Sony NEX-3 / NEX-5

[cliffpatte]

WOW!

 

[Cesare]

It's certainly an interesting development, a small 1.6 crop body. It's all about lenses though, and a current range of 2 isn't exactly exciting. Still, another camera to watch!

 

[cliffpatte]

2 new, plus with an adapter a load of minolta, sony and zeiss glass for the Minolta/sony mount

 

[Cesare]

But without AF

 

[cliffpatte]

what, new fangled AF, whats that all about? ;-)

btw I don't get AF when I stick oly, nikon or leica glass on mft either

 

[dan m]

Looks interesting. It's a shame they don't do a 'normal' pancake - 16mm (~25mm 35mm equiv) seems a bit wide as a single lens, and the zoom looks a bit too big for a pocket.

 

[dan m]

But without AF

Is that right? It says you can fit 28 sony A-mount lenses with an A to E mount adaptor - perhaps they will support AF for sony lenses. Looking at there primes, the sony 35mm/f1.4 is a bit pricey/big.

Dan

 

[Flossie]

Worlds ugliest camera.

Who's going to buy it? The P&S upgrader isn't going to, looks are everything (compare it to an Oly PEN with a pancake...) and its too bulky to go in a pocket. The serious amateur will stick with DSLR's.

However, I'd put money on Sony dropping their DSLR range pretty soon.

 

[joel]

Worlds ugliest camera.

I think it looks great: small, perfectly utilitarian, and it has a flip out rear screen. Brilliant. I wonder if they'll make m4/3 adaptors ;-)