Triple E-mount lens test at Provideocoalition (Click here).
Dcresource (Click here) posted a new NEX-5n review: “If you find that you can live with its interface, then you’ll find a camera that’s capable of taking excellent photos and videos, with the added bonus of the HDR and Anti Motion Blur features, for taking great photos in challenging lighting conditions. Even with its quirks, the NEX-5N does the fundamentals very well, which is why it earns my recommendation.”
Tamron for NEX image samples at Focus Numerique (Click here).
Using Pentax FA Lenses on the Sony NEX-5n at Steve Huff (Click here).
A77 is Worlds Fastest Camera says Pixiq (Click here).
Quick in staus check: NEX-7 is now in Stock at Amazon Germany (Click here), Fotomundus (Click here).
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The world’s fastest camera… I guess they need to qualify that statement a little better. It’s the fastest one at my house, for what it’s worth.
Try reading the article before posting uninformed snarky comments. The author clearly praises the high frame rate.
Ummm…admin, so about 2 years ago you had posted info about a33/55 FW hack. So it was a scam as everybody thought or what? Really shame that onlly 2 fw was released and nothing has changed.
As I see it, Sony, like many other large companies their design, and production departments, are driven by the Marketing department and the need to have something new and improved to offer retailers and their customers.
For consumer products like entry-level cameras putting something new on the sales floor brings in more money than a firmware upgrade that includes product enhancements. How often do we see firmware updates to any of the P&S cameras?
Bug fixes yes, of-course and we are seeing that with the a77, although I wouldn’t be at all surprised to hear rumors of an a78 before Sony ships version 2.0 of the a77 firmware that includes any of the product enhancements asked for by many of the posters to this site.
You might get lucky and get a new firmware for the a33/a55 as I did when Sony released version 2.0 for the a850/a900 camera a little over a year ago,Although I think Sony would rather you purchased a new Sony camera 😉
Yeah. And for this exact reason i had asked about fw hack, because in pc hardware hack are common and best way to use full potential of the hardware.
AHAH with the new pentax bye bye sony nex 😉 … and oly-fuji too off course
You know absolutely nothing about the specs and capabilities of the new K-01 yet, other than the name. Fickle much, fan boy?
are you sure???? 😀 same sensor k-5 weather sealed and all pentax optics yay! http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/hot-first-real-pictures-of-the-pentac-k-01-mirrorless-camera/#comments ahahah jason
50% bigger than the 5N and butt-ugly as well…boxy, bulky, no style. The NEX-7 is even better looking, smaller and not as “Ricoh” looking at the K-01. Ugly little thing.
Nex 7 has a iso 1 sensor, k5 had a beautiful sensor and plus sonys optics are like…. blah in comparision with pentaxs one .. plus.. weathersealed!
The more I see, the more it looks like the uglier older sister to the Q. It is clear no one with an eye is designing things over at Pentax anymore.
I more interested in how well a camera captures an image and how the overall IQ compares from one camera to the next and how the ergonomics of the camera fits in my hands and what it would be like to work with it during a long shooting session more than what it looks like.
But that’s just me…………
I’ve briefly used the K-5 and believe it to be a fine camera and produces excellent images!
And before I get attacked as being one, I’m not a Pentax fanboy!
yeah but damn that thing’s a warthog
😉
@Kendo – you know the K5 sensor is the one from the 5n right? The K5 is a nice camera to be sure and nobody knows what the K-01 is going to be like body wise, but it is designed by a famous industrial designer that is well known for his ‘quirky’ designs, which appeal to the Japanese market ie won’t be to everyone’s taste and I’m sure it will get an absolute canning over here on SAR, but my bet is it will still be a very decent cam – like the Q everyone here mocks.
I’ve just ordered one NEX-7 from amazon.de!!! Thank you Andrea!
Seems Sony has changed their CEO,
Will there be any changes made to the Alpah/NEX system body/lens road map?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/feb/01/kaz-hirai-named-as-sony-ceo
To me, Sony is more secretly that many so it hard to know what a new CEO will decide.
But we do know that Sony hasn’t done to well with its purchase of the Minolta camera division and is losing-out big time to Nikon and Canon for the upper end of the market, and has now given up competing head to head and gone its own way with the SLT leaving the DSLR market to others.
And, I would not be at all surprised if the change at the top at Sony, and the need to turnaround Sony’s bottom-line and falling stock price, will force changes that many posters to this site will find disappointing to say the least.
SLT is an evolution not a step back from DSLR technology. So they did not “leave” the DSLR market.
Sony’s SLT business is a tiny part of the group. I very much doubt that anything will significantly change.
Agree on what A77 is saying. Furthermore, Sony never intended to go head to head with CaNikon, what more with their top end 1D3s MkIV side of the business. Alpha division is just like one species of tree in the Amazon. Not big, not that small either, just not big enough to make a huge impact.
Yay, another 5n review! Because there aren’t enough posted on here.
A really great demo video by Meets the Eye Films.
“Quick ‘n’ dirty demo shot with the SEL-24F18Z Zeiss Sonnar 24mm f/1.8 on an NEX-FS100. Every shot at f/1.8, ISO 16,000 (+30dB gain), 1/60 sec @ 24fps. No grading at all; no noise reduction. Speed changes on last two shots, and SmoothCam on 1st and 3rd, but aside from that the clips are just as they were shot.
I had to dim the instrument panel to its lowest setting to avoid overexposure.
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Why wasn’t this info provided ??? This was a lot more important to Sony video shooters than any of today’s other info. Plus it looks like you were given a semi-exclusive on this video (This video is unlisted. Only those with the link can see it.)
It’s pretty ridiculous to test photographic lenses on a camcorder – even if it’s a Sony NEX-FS100. All Sony NEX lenses are more than enough to film FullHD. BTW a fine (short) review of the Macro I found here:
http://erphotoreview.com/wordpress/?p=1488
Not so. If anything lens quality is more important for video as subjects MOVE. If a lens is crap you will notice it more as a subject moves across the frame. Barrell distortion, soft edges, colour shifts and vignetting will all become more obvious in motion images than in stills. I believe you are talking about resolution, which while HD video is only about 2MP the camera still derives those from many more.
Well, let’s say of course there are serious aspects to test, but this test isn’t coming to any of them. Anyway, soft edges, won’t be a problem anyway, since they’re cropped in FullHD, while this also minimises colour shifts, and especially distortion would have needed much closer checks, since so far the Lens Compensation Feature is missing in NEX-FS100/VG10/5/3/C3 (don’t know about the VG20). The only interesting aspects were about focussing.
What crops? Apart from top and bottom crops for 16:9 aspect (the FS100 is native 16:9 ratio sensor) the only NEX to have cropped were the original 3&5 which were pretty darn useless for video anyway. Anyway I didn’t watch the video, so can’t comment much really, am only making a note of your statement about testing lenses on a motion picture camera. Motion picture lenses are generally required to be of a much higher standard than stills lenses, good ones also cost a fortune.
The very most of the extreme outer image circle potentially showing problems isn’t used in video mode and scaled down to FullHD it’s not a lens problem anyway (but could be one of the processor’s algorithm and is depending on which sensor pixels are read for one FullHD pixel). Obviously you haven’t seen the video nor read the article and you’re simply in flaming-mood without real interest, otherwise you would have talked about the really interesting focussing aspects. And of course motion picture lenses do cost a lot, because they aren’t produced for a mass market.
SonyStore USA just sent me an email saying that my NEX-7 (body only) was shipped today (I’m in Wash, DC). I placed the pre-order in mid-December and despite some delays, I will finally have my baby in hand soon. Good luck to those who are still waiting. It will be worth it…
I was close to pulling my pre-order to grab a Fuji, but then I realized I would just be doing it out of spite! And I wouldn’t have a camera any sooner…
Just a quick opinion from you guys, I’m planning on becoming a pro someday and do you think sticking with sony and investing in their lenses is a good or bad idea?
IMHO, for video, is a good idea. For stills, in the near future, too. In the present, I guess that is a matter os tastes and needs, although Canon & Nikon has some advantages.
At the end the most important thing is that you are comfortable with the gear of your choice.
Just an opinion from a hobbyist (I buy what I wish, not what I need 😀 for that reason, my knowledge about advanced gear is limited).
Being a professional is not about the gear that you use. Any manufacturer’s system is capable of producing ‘professional’ images – the rest is up to you.
Professional only means making a living out of it and some are able to do this even with a cell phone, while in special occasions a GoPro beats Canon, Nikon & Sony plus many others. Depends totally on your individual needs. If you need Canon or Nikon’s massive lens range, you’ve got to go for that. If you prefer the NEX flexibility like I do, you might go for that. Ask yourself what you wanna do first and then choose the most suitable (and usually affordable) gear…
The only thing that I’m worried about is sony ditching the a-mount line since its not that proffitable. Bottom line, i dont want to invest on a soon to be dead camera a-mount line.
There is no sign that Sony will be ditching the A mount line anytime soon. On the contrary more Alpha cameras are planned, even full-frame ones!
Nikon DSLR/lens is the safest bet for system longevity but any of the big three (Canon, Nikon, SONY) is safe. Pentax is a bit shaky. 4/3 is clearly dead and I am not sure if m4/3 will be around in 5 years.
E-Mount is a major step for Sony. It’s made for photography and video growing together. It’s flexibility is a strike of genius and it’s damn profitable already, even with not very advanced lenses so far. Therefore I’d also expect Sony rather to give up their A-Series in a some more years, but Canon and Nikon will have similar problems, since their massive lens ranges aren’t that much financed by hobby photographers any more and depending on future sensor technology full frame lenses might become exotic anyway. I don’t agree with Pei, μ4/3 will die, since the mass market isn’t dominated that much by traditional professionals any more, high quality lenses are so much cheaper to produce for smaller image circles and most consumers’ needs are fulfilled with cell phone cameras already. There’s nothing for eternity and therefore your camera choice has got to follow your creative needs and not the other way round. Good luck…
Well, I sold all my Sony gear !! Had the a850 – a77 (two of them both had problems, with (a77)), I have had it with Sony not supporting the pro level shooters or anyone wanting to aspire to that, they lack true vision, they are and always will be just a soccer mom camera company.. No tethered shooting, very poor flash control, lack features that help you be creative(I don’t mean pano shooting) built in interval shooting, truly a non custom camera.. I switched to Nikon… WOW what a difference for the better…
I have an a100 and now its time to upgrade, but I don’t think Sony are serious about their cameras. They seem to just be chasing money rather than loyal customers. I would buy the a77 but they will probably bring out an a88 the next day and leave me in the lurch. I have a couple of grand to spend and I think Nikon will be getting most of it.