds a Peaking function to assist with more precise manual focusing. This upgrade will be available June 20thand can be downloaded from: (www.esupport.sony.com). “
See the picture effects at Dpreview.
NEX-C3 ships in late July or August, and will be offered with those familiar 18-55mm and 16mm kit lenses for $649 and $599, respectively. Bodies paired with the zoom will be available in black, pink, and silver, while the camera in the fixed-lens kit will only ship in black.
There’s also a new 30mm f/3.5 macro lens ($249, October) and a larger external flash ($149, August) for the NEX series
Sony says the new NEX-C3 cam is designed to fill the gap between point-and-shoot and DSLR cameras, and is the smallest body to pack an APS-C sensor.
Price in Europe: NEX-C3 + 16mm for 580 €. With 18-55 mm for 630 €. Double kit for 730 €
The flash costs 150 Euro.
Links to Press release
NEX-C3, A35 and macro lens at Photoscala.
Sony NEX-C3, 30mm Macro Lens & F20S Flash Announced (Photographybay).
NEX-C3 article on Amateur Photographer.
Article on Engadget.
Sony NEX-C3 at Imaging Resource.
Sony Alpha NEX-C3 : fiche technique (Alpha Numerique).
HVL-F20S pour NEX : et le flash devient accessoire pour 150 euros (Focus Numerique)
Youtube-Vimeo
Japanese NEX-C3 commercial (Youtube).
Hands-on video on CNET.
Sony Alpha NEX-C3 Hands-On Preview (Youtube).
Sony Nex C3 Alfa 35 primi scatti test (Youtube).
5 Responses
Dear Santa:
I would REALLY like an audio interface. Something I can plug external mics into and a headphone jack for monitoring audio. Extra milk and cookies if you also include a software update that includes a built-in intervalometer.
Looks nice, but the body seems just too small for any fast lenses. The sensor is just too big, Sony can’t beat the laws of physics. On the other hand, I hope other manufacturers add something similar to Sony’s “Peaking” on-the-fly contrast detection focusing.
Have you ever looked at Voigtlander or Leica lenses for M mount ? Those have full-frame sensors to work with. All are very small.
Yes, but full manual, no AF motor, no electronic aperture control, no IS. I bet Sony would make small(er) lenses if they could.
Field report from Luminous Landscape:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sony_nex_c3_field_report.shtml
TL;DR – Nice images, lousy interface, lenses too big for the body. I get the impression he likes the XZ-1 better.