In that regard, for many the Sony's picture quality will be more than 'good enough'. In terms of low light photography the NEX-5 does pretty well. Noise is fairly unobtrusive up to ISO , the look of the image at that high-ish setting as good as results taken at ISO on standard compacts. This suggests ISO as not a stretch too far, and so it proves. Inevitably you're getting a noisier image but not one that's very noticeably much softer.
Thus low light shooters have broader options at their disposal, and spec that isn't just there for spec's sake. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images are soft at the default sharpening setting. You can change the in-camera sharpening level if you don't like the default look. The Sony NEX-5 has 3 different image quality settings available, with Superfine being the highest quality option.
The Sony NEX-5 handled chromatic aberrations very well during the review, with limited purple fringing mainly present around the edges of objects in high-contrast situations, as shown in the example below. The mm and 16mm lenses don't allow you to get very close to your subject in Macro mode, as shown below. The first image shows how close you can get to the subject in this case a compact flash card.
These shots of a white coloured wall were taken at a distance of 1. And here are a couple of portrait shots. Both the Auto setting and the Red-eye reduction mode caused a small amount of red-eye. The Sony NEX-5's maximum shutter speed is 30 seconds and there's also a Bulb mode for even longer exposures, which is excellent news if you're seriously interested in night photography.
The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 4 seconds at ISO High Dynamic Range Optimiser HDR is Sony's solution for capturing more contrast than a single exposure can handle by combining two exposures into one image.
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5 allows you to take panoramic images very easily, by 'sweeping' with the camera while keeping the shutter release depressed.
The camera does all the processing and stitching and now even successfully compensates for moving subjects. The main catch is that the resulting image is of fairly low resolution.
Upgrading to firmware version 2. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way. Download Original. This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of x pixels at 25 frames per second. Please note that this 10 second movie is While the debutant interchangeable lens camera may not be yet the game changer that its manufacturer hopes it will be, there is still much here to admire. You have to give Sony the fact that, even if at times you feel the flair is lacking, overall it's a competent performer nonetheless.
We weren't blown away by the NEX-5's image quality - coming as it does after some very capable contenders who got there first - but there's a reasonable degree of consistency and the ability to tweak shots to a limited degree in camera if you desire; otherwise Raw shooting is the way to go.
Add in HD video, a tilting LCD and while not cheap for anyone investing in the system from scratch, the NEX-5 at least feels like it is earning your pennies and perhaps, begrudgingly and gradually, your respect. Join us for a live Twitter Space on Thursday, November 11, and be part of the conversation.
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The overall appearance of the 5N has been further streamlined by creating a single magnesium-allow top plate. The hand-grip material has has a more refined feel too, but doesn't seem to offer any more grip.
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This time around, the company has revisited the model and upgraded it with the NEX-5R. The 5R is very similar to the 5N — it has the same photographic capabilities megapixel APS-C sensor, p HD video capture at up to 60fps, up to 10fps continuous shooting and a very familiar design. But Sony has addressed some of the biggest complaints of the 5N by adding a command dial and some extra buttons to give photographers more control. The company also threw in some extras like Wi-Fi connectivity, an improved autofocus system, and a more flexible display.
Both are exceptionally petite camera bodies with comically large lens mounts. Both have large, 3-inch articulating touchscreen displays on back next to a command dial and three buttons.
Both have a battery and SDXC compartment accessible from underneath the camera. Both also have a proprietary accessory mount on top for the included flash unit or optional shotgun microphone, and both have dual microphones on top to capture stereo sound. Both also lack any way to use non-proprietary external microphones, which is a frustration. The most obvious addition is a second command dial situated just under your right thumb when you are holding the camera.
This dial, which trickled down from the higher-end NEX-7, lets you control various parameters depending on your shooting mode. In Aperture Priority 'A' on the virtual mode dial , it will adjust the opening of the lens, while in Shutter Priority 'S' on said mode dial , it controls how long the shutter will be held open.
The circular wheel on the back of the camera is available to control exposure compensation or shutter speed when the camera is in full manual mode the main control dial adjusts lens aperture in full manual mode. This single dial on top of the camera makes a profound difference when you are shooting in manual modes, as it gives you direct control to things that used to require a button press and other actions.
Translation: you can keep your eyes on your subject and worry about composition instead of fiddling with buttons to change your settings. Because of this new dial, the dedicated movie record button and playback review button have been shifted to slightly different positions on the camera's top plate. The power switch has been moved to a ring around the now-black shutter button. Next to the shutter button is a new function key that provides quicker access to settings like metering, focus modes, white balance, and image effects and filters.
Other handling tweaks include a dedicated ISO setting button on the 'right' action of the four-way controller on the back of the NEX-5R It may not sound like a lot, but the changes add up to a much more pleasant experience when you want to take control of the camera. The dedicated ISO button is a god-send when you are in a situation with rapidly changing lighting conditions, and the Fn button makes it very straightforward to switch between automatic and manual focus modes, which is key since Sony's E-mount lenses lack a hardware switch to do that.
A full-size DSLR still puts these controls in easier to reach places — quite literally at your fingertips — but given the size tradeoff, the NEX-5R does a good job at making the best of its limited real estate for buttons and dials. Sony also made a few other upgrades to the camera body: the old Mini USB port has been converted to the more modern Micro USB, and is now located under the same plastic door as the Micro HDMI port; and the rigid strap loops have been upgraded to more versatile triangle loops.
Again, these aren't huge changes, and probably nothing that will cause someone to buy the NEX-5R over another camera, but they are nice refinements that lend to a better overall experience. The NEX-5R's display can flip up well beyond 90 degrees for waist-level shooting or even a self portrait, or it can tilt down about 50 degrees for easy viewing of the screen when you are holding the camera above your head a function I use more often than I ever thought I would. The 5R doesn't have the perfect hardware — I'd love to see even more control dials and would kill for a dedicated electronic viewfinder and a 3.
There's not a whole lot to say about the lens — it offers a standard range for a wide variety of situations and while it's not the sharpest lens on the block, it produces more than suitable photos for the vast majority of photographers. The Optical SteadyShot function works admirably to combat camera shake at longer shutter speeds, extending the camera's low-light shooting capabilities, and the lens' solid metal construction puts kit lenses from other manufacturers to shame.
That list of lenses is still pretty small compared to the likes of what you can get on Panasonic and Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras, and is dwarfed by the number of lenses available to Nikon or Canon DSLRs, but it is growing and many of the available options are actually quite good.
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