Amanda Schmidt: City Moments: Sony Nex 5n from Mike Kobal on Vimeo.
The NEX-5n has been reviewed by Cnet UK (Click here): “That rather leaves us wondering why you’d choose a conventional dSLR over the NEX-5N, assuming you haven’t already bought into one manufacturer’s body and lens system. It’s smaller, more convenient and much more fun to use. In many cases it’s cheaper, too, which in our book makes it very highly recommended indeed.”
Ricoh GXR Mount Sony Nex 5N comparison (Dpreview forum).
Sony NEX-5n Addendum – By Sean Reid on Luminous Landscape (Click here / scroll down to the bottom of the article).
A reader sent me this: “I’ve posted a video on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/29216506. It is a BTS video of an AHA Image Studios shoot for Sbyke. I’m using nothing but his lighting, 2 HMIs and one gelled 650 tungsten. NEX 5n with a 16mm f2.8 lens. The entire video was shot on the Program setting. The sound is from the built in stereo mics. The lack of volume control is a big problem. I spent a lot of time in post trying to match levels with less than complete success. I’ll be using double system sound for the rest of my projects. Hope you enjoy, and maybe learn something. I find real world videos more informative than the typical bug and flower test videos.”
The good news for Sony is that the NEX-5n is selling very well in USA. Actually it is the only non-Canon and non-Nikon cameras that made it into the Amazon top-20 cameras (Clcik here to see the full ranking). And that success is also pushing the lens sales (Click here to see the full camera/lens mirrorless ranking). I guess the NEX-7 would have reached an even better ranking. But I guess we will have to wait ealry 2012 until we can see that camera in Stock.
The NEX-5n sells extremely well at Amazon UK too where it is on position one of the mirrorless chart (Click here to see the ranking).
The NEX-5n is on third position of the Amazon De ranking (Click here). The surprise here is that the NEX-7 is on top! Amazon de is still accepting preorders (Click here)!
And here are the rankings for Japan (Click here), France (Click here), Italy (Click here) and Spain (Click here).
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yay 5N FTW 😀
Wonderful video.
Thank you!
The best example of the NEX 5N’s capabilities so far (IMHO) is this wonderful mini-documentary by Philip Bloom: http://philipbloom.net/2011/10/25/anthonyvizzari/comment-page-1/#comment-187927
The Phillip Bloom video paints an excellent picture of the subject. But uses thousands of dollars of non-Sony equipment.
Mike Kobal’s fashion video uses “a Lensbaby and a Computar C-mount 50mm 1.8 lens (readily available on Ebay).” http://www.mikekobal.com/blog/?p=2460 And I prefer it to Phil Bloom’s doc.
My little BTS video used a NEX 5n, with the much reviled Sony 16mm f2.8 lens. I put the 5n on a tripod, composed the shot and pushed the button I used the Program setting to test how well the camera worked (I know how well I work — I’ve been using a light meter and pulling manual focus for a long time). I set the initial focus using the touch screen, and the camera did a good job of following focus. I’m impressed.
c.d.embrey, thanks so much for your kind words! glad to hear you like my video,I have the highest respect for Philip Bloom and his documentary shows a totally different aspect of how this little camera can be used. Best to watch both and get a pretty good idea of what this camera is capable of producing visually.
I also like both of your videos (cd embrey and mike kobal). Nice shooting; impressive what you have done with just the 5N and some basic equipment.
My comment wasn’t intended to be a knock on either of you. Philip’s doc demonstrates that, paired with high end gear, can compete with the image quality of RED Epic, AF100, and other, much pricier, cameras.
To everybody out there wondering about the status of the “click” issue… unfortunately it seems it hasn`t yet been fixed in the current batch. I received my 5N from Amazon Germany yesterday, and it clicks like hell. The loose element inside the camera that causes the clicking seems to have an especially instable position when the camera is held exactly level, i.e. in 95% of all filming situations. In this position the slightest tilting of the camera will make this element move inside its retainer and produce a click. My impression is that the loose part is very small and lightweight, so fixing it with a small amount of grease seems like a perfectly reasonable solution to me.
Fortunately I am not doing much video work, but anyway I think I will soon send the camera in for service. Apart from that, I`m quite happy with it…
Hmm strange, so they haven’t started manufacturing new ones? or they haven’t bothered fixing it on them? Seems a bit of a pain to have to buy one then send it back to sony right away….
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I wish Sony would come out with a “NEX-4”. But I think with all the floods, earthquakes, and the worldwide economy, we won’t see any more NEX models for a long time.
I do not understand how Cnet UK could publish that comment. I can honestly say that I very-much prefer a full-sized DSLR to the cameras in this class, and I feel as though I’m speaking for lots of photographers in saying that.
I think the cnet comment is very valid, the performance of the nex and similar cameras is very good and although its still behind DSLR on many levels, it has its own merits which some may find more important. I have to admit, it I didnt need the speed and lenses of SLR photography for gig / festival shooting, I would probably prefer a nex set up for travel photography. The difference in bag weight would be fantastic!