David Kilpatrick posts the NEX-7 review.
The famous Sony blogger David Kilpatrick (Click here) posted the full NEX-7 review. It’s a great review and I am not going to spend one word on it. Just read it! And as usual I hope Sony is taking notice of his suggestion for the future NEX_7 successor!
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Ed
11 months ago |A very long review, but sadly not that indepth. While I don’t have an a77 to compare it to, I do have a 50D that has been all but replaced by the 7.
matgay
11 months ago |#1 complaint of NEX7 so far is the LCD to EVF lag time. The liveview on the larger LCD screen, once you put it up to your eyeball, it take 1 second for the sensor to notice your eye is there and switch from the LCD to the EVF. Sooooooooo annoying wait!!!
I see something I want to shoot, put it up to my eye to take a shot, and have to look at a blacked out screen in the viewfinder for 1 second until i can take that shot???
matgay
11 months ago |and the nex7 eyecup is super uncomfortable hard plastic! it is so tiny that my eyeball protrudes into it, and if somewhere were to bump into me while i am taking pics, the tiny plastic eyecup would poke my eyeball into the eyesocket – very dangerous.
nothing like the larger a900 eyecup that i also use to rest the camera against my head for added stability.
Peter
11 months ago |you Sir, deserve a beating for being not only arrogant, but also impractical. If anyone goes to mirrorlessrumors.com and check out this dude’s comments (matgay) you will realise he is as ignorant of photography and the importance of photographic diversity in equipment as a conservative man in the 1980s speaking about AIDS
Sonni
11 months ago |plastic? i have rubber eyepiece on my sony nex-7
matgay
11 months ago |hi sonni, it is a ultra thin coating of rubber on top of plastic, it doesnt flex. the a900 eyepiece is a larger cushiony rubber.
yes peter in ur country all critics should be taken out and shot. but not by u, u r the chicken bird in the back corner using everybody to do ur dirty work.
Mike
11 months ago |You should’nt criticize other companies.
onigorom
11 months ago |Is he a photographer? How can a lack of GPS be one of the reasons to dismiss a camera?
JonasM
11 months ago |Lack of GPS is a big omission. I own the NEX-7 but I think they really should have put both GPS and IBIS on a camera at this level (and size).
Klipsen
11 months ago |For keeping records of where a landscape picture was taken – and in which direction.
Peter
11 months ago |GPS is not important for all. I work in reportage and location (city, or road, or town, or house) and time (for historic or other relevance other than the kind of light of day) is more important than coordinates only. Albeit it will help in court to show where a photo was taken, not all professionals really need geo tagging.
For nature photographers, that would be a massive plus if not a need these days and I think its only fair. I am just saying, the gps benefit isn’t a need for others as much so it can be dismissed if needed be.
Klipsen
11 months ago |You’re right. I don’t use it myself, not even a stand-alone tracker, but there have been situations when I wanted to find my way back to a particular place in the middle of nowhere … and then a coordinate would be useful.
Randy S.
11 months ago |How else are you going to know where the picture was taken unless you have a GPS also sucking the life out of your battery. Oh right I was there.
Unknown
11 months ago |+1
Peter
11 months ago |+100 If anyone discusses this otherwise, they are fooling themselves or they can warp their arms, hands and camera and snap worldwide and then ask…’where is this?’
Andrew
11 months ago |He sounds like a grumpy, old man to be honest, and that makes me realise that we’re not going to share a lot of opinions in life. I am not concerned by a lot of things that he is concerned with, because he’s very different to me, and that’s fine, such is life.
obican
11 months ago |Nex 7 Record Button Fix:
a) Buy an Eye-Fi Pro X2 card
b) Set video settings to AVCHD 60i/60p 17M (FH)
c) Press record button
The camera will say: Can’t record video in this movie format
What it means: No accidental videos!
austin
11 months ago |wow that’s an awfully cynical review, he pretty much said the camera was good at nothing.
Tristan
11 months ago |He said, the camera had high image quality at good light or using a tripod, shooting stills.
lollo
11 months ago |These people make most of their living writing about cameras on their sites.
more controversial are their comments, the more traffic they drive and make money.
Almazar80
11 months ago |If you know David’s history, this is not the way he works. He’s been an ardent Minolta, Sony and NEX shooter for a long time. Noting a camera’s limitation is his job. He’s good at it and in the case of the NEX-7, he has a lot of good points. Of course, his needs are different than yours so his concusions are different.
A long zoom without image stabilization can’t be used for video purposes without a tripod. The A77 can, and even then it can be shaky. But it’s a lot better in that department, with the built in SSS.
And Sony, give us a 16-18 megapixel APS-C sensor with great high ISO capability and put it on a NEX-7 class AND A77 class camera.
Randy S.
11 months ago |I would much rather have in lens stabilizer then in camera. You can also buy these things called STEADY CAMS for shooting video.
hugo
11 months ago |He has some good points on user interface and general usability, but he misses completely the point of the nex-7, being the SLR shooters he is. He seems like he just wished the nex-7 was nothing else than a smaller A77 with an alpha mount.
And that discussion on sensor resolution and 6 Mo being more than enough is ridiculous.
Andrew
11 months ago |Completely agree.
Frank
11 months ago |Well, well…what can you say another review of the Nex-7, definitely different this time around too.
You got to respect opinions and it’s like with cars, spouses and almost everything in life, so also with cameras: There is NOT ONE single thing perfect for everybody.
I am a Nex-7 owner and I had the the NEX-5, and the 5n before it.
Yes, the 7 does have its flaws and there are things I miss and would change if I could but overall, for my purposes it’s complaining on a high level.
It’s nearly perfect…for me, maybe not for you.
And after all, If you own a 5D MKIII still doesn’t necessarily mean you got an eye for a good composition it just definitely means you spend a whole lot more money!,-).
So there’s more to photography than just a technical perfect camera…
After all I personally can very much recommend the NEX-7, if it just had that new firmware SAR was talking about just a little while ago?
Come on Sony you can do it, then maybe even David Kilpatrick would regret selling his NEX-7!;-)
So what about new firmware rumors are there any??? (Question to Admin AND everybody else reading this…?)
lollo
11 months ago |the difference between good photographers and all these so called experts is that: I like the nex 7 look and form factor, it can carries good optics and it takes very good images. All the rest of technicalities, features or interface BS will not get in the way to make me do the picture I want with this camera and I just make it happens.
Frank
11 months ago |Good Choice!,-)
Almazar80
11 months ago |I don’t understand all these almost personal attacks on David Kilpatrick. He doesn’t like the NEX-7 as much as some people. That’s okay. He thinks it’s a great camera, just not for him. Well, he’s entitiled to that opinion. He’s one of the most honest and thoughtful writer and reviewer out there. What he says is actually quite accurate and for his needs, a second Alpha is better. David has been around for a long time. I would not call him a grumpy old man. He has more expertise in photography and writing than most.
A working GPS feature is great. Not a deal breaker if it’s not there, but it is good. Now, put a better high ISO capable sensor on the NEX-7 successor and make it focus as quickly as the A77. I bet you he keeps that camera. I must admit. The NEX-7 focusing is quite a bit slower than the A77. And I think, sometimes, slower than the 5N.
Steve
11 months ago |It sounds like the biggest complaint of David and his review is that he is old.
Andrew has decided that because of his age his opinion is not important.
shamb
11 months ago |There’s all sorts of weird things Sony seem to do, not just on the NEX-7. For my A77:
- Why didnt they add exposure peaking as well as focus peaking? You could even have them on at the same time, as a focused pixel is never clipped.
- If they dont have volume gain control on the camera, why dont they at least have it on the standard sony alpha mics? They don’t!
Why do I still have the video crop factor when I turn steadyshake off?
If some features are JPEG only because of processing power constraints, why dont they release a desktop application that allows the same features in post for RAW users. Surely that would be the single best upgrade across the Sony Alpha range… multishot NR in RAW!
For video work, why dont they allow preset focus points. That way, you can rehearse the shot beforehand, then on-shoot, just press the AF button or something to go to the next pre-stored focus point. That would shut the pro dslr shooters up!
Randy S.
11 months ago |umm if you want multishot NR in RAW. Take 5 pictures. layer in photoshop. Set each layer to ADD and opacity to .2 DONE.
JSWinNYC
11 months ago |I shoot the NEX 7 and Canon full frame (used to shoot Sony full frame). The Sony takes considerable time to get used to, and does have issues. There are things on the camera that lag, and shouldn’t lag. Try to do a quick review between images and you’ll find it’s not quick – can be 2-3 seconds, which sounds short, but can be an eternity when your subject is waiting (or not waiting). The menu system is pretty good, but could likely be improved. The kit lens is not very good, and sadly for me, neither is the 55-200 (at least for me, others like it). And yes, the mirrorless camera will not be mature until there is an on-sensor PDAF system.
These things aside, I shoot it about 50% of the time, which is saying a lot against the pro Canon gear I work with. Image quality is better on the Sony, I think (not 1600 and over, though), and the form factor is great. And Mr. Kilpatrick listed the challenges of an EVF, but none of the advantages, such as live histogram, in-finder review, etc.. I think these advantages outweigh the disadvantages even at this early stage of mirrorless camera development.
But I don’t think I would be using the NEX-7 professionally if it weren’t for the incredible little Sigma lenses – the 19mm f2.8 and the 30mm f2.8. As long as you don’t want to focus manually, the lenses are brilliant – sharp, contrasty, free of flare, small, light, quick focusing, cheap. With these lenses and the great 50mm f1.8, a small and light kit can produce superb images in most conditions. I will add the Zeiss 24 eventually, and hope perhaps Sony will improve the 16mm in the future (Sigma has shown it can be done). Sony also needs a 90mm f2 prime, and further out a super-wide (12mm?), and also an f1.4 lens somewhere in the line-up, but these will come. Clearly, Sony thinks the mirrorless body is the future, and I agree (and I’m pretty traditional otherwise).
World
11 months ago |Offtopic. Can we see on SAR works of Sony users?
admin
11 months ago |Yes, I collected them all. Will post them soon. It’s just that the list is very long…took me long time to put it together!
doug
11 months ago |Pretty useless review, imo, and full of idiotic statements, like “the Sony NEX-7 is not a NEX at heart. It’s part of the rest of the Alpha system in every respect except its lens mount” and “very rarely does anyone need 24 [megapixels], except if they are shooting sports and wildlife”.
I don’t have any patience for pomposity like that. Anyway, virtually everyone who is a possible NEX-7 owner has already made a decision based on the numerous better reviews that have been around for months. This review is too late to the game and not worth anyone’s time. I’m sorry I gave it mine.
Steve
11 months ago |I started this post before David’s was posted below….
I don’t think that product reviews are written for fanboys or people that have already made their decision to buy into the system like most of us.
Reviews are written to provide a point of view of the features and faults and to point-out areas of the product that a potential buyer may find unappealing and appealing.
I think it’s the job of a review to bring forward and let the reader decide if something is important, or not, as each of us has some idea of what works for us and what doesn’t.
A reviewer might write that the NEX is too small for his hand but a reader could see that as a positive.
Esa Tuunanen
11 months ago |> based on the numerous better reviews that have been around for months.
Except good chunk of previews and reviews are just licking of camera maker’s anus and you could read all same from legalized lying called as marketing.
I’ve been expecting for years for mirrorless camera which would use freedom from analog mechanical film era desigs to maximize ergonomics. But no.
NEX-7 and also every other of these so hyped supposedly advanced mirrorless cameras are ergonomically far behind best fixed lens prosumer digicams from time before cheap DSLRs become fashion.
Nowadays makers can slap lens mount to any dumbed down camera and suddenly it becomes advanced camera with every sheeple horraying it as second coming of Jesus!
David Kilpatrick
11 months ago |Yes, I’m a grumpy old man, but the truth is I was a grumpy young man when I was first given a camera to do a magazine test report on, aged 20. I don’t consider the job of a reviewer is to list functions, or test parameters in an unscientific manner (that is, with a single sample and inadequately controlled conditions). So I write as a photographer, with practical requirements. Much of the time I buy my equipment and sell it later as this helps see things clearly. In the last year I’ve spent £8,400 on gear primarily to become acquainted with it for more than the one to two week window allowed with loan equipment.
Although I am not a working photographer in the way I once was, I view my raw files from casual travel and general stock shooting with the same mindset as I would have for corporate reports, industrial brochures, advertising, catalogues, calendars and all the stuff I did until we set upon Icon Publications Ltd in 1988 and became publishers instead (using all the money earned from the photography – pity it’s run out now!). So if a camera LOSES me a shot, for whatever reason, it can’t stay. The very first day I used a NEX-5, on Sony’s press trip to the island of Hvar, two cyclists were about to pass a wall in just the right light, I tried to shoot – and got a blank wall by the time the camera had responded. But I decided to stick with it and buy one, and just accept that a moving world was not made for this camera.
I would hope that the NEX-7 would be better but actually the 24 megapixel sensor means it’s not, it’s shifting a lot of information before you even begin to see the image. Those who use legacy manual lenses are probably able to work faster than anyone relying on the auto exposure and focus functions of the NEX bodies with SEL lenses.
Let’s not blame equipment. Whenever photography fails, it’s down to the photographer. There’s not a single mirrorless or DSLR made today which is unable to produce professional, enthusiast or creative art work of the highest calibre. The NEX-7 is second only to the Nikon D800/E as a recording medium (the sensor) and I say as much in my opening lines. For me, it duplicates what the A77 does with a slightly lower ‘perfect shot without effort’ score.
I’m not a dedicated SLR user and actually don’t like large cameras at all. From around 1995 to 2003, I abandoned 35mm SLRs because they had become ugly, clumsy and over-featured. I shot using two Minolta CLE bodies with 20mm Russian, 28mm, 40mm, 90mm and 135mm Leitz lenses, plus a Fujica GS645W for rollfilm. In the studio we transitioned from Fuji GLX680 and 5 x 4, to Leaf Lumina in 1996, Minolta RS3000 in 1999, and as soon as it appeared the Minolta Dimage 7 replaced that; during this digital studio phase, we kept a full Mamiya 645 Pro outfit for commercial work not suited to scan-back or relatively small file size digital. We sold all the rollfilm after 2004 and the arrival of the KM 7D but I did a lot of location photography with the KM A2. The NEX-7 really appeals to me as almost a return to my ideal of the unobtrusive, quiet small camera that produces results better than the overburdened big DSLR humper struggling with a backpack of white lenses – but not noticed by that guy, or by the security staff, or the photo subject.
Even the A77 is neat enough to do that though. Early this year I found myself in a sort of car chase as a good sunset sky appeared – both heading for the same viewpoint. I jumped out and had myself over a wall and in position to get my shots, hand-held with SSS and I was walking back to my car while two Canon heavies were still looking in the back of theirs and lugging out tripods, which they then proceeded to get stuck in a kissing-gate (with all that gear, they couldn’t just jump the wall). I like to shoot light and move fast, take two or three frames and move on. Most of the current Sony gear suits me well precisely because I’m NOT a DSLR gearhead. But I do keep looking with interest at the Pentax K-5…
CTPhotographX.com
11 months ago |“The NEX-7 really appeals to me as almost a return to my ideal of the unobtrusive, quiet small camera …”
That was the idea we all had… the hope anyway.
“I abandoned 35mm SLRs because they had become ugly, clumsy and over-featured.”
Well the NEX7 is beautiful in comparison alright, but the clumsiness and over-featured aspects are even worse with the challenging menu system combined with small real estate to navigate buttons.
Long story short, I had to totally rethink my shooting methodology for NEX-7. It’s the only camera I leave turned off until ready to shoot. Think of it as a “settings lock”.
I found that the camera can enter video mode just hanging around my neck. The right strap ring bends around back and engages video button. The quick grab shot must wait for me to disengage vid, let memory record, and then I get an EVF “overheat” warning because it’s been on for 20 minutes shooting video against my shirt.
Even if that doesn’t happen, just reaching for the camera can cause my thumb to brush the ISO wheel sending it three stops higher. Camera was NEVER ready to shoot from the hip. The nav lock takes too long to engage/disengage for quick snaps.
Well, now I leave the camera OFF. And all my problems have gone away. See, the startup time is incredibly fast. So by the time I reach down, get a grip, flip the switch on, and lift to my eye, it’s ready to go immediately. It stays on as long as I need to shoot, and when the event has passed, the switch is turned off as I lay it to rest around my neck. This ensures all settings remain set. And it ensures that my hand securely grips the camera in shooting position by the time it reaches my eye.
We must consider that such a novel design change may justify considering shooting methodology changes as well. If the camera doesn’t work the same, then perhaps the shooter shouldn’t either.
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Alas I have my gripes still. And I’m surprised you didn’t note the lack of horizontal scrolling on the control wheel for setting focus point, or navigating edits. I also miss the ability to delete/scroll through files in magnified view. I edit a lot in the field. Sharpness edits are the first thing to go… And they can only be accomplished efficiently in magnified view. Can’t do that with NEX.
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BTW… I’m a grumpy old man too. God loves us… But everyone else thinks we’re assholes.
Andrew
11 months ago |@David – Believe me, I am a grumpy old man too, but I guess I get grumpy over different things, and that’s because we have our own ideas on what works for us (and that’s perfectly fine)
For me, the Nex 7 is a good mixture of size vs functionality. Not perfect, but it’s a good start. I’ve never used any other Nex so I was particularly stunned by things like the manual focus peaking / manual zoom / etc. Perhaps, if I’d previously owned another Nex I may have been less impressed with the functional improvements over the previous incarnations. This may play a big part.
Anyway, you have to report what you feel and if that’s what you feel then at least you gave a good account of it. So, credit where it’s due
DtEW
11 months ago |David, you made a factual error in your review:
“There is one button press which doesn’t exist on the NEX series, but exists on all the SLT models – switch between EVF and rear screen. With auto switching set, the EVF takes over when you raise the camera to your eye, but the rear screen continues to operate after the camera is returned to strap-hung position. The only way to prevent it from continuing to operate is to use the power save delay setting, and reduce this to the minimum ten seconds.”
“You can go into the menus, and switch the camera to use either the EVF only, or the LCD only. But there’s no over-ride if you do so. Set it EVF only, and the EVF is the only way to see the menus needed to get back to using the LCD. Set it to use LCD only and there is no quick way to use the EVF, you’ve got to menu dive.”
“There is not even an option which enables the LCD to cycle, through its display modes, to OFF. The closest I have got is to set the LCD for information display only and turn the brightness down to minimum manual. What I’d like to see is an EVF/LCD button, just as on the A77, because the NEX-7 is basically the same kind of camera. I don’t have to use that button on the A77 as I just reverse the screen, and flip it round when it’s needed.”
“Though there are many custom functions you can assign to buttons, EVF/LCD switch is not one of them. This may seem like nitpicking, but it is an omission that wastes battery power. Using the ten seconds power save timing still leaves the sensor and the display/s operating far too long. There is no state, unless you use the EVF only option, where the camera shuts off as soon as you take it away from your eye and take your finger off the shutter button.”
This is plainly wrong, at least as it relates to the NEX series. My 5N has the menu setting of “auto” and “manual”, for which the former is obvious, and the latter gives toggle control to the Finder/LCD button on the FDA-EV1S.
I would suspect this is true for any model that uses the FDA-EV1S, so contrary to “NEX series”, it should be “only the NEX 7″.
Esa Tuunanen
11 months ago |> but I did a lot of location photography with the KM A2.
Such shame that (Konica)Minolta’s cameras aren’t anymore around instead of being part of consumer electronics company.
Mirrorless body made using Dimage A2 as starting point would be way superior to all current fashion gimmick bodies.
A2′s overall ergonomics was way above cheap entry level DSLRs and even higher end DSLRs loose to it in their “Hit nose to body/display to look into viewfinder.”-design coming from too much clinging to analog mechanical past.
doug
11 months ago |“There’s not a single mirrorless or DSLR made today which is unable to produce professional, enthusiast or creative art work of the highest calibre.”
So, let me get this straight… what you’re saying is that quality-wise there’s no reason for anyone to buy anything other than the cheapest DSLR or mirrorless camera they can find?
“The NEX-7 is second only to the Nikon D800/E as a recording medium (the sensor) and I say as much in my opening lines. For me, it duplicates what the A77 does with a slightly lower ‘perfect shot without effort’ score.”
Wouldn’t that make the A77 second only to the D800/E and the NEX-7 third?
FEM2008
11 months ago |David,
Your review, from a practical point of view was excellent as usual, and opened my eye to a few things. Thank you very much.
Doug: I think what David meant is that sensor wise, the NEX7 is second best to the Nikon D800 but the A77 can get the shots with less effort (I assume due to faster auto-focus, better controls, etc.).
IHUR
11 months ago |Well, being able to produce professional art work doesn’t make you settle for the least. Although my 5N can produce pro-like-images, I’d love to get some pro features in some pro cameras too-if money isn’t the issue.
retoohs
7 months ago |Have to agree about the KM A2. Mine was stolen and still haven’t found a suitable repkacement but are going to try the Nex 7
David Kilpatrick
11 months ago |Doug – sensor quality. Because the A77 has an SLT mirror in the way, even the ISO 50 option could be argued as slightly impaired. In practice I find the A77 at 50 preferable to the NEX-7 at 100, but in practice I don’t use the A77 at 50 very often. I seem to work around 100-400 a lot of the time and here the NEX-7 is just a hint better than the A77 for pure image quality, resolution/noise/DR. And I may be wrong (CTPhotographyX – relevant) as the cheap Nikon D3200, with its Nikon implementation of the 24 megapixel sensor, could actually be better than either.
As far as quality for any normal purposes goes, everything in current ranges will make a superb 24 x 16/A2 print or a good double page magazine spread. I know one award-winning pro who shot all his studio portraits on a 5D MkI (12 megapixels) with the camera in one fixed position, and cropped whatever he thought was right. He’d come from film. Some of his crops were 3 megapixels. His standard 12 x 15 on 20 x 16 matte wall prints looked just great.
Didn’t stop me getting 24 megapixels the moment it came out, with the A900. Maybe that does influence me, I’ve been shooting 24 megapixel files routinely since autumn 2008 so the A77/NEX-7 do not have novelty value in that respect. RX100 arrives tomorrow, if UPS are working Saturdays. That will be interesting.
David
customercopy
11 months ago |David, I’ve got the original NEX 5 and in combination with the Sigma 30mm f2.8 the few times I’ve used it I thought I might as well be carrying a plate camera, it’s so slow to ready for a shot. (in addition to the in-camera delays there is a view-less pause while the motor in the lens engages the moving part of the lens train).
You reviews are the only ones that actually point out how ‘unusable’ a lot of this equipment is. On paper the NEX 7 looks like the dream street and reportage camera – in fact it is anything but.
In your piece on the A77 there is a line where you say that it returns us to the speed of shooting of film-era cameras. I can’t recall a single line anywhere in any other review that equalled this observation about the camera and gave such a vivid impression of how exciting it is to use.
Steve
11 months ago |Looking forward to your comments on the RX100.
CTPhotographX.com
11 months ago |“the cheap Nikon D3200, with its Nikon implementation of the 24 megapixel sensor, could actually be better than either.”
Boy that’s a tough one to call. The samples comparison at DPReview between a65, NEX-7, and D3200 are so incredibly close to one another that I’m not sure the term “better” is applicable. Be it RAW or JPG, low or high ISO, as soon as one looks a “little” better in one section, another will look a “little” better in another.
Point being, at this level, claiming one as superior to the other is what pixel peeper nightmares are made of. Seriously doubt any mentionable differences could be detected in a large gallery print.
Rodrigo
11 months ago |I may disagree with some of what David said, but his is a better review than those that are simply images of charts and multicolored views trying to find every stray pixel. It was a user-centered review more than an image quality one.
I would’ve loved, however, for David to have used Sony lenses, especially the 24/1.8.
flaca
11 months ago |Yep, I like David’s review too. I might or might not agree with it all, have a different perspective, have different needs etc. But at least I can make that judgement because David gives me the detail with which to do so.
In actual fact I think I’d feel the same way as David regarding the usability things (accepting CTPhotographyX’s valid point about methodology changes). That’s a major reason why I reach for my A900 more than the A55. I like them both, but for me the A900 is easier to use. I don’t knock anything by mistake, I can reach all the controls and I don’t have to fiddle with menus. So much so that I withdrew it from sale recently, couldn’t part with it. Of course the A55 is much handier to lug around and is itself very nice to use.
Any difference in IQ with my shooting ability is probably due to the better glass that I usually have on the A900. I’d probably get just as good pics from the Nikon 3200 with similar quality glass, and anyone who thinks differently is, imho, either kidding themselves or is so good they should move up to medium format immediately.
For me, the ergonomics put me off the NEX series. That and it’s filling a gap that I don’t have (I have a decent compact that lives in my baby’s changing bag so always to hand). Buttons that got pressed by accident all the time would drive me nuts in 2 seconds, let alone anything else.
And what noone has praised David for is giving a valid reason why he wants high ISO performance in his NEX-sized cameras. Makes sense, I would be more likely to use such a thing at night or in dimly lit rooms too. Given the constant “we need high ISO for some reason” whining that floods this forum and others, I thought some people might commend David for raising the issue with intelligent supporting rationale. The same issue affects my Olympus XZ-1, it is a big limitation in a “social-use” camera.
Great to see David’s review, and nice to see him responding here in a reasonable and reasoned manner. Please keep it up David, which I know you will. Nice to see your face on the cover of Gary Friedman’s new book too.
Take care all,
Scott