Touted by Sony as the world’s smallest and lightest interchangeable lens camera, the Alpha NEX5 was launched today in the Philippines.
The Sony NEX-5 sits between Sony’s Cybershot and Alpha dSLR line of cameras. It’s got a small and lightweight body but has an interchangeable lens system so you get SLR-like images with its 14.2-megapixel Exmor APS-C HD CMOS image sensor .
Magnesium Alloy body
3.0″ LCD (angle adjustable 80 degrees up and 45 degrees down)
14.2MP Exmor APS HD CMOS Sensor (23.4×15.6 mm)
ISO 200 – 12800
1080i Video Recording (AVCHD, MP4)
25 multi-point Auto Focus
RAW + JPEG
30 secs to 1/4000 sec shutter speed (+ Bulb)
External flash (supplied)
2.3fps continuous shooting (max 7fps @ speed-priority)
HDMI/Video out, USB 2.0
SD/SDHC/SDXC, Memory Stick Pro Duo, Pro-HG Duo
Although the NEX-5 uses E-mount lenses, it is capable of using A-mount lenses with the LA-EA1 adaptor so you can use all the available lenses in the Alpha dSLR line (including Minolta and Konica Minolta AF lenses). You can see the Sony NEX-5 here mounted with a large telephoto lens (300mm SAL-300F28G).
The camera has dual memory card slots so you can use SD/SDHC cards on top of Sony’s proprietary Memory Stick Pro Duo and supports capacities of up to 32GB allowing you to store a lot of those 1080i Full HD videos the camera can record.
Suggested retail price of the Sony NEX-5 is Php37,999 that includes the standard zoom lens (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6).
Twitter: digitalspidey
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I guess that hand is Calvin’s haha!
Twitter: tristankhalil
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WOW! I’m going to add this in my wishlist!
Sana may maawa sakin magbigay ng DSLR ahahahah pero this one really looks awesome, Sir Abe!
Small but terrible!
Twitter: sylv3rblade
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The fact that it can mount existing Minolta lenses is awesome enough.
BTW, is the thing that looks like a bendable antenna the built-in flash?
@sylv3rblade – it’s actually a detachable flash.
@tristan – lakasan mo panalangin mo. heheh
Twitter: Teknisyan
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Heheh… this is a real nice… looks like a hybrid with detachable lens.
btw.. any news if they’ll market the new Sony α390 and α290?
http://www.teknisyan.net/2010/07/sony-390-and-290-entry-level-dslr_04.html
hayy! why is it when u buy something, it instantly becomes old?
dslr will become obsolete next year…
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/canon-wonder-camera-concept-promises-single-lens-perfection-vid/
@Teknisyan,
worthless blog you have there
Twitter: Teknisyan
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@mon, thanks!
@Mon Kuto:
Wow, as if yer blog is a sight to behold! Credit goes to you though, instead of becomin a stalker like most of you abused kids grow up to be, you created an award worthy site, very original indeed (NOT).. Downing others won’t make you GREAT so do us a favor Mon MAKUTO, keep your comments to yourself if you got nothin’ positive to say.
Mon Macuto replied on Jul 7th, 2010 at 2:23 am (7)
@Teknisyan,
worthless blog you have there
Twitter: Teknisyan
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@Crab
Thanks to you as well!
Twitter: sylv3rblade
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@Sir Abe
Is it a dedicated unit (not included with the actual package)? Can we use the flash with any other camera?
It’s in interesting add-on either way.
wow ang ganda. lalo na yung lens
@sylv3rblade – read up on Calvin’s first impressions at PTB: http://www.pinoytechblog.com/archives/sony-alpha-nex-5-first-impressions
now that’s a camera! haha! no need for apature or shutter settings LOL
@manong
the only people who say that DLSRs will become obsolete (next year at that?) are the ones who don’t use or appreciate them. Engadget is a tech site, not a photography site. They couldn’t care less about the utility of the gadget they just care about the tech used in it.
Not to say that tech isn’t great, there is room for both tech that makes things easier for people as well as gear that just works and produces great results for those who know how to use them.
So even though the “common tao” may think that DSLRs will die someday, but really, these are the same guys who never knew what an SLR was before they became digital. But photographers were still using them pa rin anyway. (and they still do actually). Yes they also have compacts, and point and shoots, but they will still have their SLRs for when it needs to count.
Twitter: sylv3rblade
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@beer
heh.. engadget doesn’t even know that it’s not the number of megapixels a camera has that matters
+1
Twitter: Teknisyan
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@ beef
i agree but i think they’re just adding spice to the story.
Abe, please take note that someone is impersonating me. You can check this reply’s IP address. That’s the real me.
I’m sorry if you and your readers thought it was me. I just want to clear my name, reputation and of my blog.
Thanks,
M
@teknisyan
you’re probably right; it’s probably “spice”..
being an engineer though, I prefer accuracy (or at the very least actual experience)to “palabok” and guessing. The internet being what it is, so many people (for example, 14 year old kids)can say something they have no idea about and someone’s bound to believe it as “gospel”.
next thing you know, people start to think things that were here-say are fact unfortunately.. aaahh.. Off topic na.. my apologies..
para on topic.. hehe
I actually like the NEX-5, if only for it’s video mode (on paper). Okay, Okay, I also like the way it looks and feels, got to hold one at a gadget shop last weekend (infosys ba yun?).. yes just hold, not take shots as it wasn’t powered.
IF I had one, I’d probably use it a lot. To be honest though, for places where I expect to get good pictures (read as “possibly contest worthy”), I’d still bring my DSLR, bulky as it is.
Twitter: Teknisyan
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@beef
yeah… people think that what they read on the net are all true… like what they say “If it’s too good to be true, that means it’s not”. Anyhow, “THAT” Mon or whoever he is have a good life”
Sorry for the off topic.
Anyhow what’s good about Sony camera’s specially those that uses detachable lenses, more often than not are compatible to Minolta and Konica Minolta AF Lenses.
Twitter: Teknisyan
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@beef
A lot of people think that what they read on the net are all true… like what they say “If it’s too good to be true, that means it’s not”. Anyhow, “THAT” Mon or whoever he is have a good life.
Sorry for the OT.:)
Anyhow what’s good about Sony camera’s specially those that uses detachable lenses, more often than not are compatible to Minolta and Konica Minolta AF Lenses.
Twitter: kzapkzap
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so is this the smallest camera with a APS-C image sensor?
wow, this is nice , dying to own one then take a pictures in the mirror .. cause i like it so much
@beef
funny as it is, SLR is a technology NOT photography. gets mo?
SLR replaced TLR in the ’70s then became digital in the ’90s.
2 yrs ago, mirror-less interchangable lens cameras were introduced w/c eliminates most of the advantages of DSLR while also do not have its disadvantages.
check d meaning of obsolete… it comes w/ the age of the user (does your lolo uses micro four thirds? hehehe!)
same features, big difference in price and weight? saan ka pa!
“anything you buy today becomes obsolete tomorrow”