(SR5) First pictures of the Sony NEX3 camera!
We just received the two pictures from an anonymous sender. He spotted the Sony mirrorless camera inside an asian pub!
The pictures shows the Sony NEX3. The lens is the 16mm f/2.8 pancake lens. As we told you days ago the lens is chrome finished and has a diameter of 49mm. The lens is bigger than the Olympus 17mm f/2.8 Lens (37mm)
UPDATE: A second source told me that “the main reason for in lens stabilization is the video mode, which is easier to implement with proper focusing, not to keep the body shallow. ”
Reminder: We expect two Sony mirrorless cameras to be announced on May 11. The NEX3 and the NEX5 will be very similar. There will be only minor differences between the two mirrorless cameras (The NEX5 has faster FPS and 1080p recording, the NEX3 720p). Both will be very aggressively priced compared to MicroFourThirds cameras.
Both cameras will feature the new 14 Megapixel Sony ExmorHD sensor.
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Resumee of all leaks and rumors:
- The latest official Sony video (gave us some details about the cameras like 1920x1080p recording)
- Sony promotes the mirrorless cameras for the FIFA World Cup
- The rumored specs of the NEX3 and NEX5 cameras
gnn
4 years ago |new hot shoe,new mount..not a good move i must say…
fotomik
4 years ago |That new flashmount probably also means that an EVF is not completely unfeasible…
hellothere
4 years ago |Where are the photos? I can only see a little thumb picturing the NEX-3 logo and the other with the flash that’s somewhat bigger, but in the “Latest Rumors” appears two bigger crops of some images…
admin
4 years ago |Hi!
Sorry, I have been asked to remove the hotshoe image
fotofm
4 years ago |Hey Andrea
Are the Pic’s public now?
as I said, pity that they do not reuse the flash connection from the Alphas…
hellothere
4 years ago |In Google Reader appears the “latest rumors” image complete without cropping
hellothere
4 years ago |Oohhhh!
Please Mr.Anonymous! Send more pictures!
I.e. NEX-5, NEX-3 …
pleaseeeee! sob… snif…
mugen
4 years ago |Is it sure that this is the 16/2.8 ?
Sonyboy68
4 years ago |It looks like a great nice camera !
It is the spirit of the Vectis from Minolta.
santela
4 years ago |looks much sexier than the tease sony threw out, but that lens looks pretty huge compared to the olympus pancake, if u r gonna make it that big, then at least give me an f/2! also still curious about the evf, with my fingers crossed!
fotomik
4 years ago |Was the corner that rounded previously?
I don’t get the lens though, a 24mm 2.8-prime as a starter? And I thought that Olympus dropped the ball with their’s…
santela
4 years ago |i have a question:
will the NEXs be able to use other lenses like voigtlander, nikon, canon, or whatever like the e-p1? i would love to use my nikon lenses and m42 lenses on this thing!
can someone please tell me? thanks!
Thorsten
4 years ago |Why even call this a pancake? It’s just a prime lens. They need smaller lenses if they want to compete with MFT.
Sam
4 years ago |So the flash pictured above is an optional extra which slots into the hot shoe? I.e. it is detachable and can be taken on and off.
Presumably if the viewfinder connects via the same hot shoe connection then you make a choice to either use the viewfinder or the flash. So detailed focus and composition assessment in low light (requiring the flash) becomes a compromise.
Like Santela I am hyper keen to use my voigtlander and jupiter lenses on it via third party adaptors. These lenses are so much more compact than the lens pictured above.
Din
4 years ago |Do you know what is the flange distance?
Chris
4 years ago |The camera looks nice.. and I would guess that the lens has a depth of maybe 3cm.. doesn´t seem that big if you consider that it has a wider view than the panasonic and olympus pancake.
I really hope they come out with a 24mm (35mm eq.) F2.0 lens.. It would probably be same size or a little smaller.
(Just for example.. the Nikon 24mm F2.8 was a little bigger and heavier than the Nikon 35mm F2.0 (270g vs 205g)
Wishmaster
4 years ago |So will this flash come bundled with every NEX3/NEX5 or will it be supplied only with special kit?
Cause if it’s going to be sold as an accessory I will buy GF1 instead. Hopefully it will come as a standard with every NEX camera along with viewfinder(which hopefully will be electronic cause that hoetshoe picture showed that there is some kind of connector and I don’t think it will be only for flash).
Kiril
4 years ago |Looks great!
Add on flash IMHO is better than built in. Especially if I have choice – flash, viewfinder etc
Great work Sony!!!
The most important pending items for me are stabilization (lens of cam, cam preferred AND classic Alpha lens mount adapter with aperture control and built in motor(!).
The later I would say is only critical item.
By the way I would love modular system with moderate prices on the individual parts viewfinder, flash, lens etc. Rather than the greedy m4/3 all or nothing approach.
at
4 years ago |It seems the accessory shoe is proprietary again. Congratulations for Sony users again, with same way to earn your money by setting low price on the product and extraordinarily high prices on their proprietary accessories. Cheers!
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4 years ago |[...] and certainly don’t offer much in the way of detail on the camera. The cam is said to be the NEX3 and in the picture is wearing a 16mm f/2.8 pancake lens. The lens reportedly has internal image [...]
Rich
4 years ago |@ at
“It seems the accessory shoe is proprietary again…setting low price on the product and extraordinarily high prices on their proprietary accessories ”
Isn’t that the case with any brand?
¿Primeras imágenes de la Sony NEX-3? | Actualidad Foto
4 years ago |[...] Vía: SonyAlphaRumours.com [...]
rUY
4 years ago |Looks like the flange distance will not be too long. maybe good also for c-mount. Interesting.
Kiril
4 years ago |@at: Compare he price of any Sony overpriced flash to 350 Euro for kit lens on Olympus E-PL1 or another 350 euros for pancake or god forbid 500 euro for the Panasonic pancake.
Wow you know Sony actually put a camera on the pancake for the same kind of money!
jmd
4 years ago |It looks like a nice camera, but i am very disappointed. I would like to see reuse of the existing hot shoe, built-in flash and in-body stabilization. with lens based stabilization existing alpha lenses will not have stabilization. they should learn from micro 4/3 and extend compatibility; that is where the appeal lies. True it is also nice to have a compact camera with DSLR capability, but the major investment in photography does not tend to be the body; it is usually the lenses and accessories. i bought Sony because i had a stack of Minolta lenses. put the stabilization in the camera and keep the hot shoe! If i need to buy all new what stops me from buying Olympus? I was considering an E-P2 when the NEX news came out figuring i could leverage my existing investment, but this news confirms i cannot.
GH1 user
4 years ago |This lens is not a pancake wth? it’s bigger than Olympus 14-42 kit zoom lol and about the same size as Olympus 9-18mm ultra-wide angle lens for the micro 4 format.
Sony doing portability WRONG, Olympus lenses are way smaller because of the smaller sensor,built in stabilization and collapsible design
Epic Fail
-No Built in stabilization
-Bigger lenses and higher weight
-Not as portable as Micro 4 format
-The pancake is more than twice the size of Olympus or Panasonic Pancake and bigger diameter
If that’s the size of their “pancake” i do not want to see the size of their zoom lenses.
Steve
4 years ago |Propriety hot-shoe is so not an issue IMHO. Why would you want to attached a MASSIVE Sony Alpha flash to a TINY body. Can you imagine the 58AM on this. LOL.
Sony have done the right thing, I like the idea of a OVF on the top, little flash to carry in my pocket for those occasions when you want to shoot using a flash, which for street photography would be rare.
Now imagine this with a 70-400g attached, mmmm.
setdws
4 years ago |@Rich:
“Isn’t that the case with any brand?”
No, the hot shoe used by all brands except Sony is defined by the standard ISO 518:2006.
The standard hot shoe let you use any flash, any brand in manual mode however, in 1988 Minolta (and later Sony) decided to use their own hot shoe — on their DLRs, it is still possible to buy an adapter, though it’s not free… But now, another hot shoe, different from their SLRs and from all the other brands?! And given the shape, it doesn’t seem possible to use an adapter?!
And no standard hot shoe also means no standard accessories (everything from hot-shoe GPS to spirit level…).
Kevin
4 years ago |Does someone managed to see what indication are visible on the second image, photorumors.com has it.
it seems that it’s a 24 or 28mm attached.
It’s rare that 2.8 is mentionned before focale length isn’t it ?
mugen
4 years ago |It will be nice to see some more leaked photos.
Holy Bear
4 years ago |2 big mistakes : The lens is too big and no built in flash. The camera is not “portable” at all and people will have to use a bag to carry all the staffs.
Dulaney
4 years ago |m4/3 is not pocketable either
hjp
4 years ago |This camera is so small that they really need to stick with pancake primes. Any other lens is going to look ridiculous on this camera. Also, I think it was a brilliant move to offer it with a 24mm lens. Affordable wide angle is not something you can get with micro 4/3. Here you’re going to get a high quality true wide angle lens from the get go- without having to pay a fortune for it separately. If I could have just one lens this is the lens I would want. Kudos to Sony. I was considering the GF1 but this is a much more exciting camera- and will probably be a much better value. I’m curious to see what future lenses they offer and at what price. It will be disappointing if they act like Panasonic/Olympus and try to gouge consumers.
hjp
4 years ago |One more thing about the lens they are offering. Would people really prefer another crappy kit lens that is slow and doesn’t do a great job of anything? Here you have a relatively fast true wide angle and it looks to be high quality. I for one am sick and tired of garbage kit lenses. Again, kudos to Sony for doing something different. Despite all the complaining on here I think these cameras are going to be a success. Panasonic and Olympus better watch out.
Tom
4 years ago |@Dulaney
You are wrong, Micro4 is pocketable with a pancake lens, Here is a proof http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frV3LT-EdM0
You can not do this with NEX camera because the lens is much bigger (about 2.3x the size to be precise of Micro4 pancake)
@hjp
Again you are wrong too, Panasonic releasing a 28mm pancake that is even smaller than the current 40mm F1.7pancake very soon (September) also it’s F2.5 not F2.8
Dude
4 years ago |@setdws
yes you can use any ISO flash in manual mode on any ISO camera.
But who does this?
Metering, short shutter speeds, wireless, actually all automatic functions are proprietary.
No one uses a Nikon Flash on a Canon camera.
And 3rd party makers do make separate versions for each brand.
If you know what you do (manual setup) you can get cheap and powerful Minolta, Metz or Sigma flashes for the alpha DSLRs (no huge need for Canon/Nikon adapt).
You don’t need a hot shoe for GPS.
Use an external device or your cel phone.
Also it’s about compact class system cameras.
Why the hack do you want to carry around huge flash guns or other stuff…
hjp
4 years ago |Tom, the difference between 28mm and 24mm is not minor. Also, Panasonic has still not released that lens yet and when they do it will probably be like their other lenses- incredibly overpriced. Meanwhile, Sony is releasing this lens as the kit lens. Imagine that, what looks like a high quality lens that you can actually use instead of a crappy kit lens that will immediately leave you wanting a different lens. Basically, the cost of the Nex 3 with 24mm will be what Panasonic would charge for the lens alone.
mochapaulo
4 years ago |The body looks awesome but the lens really makes me think it twice. The lens is awfully like a can food for cat……sorry for the harsy word.
Dulaney
4 years ago |Mochapaulo–kind of like a Zeiss lens, no?
Tom, that was a convincing video–I was wrong. But you’ll be able to put the NEX-3 / NEX5 / 24 f2.8 combo into many of those same pockets, and certainly into many pockets on my jackets. So maybe we can say that the GF1 is more pocketable–vs the disadvantage of having a sensor that is 3/5 the size of the Sony’s–no small issue.
hjp
4 years ago |I’ll be able to pocket this camera no problem.
Will
4 years ago |Oh my God, it IS thinner than the mock-up.
It is totally f’ing mine. I have never been so sure about wanting a camera before.
Mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine.
Will
4 years ago |On the removed photo, visible here only as the tiny thumbnail, is that a finger-nail grip on the top edge of the back LCD, so that you can tilt down the LCD? It looks like it may be.
Will
4 years ago |I feel like I’m live-blogging this…pardon me. The two pics are of two different cameras, aren’t they? The one with the NEX3 is entirely black plastic, but the one with the silver body must be the NEX5.
Jim
4 years ago |Admin says, “Sorry, I have been asked to remove the hotshoe image ”
I thought the whole point of the site is to share information Sony doesn’t want us to know yet. This comment suggests this site contains “approved and authorized” Sony rumors. What’s the deal?
admin
4 years ago |Hi JIM!
It is a personal request made by a source, not by Sony.
Ron
4 years ago |It’s not so much that the 16mm (24mm equivalent) is so big, it’s that the camera is so small – lower and much thinner then a GF1. Scaling the “finger” in the original pic, the lens seems to be more or less the same 2.5″ diameter and just .25″ longer then the 20mm Panny. In fact, just as pocketable! The 24mm and the HUGE 28-300mm super zoom would have me leave the LX3 & FZ35 in the closet. The 2.8 is plenty fast with the big sensor and the zooms are little different in size and speed. Compare the specs for current Sony and Panasonic lenses. Might be the best camera I’ll have owned in fifty years of photography. ha ha
NEX9
4 years ago |The body really looks thin. Nice. But, together with the prime the whole set tends more towards being bulky. I#m really starving for a high quality pocketable solution. Less than 3,5 inch in depth (body + pancacke)would be awesome. Furthermore no built in flash (almost?) kills it for me.
What to expect later this year from sony? A third compact including flash and being thinner than NEX3/5?
NEX9
4 years ago |sorry….less than 3,5 cm or 1,4 inch makes it compact.
cheers
eerikoo
4 years ago |Fantastic piece of a camera, credits to Sony!!, but personally i’ll stick to the old-fashioned alphas, I don’t like the idea of not being able to use the NEX lens on other regular alpha bodies. But for what it is meant to be, it’s sure looks wonderful.
NEX5_smaller_?
4 years ago |…the NEX5 (with the flash attached) looks way smaller than the NEX3 (hot shoe image). How’s that gonna work?
Will
4 years ago |The lens is about two male fingers deep, if you look at the redacted photo which has since appeared on every photo rumor site. (The photo includes a person’s fingers, so it is easier to get a sense of scale).
Mistral75
4 years ago |Compare the sensor size and the mount size in the picture from the official flash video and you will find that the mount diameter is something like 60+ mm.
Compare then the mount diameter with the lens length and the body thickness in the picture removed from this site (but still visible on many other websites) and you will find that the lens is 35+ mm long and the body is 30+ mm thick, which is quite thin with a register (flange distance) of circa 25 mm and a tiltable screen.
With dimensions of 60+ mm x 35+ mm, the 16mm f/2.8 NEX lens would stay between the 30mm f/2 μAPS-C Samsung (61.5mm x 21.5mm) and the 15mm f/4 APS-C Pentax (63mm x 39.5mm), which is logical.
Kalson
4 years ago |The lens might also look huge because it’s being compared to a much thinner NEX3.
If the NEX3 were the same size and thickness as the GF1, the lens in the pic might look almost the same size.
Also, the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 pancake has no O.I.S. and is also a 40mm lens (35mm equivalent). The Sony “Pancake” is 24mm which is much more usable and it also has O.I.S.
Trying to use a 40mm lens to take group photo’s in a smallish room is impossible. With the 24mm lens, I should be able to fit everyone into the picture no problem. And when I’m taking photo’s of things further away, the 14MP sensor allows me lots of room to crop the image after wards.
Chris
4 years ago |I dont get why people are whining that this is too big.
Just download the picture with the finger, flip it in photoshop.. hold your finger against the screen and increase size until overlap.. if I than measure the diameter I get pretty much exactly the 49mm diameter that the 16mm lens should have (the size of the panasonic 20mm is 63mm!)
According to this I think camera plus lens should be around 5cm maximum 5,5cm thick. That is pretty much the same thickness as GF1 + 20mm.
So please stop the whining and wait for the release.. I think quite a few people will have to admit that this system is smaller than they thought ; )
question
4 years ago |@chris: The “original” picture at photorumors.com shows the NX3 compared to the NX5. The NX5s body looks slighty half as thick as the NX3 does. Am I right…?
JaccoW
4 years ago |Aw, no more red body?
Well I think the black body with the chrome lens looks good as well.
I was afraid that the pancake didn’t have O.I.S. but it looks like it has with an acceptable size.
Keep ‘em coming.
at
4 years ago |@Rich
You are right, but making proprietary adapters will definitely increase the cost and minimize the availability of third-party accessories, you have to get the overpriced accessories only from Sony if you really need it. (Panasonic is also making a stupid move by adding “battery check” function to their cameras to force you to buy the original Panasonic batteries, which are far more expensive than any third-party batteries that are really safe to use.)
david
4 years ago |whats that flash thing on the top?
Will
4 years ago |“whats that flash thing on the top?”
It makes the light go “foom!”
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4 years ago |Wait — I can’t use Minolta / alpha lenses on the Nex#? If true, that makes it useless for me. No way would I go buy a bunch of new lenses. Could have been super cool.
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