Friday, May 14, 2010

Sony NEX-5 Micro Four Thirds

Sony finally brings their Sony NEX-5 micro four third into the interchangeable lens cameras market. Canon SD4000 IS may going to lose its ground against this NEX-5 mini DSLR. Sony's effort on this NEX-series really noticeable from their 16mm F/2.8 lens, being small but having the APS-C sized sensor with 14.2 megapixels Exmor R sensor you've probably seen in their high class Sony A550.


This feature combined in Sony NEX-5 specification would meand a better noise reduction system and improvement in low light scene captures. You can capture up to ISO 1600 and still encounter very very few noise in the images. And this mean great low light capability NEX-5 have. The large sensor have some part in making the NEX-5 to be a big hit in the future with defocusing effects of backgrounds allowed by shorter depth of field on the scene. Therefore, it is very useful in macro shooting or portrait taking.

Sony NEX-5 also gives various special shooting modes, you can have a panoramic style scene with Sweep Panorama, that takes 7 rapid shots in a second. The low light scene can also be taken without the significant need of tripod with their Handheld Twilight. You can also use NEX-5 HDR shot with details in both, the bright and dark region in images. If the price of $650 would be too high for you, there are Canon SD4000 with f/2.0 lens sold at $350 as an option.

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