Sony NEX-5n to be in Stock tomorrow(!) in Canada (one week later in US).
For some unknown reasons those crazy Canadians are the very first to get the new Sony NEX-5n in Stock! According to sonystore Canada (Click here) they will be in Stock…tomorrow! The US neighbourhoods will get them by September the 7th only, so says Sonystore US (Click here).
Just two word about that cameras: After reading all previews and after watching the NEX-5n image samples I can only highly recommend to buy that camera! Until two days ago I was sure that I would have bought the NEX-7. But I am not so sure anymore. Tomorrow I will write a longer post about why the NEX-5n is tempting me.
ALL Preorder links:
Sony A77 with 16-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, Jessops UK and Sonystore.
Sony A77 body only at Amazon, Adorama, Jessops UK and Sonystore.
Sony A65 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto (notification only), Jessops UK and Sonystore.
Sony A65 body only at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto (notification only), Jessops UK and Sonystore.
Sony NEX-7 body only at Amazon, Adorama, Jessops UK and Sonystore.
Sony NEX-7 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon, BHphoto (notification only) and Sonystore.
Sony NEX-5N with 18-55mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, Jessops UK and Sonystore.
Sony NEX-5N at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, and Sonystore.
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 E-mount at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto (notification only) and Sonystore.
Sony 50mm f/1.8 at BHphoto (notification only), Adorama and Sonystore.
Sony 55-210mm E-mount at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto (notification only) and Sonystore.
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Lundgaard
9 months ago |What about the European region?
eagle8421
9 months ago |In Switzerland there’s one store who says that they have the black NEX-5N already in Stock, and another store that it will be in stock first of September…
niiconn
9 months ago |@eagle8421: have a link for these shops? =)
Maxwell
9 months ago |I believe September in Europe.
The NEX5N looks to be a winner.
Full manual exposure control in video mode and an excellent sensor.
Touch-screen interface also, if you want to use it. The price, size, weight etc are all good.
The NEX7 really has to have an excellent sensor to beat the NEX5.
But in camera EVF and more buttons for direct control is of course
a big pluss for the NEX7.
NEXfive
9 months ago |Depending on it’s price increment the NEX-5N has got damn attractive advantages. At least some of them could be implemented into Firmware 05 for NEX-5 and NEX-3 that’s announced for the LA-EA2 adapter already. Nevertheless only in a situation I’d really need the 50p slow-motion next year or the NEX-7-Audio-In, I might upgrade, so it’s more likely I’ll skip the NEX-7 & 5N and wait for their successors…
Lundgaard
9 months ago |I hope it’s early sep, so I can have it for when I go to London the 9/11. Maybe someone here knows a cheap place to buy cameras in London? (as most places it’s overpriced)
saiman
9 months ago |I think this also makes sense why NEX-5n is performing so well, compared to A77, A65 or NEX-7.
This is because NEX-5n is to be released tomorrow, probably with the same fireware used for testing the camera. So, the test images that we saw were probably all from the same firmware that comes with its release tomorrow.
Whereas Sony needs time to release the A77, A65 and the NEX-7, probably only because of fixing the firmware.
It shows that Sony eagerly wanted to catch the deadline of August 24, and did not wanted to be accused for another delay, and that is probably the reason they had to rush and put out the pre-release version of the firmware.
All we have to do now, is wait and see the final release.
(fingers-crossed)
matgay
9 months ago |nex5n has better iso low light performance than the nex7. that was a huge disappointment for the nex7.
Werner Ruotsalainen
9 months ago |“Until two days ago I was sure that I would have bought the A77. But I am not so sure anymore.”
Me too! The quality difference (of course, based on the current images; dunno if the final A77 will be indeed better) at ISO 12800 is STAGGERING.
Now, I only wish the E-mount gets the same (or similar) bright (U)WA lens as the new A-mount 16-50 SSM. I hate the current non-UWA (28mm sucks) and slow kit zoom… any info on it? Some people stated the NEX’s would also receive an E-mount version of the same lens in 2012.
admin
9 months ago |Sorry I made a mistake. I was planning to buy the NEX-7 and not the A77! And now I will probably go for the NEX-5N.
bluztoo
9 months ago |Will B&H and Amazon get them as quickly as the Sony store?
saiman
9 months ago |Good news for us in Canada!! Yay!!
Btw, Admin, can you check if these are real? fotomagazin.de site apparently published these shots taken with A77 firmware 1.0 (according to the EXIF)!! >>
http://www.fotomagazin.de/test_technik/testbilder/SonyA77BlumenISOVgl.zip
The images look superb in high ISOs, compared to the 0.58 version of the firmware.
If true, please put the link in any of your post, so the people whining about high ISO noise can see and decide for themselves on what is to come in the production release.
David
9 months ago |Still quite a lot of noise reduction on those, but they look much better
The samples we are seeing are steadily getting better and better. And we can’t even buy this camera for 4-6 more weeks. There will be more improvements, I’m sure of it.
And pure logic tells me that Sony made, and used, an AWESOME 16.2mp sensor in their mid-range cameras. I just can’t imagine they would make a worse one for a semi-pro camera which costs almost 2x as much as an a580 and is built to a much higher specification.
I guess the ISO performance will be equal or better than a580, with the benefit of 24mp too.
Werner Ruotsalainen
9 months ago |We also haven’t seen a REALLY decent review of the 16-50 SSM. If it’s sharp enough to fully(!) drive the 24 MP sensor, then the A77 kit will be a really killer kit.
If the noise reduction problems were indeed all caused by the early firmware version, that is.
poke
9 months ago |These look good, I hope they are from the 77. I would definitely reconsider getting the 77. ISO 6400 looked great to me and 12800 was very usable. You have for the present time rekindled my excitement for this camera.
Nawaf
9 months ago |Looks way better than any pictures I’ve seen before. Can’t wait to see them with out the noise reduction, but seriously very usable images!
Hope this is real though
admin
9 months ago |Hi! I already posted the link to the images twice!
saiman
9 months ago |Oops!!… I missed it then. Thanks!!
REVENGE
9 months ago |Nice, looks like they’re at about 80% of where they would want to be. Not that it matters, I imagine a lot of people will be shooting RAW anyways.
vincent
9 months ago |that’s fake, someone in dpreview has posted that…i think all those sites claiming are because they want to boost their popularities amid the hype of a77…check the original post: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1037&thread=39217822
so what your eyes are fooling you? even though its the same, some people are “seeing the differences”. i think people do really whine too much
alphafan2011
9 months ago |unfortunately the A65 does also have the 24 MP sensor, think about it with the NEX-5N sensor, it would be THE killing cam on the market:
-well priced (~850 Euro)
-nice sensor for everything (good resolution 16MP, good high iso quality, good noise performance, long burst rate at 10 fps)
-the nice new EVF
-a fast Autofocus system (electronic first curtain shutter, …)
-good compromise in terms of weight and size
-…
BUT, unfortunately again Sony exaggerated everything
together with the new 16-50 SSM lens for maybe 1400 Euro it would be the perfect solution for everyone!!!
David
9 months ago |Stop being ridiculous. “Unfortunately” it has the newer, better sensor? The 24mp sensor is already showing it is at least as good as the 16.2mp one.
And Sony haven’t exaggerated anything. As far as they were concerned, they ANNOUNCED the product and specs 4 days ago and that’s it. All the rumors about “ISO in hundreds of thousands” etc were pure speculation. They may have been true at one point, or they may never have been true, but they weren’t official information from Sony.
And really, the a65 still out-specs the majority of cameras out there. To expect it to cost LESS than the competition is ridiculous. Nikon 17-55 2.8 is £1000. Canon 17-55 2.8 is almost £800. And that’s just the lens.
Werner Ruotsalainen
9 months ago |“And really, the a65 still out-specs the majority of cameras out there. To expect it to cost LESS than the competition is ridiculous. Nikon 17-55 2.8 is £1000. Canon 17-55 2.8 is almost £800. And that’s just the lens.”
…and both (particularly the Canon one with its 1.6 crop factor) are less wide than the 16-50, which is very important with a general walk-around lens if you don’t want to shell out another 400-600 dollars/euros/pounds for a UWA lens …
alphafan2011
9 months ago |you got me wrong, I didnt criticise the lens, it seems to be a goo lens, although it first has to be compared the the mentioned lenses from Nikon and Canon…
also the 600 Euro for the lens are ok.
I only criticised the A77 featureset and was a little bit sad, that Sony didn’t put “only” the new 16 MP sensor of the NEX-5N into the A65, cause then I definately would have bought the A65!
David
9 months ago |You criticised the price of the bundle.. and I’m saying that you are getting a lens which competitors are charging £800-1000 for, for substantially less.
And if you look at the specs, the a77 FAR out-performs the d7000. And I’m sure that when proper image quality tests come out, this will be proven there too. So why would you expect a product which is superior to cost equal or less?
The a77 pricing is absolutely fair, and the upgrades over the a65 are more than justified.
alphafan2011
9 months ago |no, its not ridiculous, only realistic. And I’m definately not against 24 MP, but I want to have a well balanced product. that means:
- a good resolution (of course 16 MP against 8 MP is a big step, but 24 against 16 isnt that big difference, but thats another story)
- a nice continous shooting, I dont want 12 fps if I can have it only for 1 second, thats for me not “continous”, its “one time shooting”, continous is for me at least 5-6 seconds with that speed.
- an acceptable price (and yes, the price of the A65 will be something like 850 Euro, so I didnt say something wrong, and with the “older” 16 MP sensor it wouldnt be more expensive!!!
- and many other things the A65 already offers (EVF, etc.)
and please don’t change my words, I never said “unfortunately a newer, BETTER seonsor”. If it is that better, you are right, but you can look where you want, even with version 1.00 the high iso pics of the A77 look worse than those of the NEX-5N! (which of course also has a new sensor, which is compared to the NEX-5 definately BETTER!)
and with exaggerating I meant like I said! not the rumors of hundreds of thousands, I meant the “first one with 24 MP at the APS-C sensor” or “12 fps continous shooting” (as we know now the buffer is not that big to call it continous)…
so please be realistic!
I also wanted to buy the A77 before it was annouced, but now I’m also realistic to say, that except of the better EVF, the faster and more accurate AF-system and the also little bit playful 3-way tiltable screen its not that much better compared to the A55!
and not to forget that it will cost 800 Euro more!
of course everything Sony announced sounds great, but after beeing blinded you have to think about it without beeing a Sony fanboy.
The 24 MP of course are very nice, BUT…
- the filesizes get bigger and bigger and faster and more expensive cards are needed (unfortunately the faster CF cards dont work, although for extreme high prices now there are first SD cards with good speed)
- there is too much noise reduction at higher ISO’s (its the same problem with the compact HX9, Sony seems to take this “highest resolution” thing to every camera category)
- thanks to the bigger filesizes the small buffer in the A77 is full within a little bit more than a second!
The 12 fps sound nice, BUT …
- the buffer is full very fast and after it you only can shoot with 2 fps -> and this is the REAL “continous shooting”!
- thanks to the small buffer and the big filesizes its more an anvertising than a really good feature…
The price of the A77 is for the feature list acceptable, BUT …
- as mentioned above the features also have their bad sides!
- compared to for example a D7000 with much better high Iso performance too expensive (of course if an tiltable screen isnt needed)
- is probably compared to the A65 too high, if weather sealing, AF micro adjustment and some more AF points aren’t needed, then the 400 Euro less for the A65 are a nice offer (cause the 10 fps have the advantage, that you can shoot longer to fill the buffer)
David
9 months ago |Check this video at 3:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1itxu5I_wM
The guy lets off quite a few long bursts and there isn’t much lag at all. Maybe 1 second between each burst? The Sony Q&A guy said that the buffer clears incredibly quickly, so while the buffer is short, you can burst 12fps again and again and again quite quickly. That’s more in line with how people actually use burst mode.. you use it around the times of action.
With the burst pattern the guy used in the video, it looks amazing for sports etc. The duration of each burst is definitely long enough for catching the ball hit the bat or a tackle hit the ground.
Expecting 12fps that can go for 5-6 seconds (i.e. 60-72 images) for a camera this cheap *IS* unrealistic!! The fact you get 12fps with AF at all is absolutely amazing! No other camera can touch that anywhere NEAR this price range.
David
9 months ago |Also alphafan.. honestly, just wait until the retail version comes out. I know we are both excited, but we are *all* speculating here, and things will change.
It’s very premature to write off the performance right now since we can’t even buy this camera for at least another 6 weeks! You can’t say “performance worse than a d7000 or a 5N.” The fact is that we just don’t know right now.
Even version 1.0 firmware isn’t necessarily the final launch firmware. And if you’ve ever tried different raw converters you’ll appreciate the huge difference they make to the perceived image quality.
I would be happy with ISO performance equalling my a580 or a850 (which are pretty much the same. 580 is newer, 850 makes up for it with sheer size and detail). With that plus the 24mp, better build quality, enhanced video, information in the EVF etc.. it still looks great to me!
alphafan2011
9 months ago |Hey David, well you are right, we have to wait. And I also dont criticize the A77 that much, it’s a well specced cam. I only mentioned some improvements.
I never said, that the price is too high, I only said that a A65 with the NEX-5N 16MP sensor together with the new 16-50 SSM lens in a bundle would be a nice set, the price is only the price from these pieces alone in online shops, nothing special I wish.
And that I compare the D7000 with the A77 is only an example. Of course the A77 has better specs but better specs doesn’t mean that there are also better pics!
With the 12fps I meant something else. Of course is 12 fps nice, but I meant that it would be nicer if it’s possible to shoot maybe “only” with 10 fps and 16 MP, but then for 5 seconds. But with the bigger filesize and the 12 fps the small buffer is full very fastly…
And if you look to your video: the gap between the bursts is 3 seconds, and probably he uses a very expensive 95/80 MB/s SD card, to make the A77 look as good as possible, cause its a Sony channel
But lets wait until the cam comes out. If the high iso performance isnt that much better than on the examples seen now (and I dont mean noise, noise is reducable, I mean that smearing of the NR also seen on the 16MP HX9 from Sony, seams to be a new trend of them ^^), my DSLR/SLT/mirrorless entry will probably be the price reduced A55 (600 Euro is a nice price) or the new NEX-5N with a very good picture quality and also all new features except the EVF.
poke
9 months ago |The key will be the image quality. If the image quality is great at 6400 and less and good and usable beyond that the 77 will be a killer camera. If the image quality is what I expect it should be I will be getting one but they have to be way better than what we have seen so far which have been way less than what was expected. Heck I am hoping they look as good as the 5n at this point.
TophBoogie
9 months ago |Will purchase the 5N as my first camera besides a point and shoot. This has been an interesting week for me. The audio world never has this crazy amount of buzz for new products lol. You guys go ALL IN!
www.MilosJanata.com
9 months ago |I would suggest nex-5n to any P&S shooter. Body looks great but they need collapsible zoom lens too.
Zoom range in kit lens could be very serious issue for P&S shooters who are used to zoom 10x and even more :]
Dima
9 months ago |Or future Samsung NX 200 (5 September 2011) with collapsible 20-50 kit and 30 mm f 2.0 pancake lens
What do you prefer really good existing lenses and good real lenses roadmap or good 3200 ISO with only bulky kit zoom?
Sony 5n body really good
Ant
9 months ago |So there is no White 5N? Only Black or Silver?
Christopher
9 months ago |There is white on Sony Store only.
Will
9 months ago |Thank goodness Amazon and SonyStore’s prices are the same, because the White is the one I want.
hiepphotog
9 months ago |Well with Amazon, you will have free shipping (or 2-day free shipping with Prime account) and no tax. OTOH, Sonystyle would charge you tax (I assume almost every state) and free slow shipping or 21usd for 2-day express. Nonetheless, I went for the white version.
Wheelus
9 months ago |No tax unless you live in Washington state…
Will
9 months ago |Crap, I forgot about the gubment’s cut. I will have to wait to see if the white model eventually comes to retailers.
roman
9 months ago |I would speculate a bit here – maybe 5n is “testbed” for all the new cameras. It was shown that its IQ is excellent and now we see that it will be stocked really soon. Now, Sony people, take all those great things you did there and be so nice, re-implement them into a77, a65, nex7. You have more than a month to do that…
Mist
9 months ago |Here is another nice reference for a77 high iso jpegs.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1037&thread=39213708
Just download from the link provided in this link.
But no exif data.
Christopher
9 months ago |I’ll be waiting a few months to decide on the a77, but I’ve been wanting to get into the nex line for some time as a second, more portable alternative to to carrying around the SLT everywhere. Looks like the Nex 5n is the one to fit the bill!
Renato M.
9 months ago |As my parents are going to Canada, I had seen that date at the time of the announcement. What I thought it was odd is that in the Canadian website they had a date of the estimated availability and in the US website, they didn’t have so I decided to wait until the date they set – tomorrow – to see what was going to happen. and I’m still considering buying from BH/Adorama and ask them to send to Canada – I’m not from US – because it’s more expensive in Canada, even more if I add all the acessories like SD card, bag, adapter, etc. – even if I consider the taxes and delivery fee – so I’m waiting to see what is better. So I’m hoping that this camera doesn’t sold out right away in the US stores. Is there a confirmation of the US date?
Pixie
9 months ago |Because Canadian price is much higher than US!
Werner Ruotsalainen
9 months ago |Well, it only takes them some hours of (cheap) travelling to the other side of the border to get a US localized model for much cheaper
I certainly envy them because of this – as a European, it’s much harder to get a US model here…
alphafan2011
9 months ago |well, also the now “older” models are now a really good offer … for example the NEX-5 for 270 Euro
its typically the price of compact cameras 
emarsh
9 months ago |The nex 5n image samples look great. This is a very nice camera for the price of it. However, in regards to folks who think the 24mp sensor in the a77 is not better than the 16mp 5n sensor, I say not so fast. The 24mp is not just there as a marketing statement, it is there for resolution, and you can see the extra ‘pop’ the A77 images have over the lower resolution nex 5n. The 16mp sensor is excellent, yes, but the 24mp sensor has it beat. That’s how it should be. If you don’t want 24mp, then you can select 12mp, or 6mp on the a77 or a65. The nex 5n, nex 7, and these two a77/65, are all excellent cameras at competitive prices. Sony-ville is good these days.
alphafan2011
9 months ago |I don’t think so, if you increase the resolution 1 1/2 times then you also have to increase the sensor size 1 1/2 times to get the same pixel size. Only then you can say in general that there is a better image quality thanks to the bigger resolution.
But if the sensor stays the same size, the pixels get much smaller on the sensor. In very good light situations it is no problem, there you get enough light, maybe only the exposure time increases a little to get the same amount of light. But in low light conditions in the evening or indoor and without a flash there is the big advantage of the dslr and slt sensors compared to the compact class sensors. And if you increase the pixel count on the same sensor that much (1 1/2 times) the big advantage thanks to the bigger pixel size is away!
Of course you get a bigger resolution, but if all pixels which should have the same color will have 5 different types of for example red, the advantage of the dslr is away.
In my opinion there is a reason why Nikon and Canon dont put 24 MP or more on a APS-C sensor and also dont increase the MP’s on their compact cams, most of them released in 2011 (for example the SX230) have a maximum of 12 MP, while Sony again moved nearly every model up to 16 MP … and what you get? a bigger resolution and at higher iso’s some nice Sony typical smearing noise reduction. If you want to make your pics like a painting, thats a gread feature, but I prefer to change to that style in photoshop
David
9 months ago |That used to be true. But going from 12mp to 16mp (a500 to a580) the quality got MUCH better. So it’s possible to do both at once.
And the reason Nikon and Canon haven’t gone up in mp is because they haven’t released new higher-end cameras in a while. And fwiw, the 7D has 18mp and is several years old now. 24mp in 2011 is absolutely achievable.
Although I do agree with you that at some point the megapixel race needs to end. It’s kinda silly, and the fact my a850 only gets 211 shots on a 8Gb card is quite ridiculous!
alphafan2011
9 months ago |well, the 7D is 2 years old, yes. it was only an example. but I also think that the 7D is higher-end on the APS-C sensor.
and yes, higher resolutions are possible. of course also 40-50 MP on the APS-C can be possible, but then again we get into the regions of compact cameras. With a probably (at the moment) not possible PERFECT electronic processing even the 50 MP would be no problem, cause you only have to boost the signal from the sensor more, cause you get less light per pixel.
But there is the problem. Today in 2011 there isn’t such a perfect processing, so the MP’s are limited or if you go up and up you get much more noise or reduce it with some strange algorithms like Sony does. And in my opinion then the image quality doesn’t go up, it goes down with this smearing NR.
I dont know what people like from the 24 MP. Of course it is nice, but should have only advantages before introducing it, not introduce some (not only for me) important disadvantages like much more noise reduction or less frames continous shooting …
cause be honest, all we guys who are interested in the A77 are no real expert professionals who do 4×3 meter prints from the shoots. if yes, we would have full frame cams. so who really needs 24 MP if it has the mentioned disadvantages? for me 16 MP for example of the new NEX-5N would be more than enough and also I would get less NR, a much better continous shooting and more free space on my hard disc
Mist
9 months ago |i really hope that sony will add an extra 16mp size, therefore, 6mp, 12mp, 16mp, 24mp for nex7(i ordered it).
12mp seen to small for me, i always crop my photo a lot.
24mp seen amazing for me, but i have no money for the ultra high speed and capacity memory card yet.
just my opinion, hehe.
www.MilosJanata.com
9 months ago |Seriously! I want this sensor in A56 body!
For videos 16mpx could give less rolling shutter and awesome low-light performance.
For stills i see A77 is usable at ISO 1600, Nex5N at ISO 3200 -< really usable
Btw: Nex-5N is close to D3s at ISo 3200
dts
9 months ago |i am getting the 5n also
+unexpected full manual control in videomode ( i was not even looking at the 5n before, had my eyes on a65)
+16mp (less rolling sh. one would think, but i really only need 2-5mpx)
+killer iso
+widescreen lcd, better for my video, as that’s my main use
+no viewfinder ( i do not need )
+smallest
+price
+can adapt many third party lenses due to no tr. mirror etc
+AF tracking in video (i do not need but might come in handy at a birthday party)
+50mm 1.8 with OSS coming, so helps with shakyness at this focallength, and at a fair price
Edgars
9 months ago |There is several important parts for low light photography. Of course good IQ in high ISO is important and it helps to increase shooter speed to eliminate camera shake. But don’t forget about camera ergonomics to handle camera with longer exposures and most important don’t forget about fast and precise AF. A77 over NEX5n have huge ergonomic and AF speed and accuracy advantage. There is plenty of low light situations when you never get acceptable images even if you have camera with good high ISO, but you couldn’t get picture in focus.
David
9 months ago |Absolutely. Plus, 24mp will give more fine detail to start with. Very few people *NEED* a 24mp image, and 100% pixel peeping is ridiculous. Noise is such a small issue in the real world. You can make A3 prints from a 12mp image, no problem and I wonder how many people here are actually printing their images that large!
I have an a850 not because I need 24mp, but because I love the ergonomics of the camera and the look of full frame images. The tank-like build quality, huge viewfinder, the controls, the large size and comfortable grip.
People should seriously consider what they ACTUALLY need in terms of image quality. Sure, it isn’t nice to look at 100% and see noise, but it’s so unimportant in the majority of shots – especially when most end up on flickr, facebook, blogs or low quality prints! The ergonomics and handling of a camera count for a lot, and on that basis the a77 looks absolutely fantastic with all those programmable buttons, EVF overlays and two control dials. I’d pick that over a tiny NEX body any day!
Terryfried
9 months ago |Absolutely. In fact a lot of technologies get better and better than start to reach the human limit where we can’t tell the difference and money is spent elsewhere. I think the A77 is getting close. with diffraction etc. I think 24 MP is useful but approaching the limit on APS-c.
Not everyone wants or needs FF. So to make the A77 last the bells and whistles are good value.
Things like 12fps are really useful to many. Yes it is short burst but the aim of stills burst is not to get lots of photos over a period of time you could judge yourself it’s to catch the shot in a very brief time you could not time easily. Last week I took photos of birds of pray flying low and fast, at close range a lot of my shots where half out of frame. A 12 fps for just a sec would have been so useful. and though I am primarily into stills this will be a great way of trying video out without buying a toy.
My point is the A77 has the IQ I need and the facility to get the photos I want.
I began serious photography with a Canon A1 in the early 80s. Moved into AF early with Minolta 9000. but apart from a Panasonic fz8 I have been using for last couple of years I was cautious of buying into digital as technology was advancing to fast. I plan to make the A77 my first serious DSLR/SLT.
ScottD
9 months ago |The A77 has way more than what I need and I can’t stand the big bodied cameras anymore. I am just on the go too much and feel the need to downsize, the 5N is perfect for me. To each their own.
JMarcos
9 months ago |I’m also quite surprised by the NEX-5N capabilities, and even though I just got a C3 (to see how the NEX system works before the NEX-7 arrives), I’m now gambling on getting the 5N before my vacation next month (and selling the C3 after).
Not sure if the Admin feels the same way, but just the short shutter delay + the AF capabilities seems like a great jump over the 3C:
-20 ms shutter delay (this is fantastic! just like the mechanical Leica M’s!)
-Twice as fast autofocus delay vs. the 3C (according to some of the web previews out there)
-Touch-screen AF tracking (great for the family)
-Less noisy shutter (given the initial electronic shutter, just one whole cycle at the end)
Then you add the extra goodies that were more or less expected:
-ISO down to 100
-1080p for video
-Already beefier grip
-Optional viewfinder
All of this, combined with the great/known performance of the 16MP sensor, is just an excellent overall package for a reasonable price.
123
9 months ago |people stop torturing yourselves just go and buy a A35 you will be glad you did, and save hundreds the disappointment will not hurt that much
Mike/Canada
9 months ago |(for some reason those crazy Canadaian’s) maybe we are getting it first because we pay more for it than you! ( Americans ) And also maybe because our dollar is worth more than your American peso. PS everyone thoughtout Europe pay more than you as well, so stop bitching and moaning ! Have a good day!
Christopher
9 months ago |I wonder how the numbers would change if the poll from announcement day was taken again. Then only 7% said they intended to by a NEX-5n after everything was unveiled, but I have a feeling that number has gone way up in this community since then.
Eas
9 months ago |Two words: Buy NEX-5n
phlai
9 months ago |Sells a camera in US today and you lose the exchange tomorrow;
sells a camera in non-US currency region may win the exchange later.
richard jar
9 months ago |ADMIN : COULD YOU PLEASE DISPLAY THE LINK TO THE SAMPLE IMAGES THAT HAVE IMPRESSED YOU! PLEASE IVE TRIED LOOKING
jarrett
9 months ago |Pre-ordered with the 18-55 to replace the Nex 5 I bought last week…taking it back to Best Buy today!
bandrews
9 months ago |Just pre-ordered Nex-5N from Jessops – seems to be the best deal in the UK at the moment. They’re also doing 0% Finance if you need it too. I promise I’m nothing to do with them though – just giving a heads up to anyone looking to get the 5N. Was planning on the C3 before the announcement, then thought about the 7 but the 5N seems like the best deal all round. No all we need to do is wait…..
ryufly
9 months ago |To Admin:
I was and still am waiting for the NEX-7.
I want to know what changed your mind?
admin
9 months ago |Hmmm, I am still not 100% sure but the Sony NEX-5n image quality is amzing, the price is very low, and I can save my money for a FF camera for next year
jarrett towe
9 months ago |My 5N is scheduled for delivery on wednesday by 3:00p.m.!
Cliff
9 months ago |Wow,..that 5N 16Mp sensor looks like THE true home run for Sony so far. judging the early images, how can you not love it?
I was certain that I was going to buy the A77 two weeks ago but today? The 5N changed the game. I’m now looking at the NEX VG20. I want that 16Mp sensor on a larger body camera with peaking, Zebras, and no video limits.
Forget phase detection auto focus. Hell, If I need it that bad, I’ll throw it on the VG 20 for my Alpha lenses. It could be useful to me “sometimes” but certainly not 24/7.
The Sony crew that worked on the NEX 5N must be proud of all the attention its getting from the fans.
I wish I had a crystal ball,…I’d love to see right now how history is going to judge the A77. (only time will tell)
We don’t know yet how good or bad the A77 is yet, but but one thing is almost certain,..the NEX 5N has already almost proven itself to be awesome in just a VERY short time. (it didn’t take people long to see that) lol
Cliff