There is an incredible ammount of new NEX stuff coming by end of Augst! And some of those new cameras and lenses can be seen on the image on top:
NEX-7
NEX-5N
LA-EA2
XGA-external OLED viewfinder
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8
Sony 55-210mm f/4-6.3 OSS
Sony 50mm f/1.8 OSS
VG-20
Surprised? Now that’s a hell of an announcement!
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NEX 7 is looking so good with the new zeiss lens!!!
What a pleasure to find someone who thinks trhguoh the issues
From the outside, NEX-7 looks almost perfect. They’ve obviously made the camera many internet forums were asking for – kudos. The only thing it doesn’t have is an articulated screen, but I guess they’ve left it for NEX-7N :). That, and the adapter with built-in translucent mirror will be major pluses for NEX system. It is starting to look serious. I hope Panasonic and Olympus will copy those two soon.
YAY! The NEX grows up. Killer system! 🙂
PLEASE let the 24mm lens size be a joke!!
Well, at the very least the NEX-7 should be the defacto manual focus legacy lens camera.
Both new bazooka-sized lenses will be fine for NEX7, but still no usable lens for NEX 3/5?!
What’s striking to me is that they do not seem to exploit the very short flange distance of the E-Mount. Maybe it’s not possible for Zeiss to maintain it’s high image quality with such a short flange length?
Leica M has a 28mm FBD and covers full frame (compared to APS-C on the NEX), and no one can fault their image quality.
I don’t think the FBD is the limiting factor here. It sees that Sony is concentrating on image quality over compactness with the 24/1.4 (the Panasonic Leica 25/1.4 for m43 isn’t exactly tiny either).
It’s good to see that Sony is finally addressing the main limitation of the NEX system, namely, the lack of lenses. It’s taken them a lot longer than expected, but NEX is finally looking like a worthwhile contender in the mirrorless space.b
In-body stabilization for the nex-7?
i not think so…
if the NEX-7 kit set will have the black version of lens like the olympus E-P3 (E-P3’s black kit set have a lens in black)…. then it will be great, i really hate the silvery surface of the lens…. this is one of the reason stop me to buy the NEX… (somewhat naive….but personal view only)
The NEX-7 with Zeiss Black lens really catch my heart ^^
also… hope NEX would introduce the lens faster…..
The lens size is still a joke…
Nex lenses are too big. Focus on making pancakes Sony. I don’t see any advantage to the Nex system as long as the lenses are so big. It’s a pity, because I much prefer the Nex cameras to Samsung and Micro 4/3. But it is sorely let down by the lenses. Also, from an aesthetic point of view, I think the new Nex 5 is a better looking camera, though of course the Nex 7 will be a far more capable camera.
Absolutely. The Samsung sensor is crap and a half, but the system is infinitely better than NEX simply because of the excellent pancakes. I’d love a Nex-7, but I wouldn’t use ANY of the current NEX lenses…that would make me turn to adapted MF lenses, but I really want a 35mm prime and just about the only way to get that on an APS-C camera in a small package is the CV 21/4, which is freaking expensive and, obviously, slow.
Why the people say it is crap, the NX10/100 give a excellent image up to ISO 1600 and the color to low ISO is better than M4/3 and NEX.
dang, i really like the new tank look of that nex 7. looks sexy as hell. although yeah, lack of pancakes are a problem.
The only problem I see with the NEX cameras is the lack of a high image quality low light lens. The Zeiss will solve this. Who cares about the size, photography is all about image quality. Choose one, superb image quality or a miniaturize lens? Haha, coming from a Canon 7D + 17-55mm f/2.8, I think the NEX-7 + Zeiss is way way smaller.