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UPDATE: The new NEX firmware are now officially available! Check our the Sony support website: http://support.sony-europe.com/hub/hub.html
Or use our direct download links:
For the NEX-3: Download for Windows or MacOSX
For the NEX-5: Download for Windows or MacOSX
And here is update for lens adapter:Download for Windows or MacOSX
Once tried the new firmware let us know what you think about!
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Great news! Thanks for the news. Can’t wait to use my NEX-5 after it is updated.
installed.
Very nice, I didn’t have a huge complaint before but this makes it nicer than it already was.
Setup lower button for ISO, center button, for white balance/autofocus/DRO-HDR
then set menu to go straight to image size, place it on quality.
all works great, very snappy to change all the settings I need now.
only negative is when using flexible spot focus point, your lower button is no longer custom, it’s automatically set to select focus point, so keep that in mind to what you set that button for.
for os x change exe to dmg :p
Ahah! Thanks for this. 😀 Did both the updates, it’s simple just like v.2. Read the instructions carefully, follow the steps and you’re done. Loads of difference from the previous version, in terms of access. Again, my thanks to you (couldn’t wait) and of course, to Sony.
Here is my little test for the AF performance of the new firmware 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqCCHQxn-zU
NEX5 V3：
http://www.badongo.com/file/24343897
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I86Z7B3S
NEX3 V3：
http://www.badongo.com/file/24343943
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z9GTYNSQ
enjoy it 😀
Looks like $ony has removed the files.
Wait till tomorrow or download it from below links:
LA-EA
http://www.xun6.com/file/ee8aa3206/LA-EA1V2_Update1010a.exe.html
NEX-5 (NEX3 user DO NOT download)
http://www.xun6.com/file/0678b2066/NEX-5V3_Update1010a.exe.html
Here a link for NEX3 users:
NEX3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12177550/NEX-3V3_Update1010a.exe
LA-EA
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12177550/LA-EA1V2_Update1010a.exe
Looks they’ve taken it down. Who wants to be my friend and upload it on a file hosting site for me? 🙂
http://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/down
load/NEX/NEX-5V3_Update1010a.dmg?fm=jp
http://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/down
load/NEX/LA-EA1V2_Update1010a.dmg?fm=jp
for mac!
Link broken? My God…I need it badly!
Uploaded for NEX-5
http://www.xun6.com/file/0678b2066/NEX-5V3_Update1010a.exe.html
can some please please let me know if the new firmware will work AF part for HSM sigma lenses?
RE: dheeraj
Saw a post in other forum advise new firmware does not work with Sigma HSM lenses.
Just installed both updates. The first and only thing I’ve tried so far is my 24-70mm SSM. After a few indoor shots, the focus seems to hunt for a second or two before it locks on.
Wondering how well will it perform in video recording with A mount lens.
Totally not well for video.
No AF-C. Focus only when half press the shutter button, and is slow and noisy for SAM lens.
I think someone in Sony has told us that the AF in NEX for alpha lenses should be slow, and that’s why they don’t release the AF function at first. So don’t expect too much for the AF function…
(溫馨提示) 有LA-EA1的用家，
大家相約在 18/10 上午九時一起致電CS。
查詢對新Firmware對焦事宜和解決方案。
若有再update Firmware也是良好方案。
多人投訴才會到達政策層面。
敬請各有LA-EA1的用家擁躍參與
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It is a shear torture to use Alpha lenses on NEX. I sold the adaptor ring and all the Alpha lenses after trying form some time. The is really slow! If you wish to shoot unmoving object, that is alright. But in that case, manual focus will also do. Then what is the sense of using the adaptor ring for AF?
startup seems faster and autofocus seems like it picks out what I want to focus on better
For those of us in the US, I’d think it would be a bad idea to download the European version of the Firmware. My guess is that we might end up with a PAL camera instead of an NTSC camera. As impatient as I am, I’ll nevertheless wait for the US version to show up on the Sony site.
Yeah, I’m with you on that one Lowell. I don’t know why they haven’t released it in US/CAN yet. This is pretty annoying, but I’m not gonna risk ruining my camera just so I can have it a day earlier.
That was the correct choice, Lowell and Avesta. I just tried downloading the european version 3 and it failed to load to my camera. My camera now will not turn on. I cannot re-install version 2 (american). While Sony Tech Support and I tried many things, nothing worked. They gave me two options:
1) Wait until version 3 for North America is available and try that;
2) Send the camera in for repairs (and a lot of money, I am guessing).
Tech support tells me that #1 likely will not work, but if the update comes out soon, I will try that first, anyway.
After looking through the dpreview forums, I discovered that the problem can be resolved without sending the camera to Sony for repairs (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1042&message=36555506). As it turns out, Windows 7 causes the problem sometimes.
I used my lap top (Windows XP) to reinstall the firmware version 2. Now the camera works again, and I will wait until the North America version 3 of the firmware comes out before upgrading again.
There is one thing I have to say about Sony, though. Their Tech Support tried to force me to pay to have the camera repaired. I highly doubt that Sony does not know about this issue with Windows 7. It’s shameful that they would do this to their customers, who are supporting them by purchasing their new product line early, before a lot of body and lens choices are available.
What losers.
I found a solution in the dpreview forums. I went to the US NEX-5 Support site, then on the “Download Now” button for Version 2, I used “Copy Link Location” and pasted the link into my browser, and manually changed “5V2” to “5V3” and “1007a” to “1010a” as instructed. It then downloaded Version 3 of the firmware, which I’ve installed on my US NEX-5. Everything works geat – including video.
Ah, thanks, Lowell! I’ll give it a try later today. 🙂
NEX 3/5 now score a 70 / 71 respectively on dpreview, both silver awards. Pretty fair I’d say.
Great! Now can we get one for the a33/55 to enable manual video controls? Please??
Please A55 firmware update – 24p-30p universal access, as well as better manual video controls.. like Mike Jenkins said!
The AF performance from what I have seen is about expected from a “hack” implementation. I guess that’s the best they will be able to do with the current adapter, but I was hoping for something much faster and precise. As it is, I think most people can manual focus faster.
It won’t be really any better then MF with DSLR lenses on mirrorless cameras.
It’s the same issue as with the Nikon D3100/D7000 AF during video – I focus manually better than these cameras do that automatically.
Simply: Contrast detection isn’t a method to use with classical DSLR lenses, especially those with very shallow DOF. They always will be too slow and too much hunting. It’s due to basic principle of how contrast detection AF works.
For those who installed the UK NEX firmware on your US cameras, did it change the fps from 30 to 25fps? Or is that something that can’t be changed by a firmware install? I’d love to do that to my a55. Down with NTSC!