In August Sony announced the new NEX-EA50M camcorder kit, the Sony NEX-EA50M. It’s the same camera as the predecessor but has a different kit lens and updated firmware. It’s in Stock now for the first time at Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
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just the old model with the 18105 lens kit . nothing new
Seems to be not a new camera at all but the EA50 is bundled with a different lens now. Note that it replaces the “EA50UH” which was the kit with 18-200mm lens. Camera body is the same as
before, so giving it a new name would be the real joke.
Too bad it’s not a new model. It really is the only ENG-style large sensor camera, but it’s sadly missing the very important NDs and has bad rolling shutter. Even if they just added the NDs it would become a much more widely adopted camera.
dude just buy an ND filter for like $40. this is why it is interchangeable duh!
So then if I want to change lenses, I need to change NDs. I may accidentally hit the variable ND causing me to screw up exposure. I would need to deal with another moving ring (focus, zoom, nd) when shooting run-and-gun. Although you are correct, after using a camera with built in NDs, you just can’t go back to not having them built in! I’m not saying that every camera should have NDs, but cameras in the ENG style should, in my opinion.
Come on, Sony, let’s get serious. Release a 4K version with proper ND filters and the new 28-135 f4 par focal lens, and then we’ll be talking. I have been searching for that large sensor ENG camera of my dreams for years. I wanted to love the EA50 but it’s just not quite there yet.
Wouldn’t that be the FS7?
Your dream camera was already announced a few weeks ago. It’s called, the Sony FS7. Look for it.
18-105 f4 oh, the worst distortion Sony lens ever !!!!
Isnt there a camera lens correction feature? it removes the distortion I think
You do know that the distortion is mean to be corrected via software and that this firmware upgrade does that. And that many NEX/Alpha E mount cameras correct for the distortion (while capturing video) as well as JPEG. Maybe you should actually try using the lens before making blanket declarations.
But in the NEX-FS100 it wasn’t usable at all with huge pillow distorsion. And if you use it on older gen. cameras including the NEX-VG10, NEX-5 and NEX-3, it was so horrible many gave the lens negative reviews.
ACR and Lightroom have lens profiles for the 18-105mm. People really should test and understand their equipment before giving out reviews. As I said before, many of the Sony E mount cameras correct for the distortion (which was part of the design) so for those who own the lens with these cameras, the criticism doesn’t really apply. It’s a good lens, but people need to be aware of its limitations before they buy it (and that’s true with all equipment).
Technically speaking that may be correct.
Previously Lenses where designed for the least distortion, most interchangeable Lenses still are. Now Lenses can be designed for lower cost and smaller size IF instead of designing for the “least distortion” they design for the “most correctable distortion”.
While the resulting Lens design may not be the least distorted the manner in which it is distorted is the easiest to correct for a resulting Image with less distortion than a far more complex design would be capable of (for the same size or a larger design at the same cost).
With the limits (8MP) of resolution needed for 4K Video, compared to a 36MP+ Camera, there can be more error in the design since the Sensor does not have the resolution to detect it (and you only examine that Image for 1/24 to 1/30th of a second).
I’m no defender of the Lens, it’s an F4 (at least it is constant) and not quite long enough (for me). Making a Lens ‘seem’ as good or better than others and offering it for a lower cost prompts many people to KNOW they are getting that once in a life time special deal reversed for them, and they must buy it now.
Other people understand that a Lens that costs 4K is almost certainly to be better than one for 1/4 the cost, even based upon volume (IE: Sigma vs. Sony / Fuji / Pany); the more distorted and electronically corrected (in Camera) Lens is ultimately no match for glass that is more expensive than you need but certainly likely to have higher sales.
in B&H photo product page, they mention that “adds an updated Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor” i wonder is if true.
Must be …
On the Adorama Site (Link given above, also see Photo) it says: “… 1920p up to 60 FPS …” and in the finer Print it says: “… 1080 59.94i …” and also “… 1920×1080 60P (59.97P) …”.
Hope that clears it up.
1920p? They are putting horizontal resolution in the specs now?
With XAVC becoming the standard, can we ditch the AVCHD codec on cameras that are advertised to be intended for video recording? This cameras has the same bitrate –actually a bit lower– as the old MPEG2 variant, HDV.