Coolest camera to be release this year sony NEX-7 (year 2011)

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The latest addition to Sony's growing CSC range, the Sony NEX-7, features a 24.6MP APS-C sized sensor, 2.3 million dot OLED viewfinder and the least shutter lag currently available on a digital camera. This, coupled with the likes of a TRINAVI three-dial control system and 10fps burst rate makes the Sony NEX-7 a flagship addition to both Sony's range of CSC models and the Compact System market as a whole.

Although looking physically similar to the likes of NEX-5 and NEX-3C the Sony NEX-7 is aimed more at the professional user. The 24.3 MP sensor is a significant jump from the NEX-5's 14.1MP offering, and sits comfortably above the next-largest offering of the Panasonic GH2's 16MP. Being that the NEX-7's sensor is also APS-C sized means the image quality should be something to behold. The ISO is being quoted at a range of 100-16000, making it a significant leap as well.

Te built-in viewfinder is also something special in the NEX-7, giving the user the brightness and sharpness benefits of an OLED display rather than a standard LCD. The resolution is at an impressive 2.3 million dots, once again topping the Panasonic GH2's 1.53 million. This, coupled with the vari-angle 3" LCD should give the user plenty of choice on the display front.

The new TRINAVI system offers a three-dial approach to controlling functionality, with two on the top of the camera and one at the rear. This should give the photographer rapid access to the manual controls and other options, an element of previous NEX models that we found lacking. With the override options of the aperture priority, shutter priority and full manual modes available at a beckon call the DSLR user making the transition shouldn't feel restricted to lengthy menu screens.

The shutter lag, timed at 0.02 seconds, is the fastest of any interchangeable lens camera currently available. This combined with the impressive AF speeds seen recently on the NEX-C3 will make the Sony NEX-7 an enticing prospect for the likes of action photography.

A full HD movie mode, in the AVCHD format and available at either 25p or 50p frame rates, and the 10fps burst rate rounds out the most note-worthy features of this new camera, although the likes of Picture Effects and the 3D Sweep Panorama mode also appear.

The NEX-7 will be available in November, with a price yet to be confirmed.

 

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This is the factory that build sony NEX in thailand

 

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For nikon fans, there are affected as well, their low end DSLR and digicams will be affected

 

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This is the factory that build sony NEX in thailand

so its a waterproof / underwater camera ?

 

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Sony and Nikon should fired all the cheap thai workers and come to Singapore and PAP will find cheap chinese workers here, and there will be no flood like this.

 

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so its a waterproof / underwater camera ?

No, it is total loss. Need to replace equipments, parts and all camera inside - all gone.

 

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Novoflex Adapter for Leica M Lens to Sony Nex Camera NEX/LEM

Now you can use the amazing Leica lens

 

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This is kit lens of sony

Not so beautiful compare with a leica lens on it.

 

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Was considering whether to get the NEX or the Alpha last week. Finally settled on the Alpha 55 as although I prefer a more compact camera, the Nex lens make it just as bulky and more difficult to handle because of the smaller body. Performance/features wise not as good as the Alpha but prices are about the same. Am considering whether to get another compact camera like the Canon S95 or the Lumix for light travelling.

Wanted to get a Sony zoom lens as well but stock was affected by the Thailand flood and the shop could not confirm when they will be coming in again. In the end settled for a Tamron lens.

 

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I will never buy sony dslr SLT because they will turn a f2.8 lens to around f3.1
no thanks.

yeah sony is now under water, therefore sony product will be out of stock. well get it next year.

 

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Sony NEX-7 SLR-like camera is well worth the price

When Sony announced the NEX-7 ($1,200, body only; $1350 with a 18-55mm lens), the specs were impressive enough to warrant a first-look review. The NEX-7 is an advanced SLR-like model with a 24-megapixel sensor that can fire off 10 frames per second at full resolution. Also, the NEX-7 features an XGA OLED viewfinder with more than 2 million dots.

But specs alone don't make the camera: The performance, design, and ergonomics have to measure up. I've been shooting with the NEX-7 for a couple of weeks to see if it does. The Sony NEX-7 is undoubtedly a pricey advanced camera, but its versatile features, beautiful design, and strong performance make it well worth the price.

It's powerful, with lots of options. I was impressed with the camera's specs but also skeptical: For example, 24-megapixel shots seem like overkill for most consumers. That's 4,000 x 6,000 pixels, 8MB or 9MB for each photo. Also, shooting 10 frames per second will eat up your computer's memory quickly.

But it's also part of the allure of this NEX model for an obsessed photographer who loves to shoot and doesn't mind racking up gigabytes of photos and video. It could appeal to street photographers, dedicated event shooters, and even fine-art shutterbugs.


At 10 frames per second at full resolution, which is 24 megapixels, the NEX-7 can capture an entire baseball swing.

For instance, I shoot lots of photos of my son playing baseball. As you can see in the composite illustration above, I captured his entire swing when he was up at bat. Most cameras, even advanced models, offer burst-mode shooting, but not as fast or for as long. Also, if I'm far away from the action, I can crop the photo, which effectively "zooms" in. That's just one of many ways I found this NEX camera to be a real pleasure to use.

The NEX-7 also maintains many innovative features found on the NEX-5. One example is the Panorama Sweep mode, which lets you capture either 2D or 3D in-camera panoramas. And you can use the Smile Shutter feature to fire a shot automatically when the camera recognizes a grin.

Viewfinder and display. Another enjoyable aspect of this camera is that you can switch quickly between two high-quality displays: an XGA OLED electronic viewfinder, which is bright and clear, and the large swiveling LCD (it doesn't swing out like a camcorder, but it does swing down). A variety of displays are available for both the display and the viewfinder, and you can toggle quickly between a visible histogram and an on-screen level, to make sure the horizon line is straight.

You can also turn off the live-view function of the OLED screen and display just the many camera settings for that shot. And the camera offers three grids to choice from, which is handy when you're composing photos.

Unique navigation and versatility: One way Sony was able to keep the body of the NEX-7 small was with its Trinavi navigation system, which lets you quickly adjust settings using one of four physical controls (two dials, a button, and a controller wheel) and avoid getting lost in endless menus.

You can adjust the white balance to quickly make your photo's colors cooler or warmer. If you want to make your photo black-and-white or sepia-toned, just press a button once or twice and move a dial or two. The downside is that this system does take some getting used to; and because the controls are multipurpose, they're not labeled. But after a few hours, I was confident in using the system.

Two large dials in back of and one small button next to the shutter button, along with the control wheel in back, control the camera's unique Trinavi navigation system.

Flash and help features. The pop-up flash is versatile: It has flash compensation to vary the strength of the strobe and several flash modes, including Slow and Rear Sync. It's also positioned high above the camera body, to avoid the red-eye effect in portraits and candids. But the hot shoe is proprietary: You can attach only strobes designed by Sony, which is disappointing for those who want to use an external flash.

Bottom line. This camera is for photographers who are interested in a versatile and powerful compact camera that has many advanced features found on larger and heavier models. And like many mirrorless models, the NEX-7 has a vast array of interchangeable lenses, external flashes, and other accessories to add to your camera system. For those reasons, the Sony NEX-7 is a wise investment

 

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http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonynex7

The Final Word

The NEX-7 is, without doubt, something of a technological triumph for Sony. It manages to fit a huge amount into a small camera, yet does so with barely a false move - at least in terms of the hardware. We're not great fans of its firmware though, particularly its default control setup, and suspect many users will want to reconfigure it extensively. But once that's done, there's little doubt that the NEX-7 is one of the most capable cameras around, and in terms of out-and-out image quality it's probably the best APS-C camera yet, regardless of size.

If there's a problem for the NEX-7, though, it's the ambition of launching such a sophisticated, high-end enthusiast camera into a relatively undeveloped system. Once you look beyond the camera body to the lenses you'll want to use with it, your options are - at launch at least - rather limited. There's the Carl Zeiss Sonnar E 24mm F1.8, which is without doubt a fine lens, but is larger than the kit zoom and costs almost as much as the camera again. The E 50mm F1.8 OSS looks promising on paper, but we haven't had a chance to use one yet. Otherwise you're looking at lenses with unambitious maximum apertures arguably better-suited to lower-end cameras. Indeed walking around with the NEX-7 and the 18-55mm kit zoom feels a bit like driving a supercar in a suburban speed limit - you're fully aware of its vast potential, but can't take full advantage of it.

Even if you have the money to shell out for the NEX-7 and 24mm F1.8, there's also little doubt you'll get better value elsewhere - at least in terms of building a flexible system to work with now. For example, for the same price you could buy the Olympus PEN E-P3 with EVF, 20mm F1.7 and 45mm F1.8 lenses, and have plenty of change to spare. The sensor's not as good, but the lenses give you more creative options.

If you own Alpha mount lenses you can use these on the on the NEX-7 with the LA-EA2 adapter to fill in the gaps in the E range. But this comes at the cost of additional bulk when compact size is one of the NEX-7's main attractions; arguably you may as well buy an SLT-A65 instead, for a lot less money. You can also use a vary array of other lenses via appropriate adapters - but without autofocus or image stabilization. Of course if you're happy to run with what Sony offers now, and wait for additional lenses to appear, then the NEX-7 really can't be beaten.

So overall the NEX-7 is an amazing piece of hardware, and although its firmware feels rather cobbled-together, once you have the camera set up to your liking it's a joy to shoot with and delivers excellent results. So despite our reservations about how it fits into the E system as a whole, taken on its own merits the NEX-7 is an exceptional camera, and a worthy winner of our top award.

 

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The Bottom Line – For Now

The NEX-7 truly appears to be the photographic equivalent of a Pocket Battleship. It's small and light enough to be carried all day in one hand, yet has the image quality capabilities of a much larger camera. With its very bright and high resolution electronic viewfinder it surpasses the eye level viewing of most APS-C DSLRs, with their small tunnel-vision viewpoints – though as mentioned, shadows do block up in the viewfinder in high contrast situations.

When it comes to video, the NEX-7 has it all, including full HD 1080P at 60 fps, and 24fps for aspiring film makers. I decided to concentrate on the camera's stills capability for this test, but will report on video when I receive another test sample, or once cameras start shipping.

The availability of the new EA2 lens adaptor means that Sony and Zeiss "A" mount glass is available for use with full high-speed Phase Detection autofocus. Of course because of the NEX's short back focus, with a third-party lens adaptor just about any other lens can be mounted, including Leica M lenses, (see above).

Add to this a built-in flash, hot shoe, electronic level, and full-featured user interface, not to mention the usual fun Sony gizmos such as Sweep Panorama, Twilight Mode and so on.

Note that the hot shoe is Sony's proprietary design, having the advantage that it locks, but the disadvantage that if you want to mount something like a third party flash, a flash trigger, or an optical viewfinder, you'll need to use a shoe mount adaptor.

One really has to ask – what's not to like? At under US $1,200 for a 24MP camera, even the price is attractive. I predict that the NEX-7 will be one of the hottest cameras of the coming year, and is going to really put other camera maker's feet to the fire when it comes to offering an attractive mix of image quality, features, size, build quality and price. Sony clearly made a decision to make the NEX-7 as full featured as possible, not holding back any of their available features or technology. With many camera makers creating market segmentation by artificially restricting features to certain price points, Sony is to be commended for pulling out all the stops for the NEX-7 and keeping the price as reasonable as it did given the camera's wide ranging features and capabilities.

Sony has always been a strong competitor in any market that it chooses to enter. Relatively speaking Sony is the new kid on the block, and the photographic market is about to feel the full force of their participation. The major players are going to have to up their game if they want to hold on to their market share, because if Sony's latest offerings are any indication the camera marketplace is about to get a whole lot more competitive in the months and years ahead.

 

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http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/nex_7_six_month_on.shtml

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sony_nex_7_rolling_review.shtml

Conclusion

I'll start this conclusion chapter with my bottom line summary. The NEX-7 is the most exciting camera that I've had the pleasure of using in the past five years. Here are just a few highlights...

– Image quality is excellent – exceeded in DxOMark ratings by only a half dozen other cameras, and of these all but one were medium format.

– It has an APS-C sized sensor, making it among the largest in the CSC category.

– At 24 Megapixels it has the highest resolution of any CSC camera, and is only currently matched by full frame DSLRs in this regard.

– The user interface is highly customizable and reasonably efficient (excepting the Menu system, and lack the of any User Custom Settings)

– Electronic first shutter provides an extremely responsive shutter release

– The EVF is the highest resolution and highest contrast of any on the market

– The combination of focus peaking and magnification makes using legacy lenses very easy and attractive

– An articulated LCD is effective and only lacks the ability to face forward

– Has a powered microphone port for video recording

– Built in flash can act as wireless trigger for larger Sony units – Correction: This was supposed to be the case, but isn't. Sorry for any confusion.

– Autofocus is adequately fast for most applications

The NEX-7's small size, compared to any DSLR, and even some other CSCs, means that travel or other types of photography, where light weight and small size trump ultimate featuritus, are well served.

The sensor on the NEX-7 leaves little to be desired. If you want to make big prints or to do extreme cropping, a high resolution 24MP sensor is the answer. Short of the 36 Megapixel sensors coming on some 2012 full frame cameras, and even larger ones on a handful of medium format cameras, this is the highest resolution sensor available, and in the smallest and lightest form factor. Quite a trick.

At around $1,200 the price isn't even that out of reach for many.

 

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