http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/ Engadget Comments for Sony gives NEX3 and NEX5 names to its first ultra-compact interchangeable lens cameras http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
Leaked again in alcohol places. Interesting, no one speaks of this, anyone read the news?]]>Apr 26th 2010 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
why would you join the bandwagon if you have what it takes to be a stand out ? ]]>Apr 26th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 27th 2010 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/That was to be expected. Sony's even worse than apple when it comes to proprietary connectors.

Exciting stuff nonetheless. The more competition, the better.]]>Apr 26th 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
-If you know anything about the world of cameras, you'd realize it's full of proprietary tech.

- If you know anything about Sony in 2010, you'd realize that they use standardized solutions a LOT.

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With a smaller sensor they really needed to develop the fast glass to lessen the ISO advantage and the specialty lenses to expand their utility and relevance. They failed. The Noktor 0.95, but with more consistent bokeh, should have been their own development, right out the gate when the cameras first hit the street.

If anything, with their 'redo' opportunity--m43rds--we see an even slower timetable for lens releases, and nothing exceptional in sight. This is the new rangefinder, and they're botching it. What's a Leica without the lenses? (BTW you can buy adaptors--but this approach has both compromise and a lack of recognition/marketing from Panny and Oly. ]]>Apr 27th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/And what is this 16mm? Crop factor?]]>Apr 26th 2010 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
24mm. It is about 1.5x]]>Apr 26th 2010 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
The 4/3 sensor is too small, end of story.

This shows promise.]]>Apr 26th 2010 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
Too small for what? Posters or something?
Care to elaborate?]]>Apr 26th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
Nothing to do with actual image quality, but more to do with perspective and "Look."

Sure Micro 4/3 is a bigger sensor than a point and shoot, but it's still 2x crop.



]]>Apr 27th 2010 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/I love how brainwashed the Nikon/Canon crowd is... The crop factor is with respect to 35mm film. Therefore the image actually gets cropped (less light from the proper 35mm lens hits the sensor)... There's NO CROP on m43 system. The lenses are designed specifically for the sensor. The word "crop" doesn't make any sense. It's a sensor that is 20% smaller than canon's APSC. There's NO CROP. It'd be just as stupid as to call regular point-n-shoots as 20x crop.

And NO. a "24mm-equivalent" will be SMALLER than a true 24mm. Because 16mm is a REAL LIFE MEASUREMENT. And 16mm is less than 24mm, and the lens can be made that much smaller. It doesn't take a genius to figure this out.]]>May 10th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/I wonder if the people that argue about the 20% larger and 5 percent noisier, and 3 more lenses available.... if they ACTUALLY TAKE PICTURES, or if they just babble on and on about insignificant differences....]]>May 10th 2010 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/May 10th 2010 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/My point is that there's physical limitation relationship between a bigger sensor and shooting wide angle.

The simple problem comes from the fact that the way Nikon/Canon solved the problem of a different size sensor, is to use glass that is designed for 35mm film and adapting to smaller sensors. That's where terminology "crop" comes it. And that's why it's "difficult" to get wide angle with smaller sensors, is simply because you WERE STUCK using inappropriate glass designed for 35mm film. Until Canon redesigned their glass specifically for the aps-c, and now they have a lot of glass that starts at 18mm (which would have been unbelievable in the 35mm days to have such selection of 18mm glass). My point is that it DOES NOT matter how big your sensor is, you can ALWAYS design a lens for it, for any scenario. The question is lens availability. Given that this is a new system, there will not be much glass for it, BUT it's not because the sensor is smaller... it's simply because they haven't made it yet.]]>May 11th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
Also, one thing that seems to be lost when they release these new mirrorless options is an ultrawide lens option. Of course, Sony hasn't released lenses I believe, but i am not holding my breath.

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Totally agree!
16! we'll just have to wait and see how sharp that is.

NEX kind of sadly reminds me of their old P series.

This is the main problem with electronics company.]]>Apr 26th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
Clearly a sneaktastic way to overprice their lenses. And yeah, an f2.8 prime is.... suxxorz.]]>Apr 26th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/
Sony has never even made a m4/3 sensor. Sony (and likely Canon/Nikon in the future) are bringing the larger, APS-C sized sensor to mirror-less, interchangeable lens cameras. APS-C sensors have lower noise and better DR than m4/3, and the crop factor is less, so we're talking D300s/A700/7D image quality in a compact.

As for the lens, it is wider than any prime available for m4/3, thus the size and f2.8. When a "standard" 35mm prime comes, it'll likely be smaller and faster than this 16mm that is a 24mm "equivalent."

The mount of NEX looks big enough that, maybe, someday Sony will bring fullframe compact, and that's the real dream.

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The lenses (of similar design) for smaller sensors will ALWAYS be smaller. It's simple geometry. ]]>May 10th 2010 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/Apr 26th 2010 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/sony-gives-nex3-and-nex5-names-to-its-first-ultra-compact-interc/http://www.wholesaleinc.net/ddv5500hd-digital-camera-8mp-30-lcd-screen-4x-digital-zoomlibattery_p294.html

http://www.wholesaleinc.net/rich-dvh595-hd7z-50mp-cmos-digital-camcorder-with-30-tft-lcd_p295.html]]>May 24th 2010 1:17AM