Introducing the Sony NEX

For those of you that, like me, spend a rather unhealthy amount of time online the Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 cameras won’t come as a huge surprise.

Since the release and success of the Olympus Pen cameras (and the often overlooked Panasonic models) the micro SLR’s have really shaken up the market. And since we in the UK have brought more than anyone else in the world they must be doing something right. In fact these make up 10% of all DSLR sales in the UK.

Since the Olympus Pen’s realise there’s been much talk online about what the big three will do (Canon, Nikon and of course Sony) and it’s unsurprising that they want part of the action.

Sony are perhaps one of the biggest companies within the digital imaging market, this is certainly made apparent you look at the specification of their micro DSLR cameras.

Sony really have gone to town with their new range of cameras, emphasising that they are not just concerned with the image quality class leading but the user experience as well.
 
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In particular the LCD features Sony’s 920,000 which give’s pin sharp results. This, if you’ve seen any of the Alpha range, makes focusing or reviewing your shots an absolute joy. This has the added advantage of a vari-angle screen which flips out like the Alpha a550 helping with any macro photography or shooting over people’s heads in crowds.

Featuring a whole new lens mount optimised for their new system, you can expect Sony to really push this new design with the announcement of a forth coming camcorder already made like their alpha range you can expect Sony to take the same enthusiastic approach with this range as well.

The NEX models are pushing the boundaries with their mDSLR’s, both the NEX-3 and NEX-5 are both significantly smaller than the offerings from Olympus, Panasonic and Samsung but still feature the ‘large’ APS-C crop sensor’s which like the rest of the camera is newly designed to give the best performance.
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Both the feel and design is very similar between the two, initial reports are that they differ in the NEX-5 features full 1080i video recording and a magnesium body over its little brother which still respectively packs 720p and a plastic shell.

Interestingly, like most of the Olympus Pen range, the NEX due to their compact nature doesn’t have the space for a built in flash, but in rather unusual fashion for a manufacturer, there is supplying an external flash with the two cameras.

Here are Park Cameras the micro DLR’s have caught our imagination and we’re looking forward to getting our hands on these new cameras.

Sony Nex 16mm Kit

Sony Nex 18-55mm Kit

Sony Nex 16mm + 18-55mm Kit

Sony HVL-F7S Flash

When Sony announced the Nex cameras we were surprised to hear that it is supplied with a flash unit, the HVL-F7S.

This is specially designed for the Nex cameras. After a little more investigating it has emerged that it has similar power to most pop-up flashes, and as its name suggests it has a guide number of 7 meters, making it a useful little fill-in flash, but don’t expect enough light to fill an entire church! Just to put it into context the Panasonic GF1 has a guide number of 6 and the Olympus E-PL1 punching out a guide number of 10.

Sony NEX with Flash

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