SONY NEX-5
Review and Photo Examples of the NEX-5 Mirrorless Digital Camera.
Table of contents
Gallery
- Example photographs were taken with the following lenses
- CONTAX-G PLANAR 35mm, CONTAX-G BIOGON 21mm, Voigtlander SUPER WIDE HELIAR 15mm, SONY E16mm,SONY E18-55mm
Review
The NEX-5 is the first Sony mirrorless camera released along with the NEX-3, and is a compact camera equipped with a 14-megapixel APS-C sensor.
I like Minolta, and even after switching to Sony I used the α900 single-lens reflex camera, and I bought the NEX-3 mirrorless camera right after it was released because it had a larger sensor than the Micro Four Thirds. I bought the NEX-3 and α7 first generation and sold them shortly after purchasing them, but the NEX-5 I purchased after the NEX-3 had a champagne gold body, the only one in the NEX-5 series, and this body color is Metabones. It matches well with the mount adapter (gold) and Contax G lens, and I still keep it because I like the look.
It has 14 million pixels, which is enough for snapshots, but I don’t use it anymore because it’s sensitive to camera shake caused by shutter shock, and it’s hard to see the focus on the rear LCD when using MF lenses. Currently, I use a dedicated external flash, HVL-F20S, which comes in handy for taking pictures for my blog.
I use this camera Sony NP-FW50, but it has a small capacity, so I have several of them, but when I try to use them for the first time in a while, the remaining battery always spontaneously discharges to 0, and the SONY lithium-ion battery naturally discharges. The speed is astounding. With other companies, if you use it sparingly, the remaining capacity is almost never 0.
I bought the new NP-FW50 while buying the α7sII, but I’m curious to see if the spontaneous discharge has subsided.
The flash (HVL-F20S) in the photo is one of the few options that is compatible with the Smart Accessory Terminal, and the external EVF is compatible with the Smart Accessory Terminal 2, so it cannot be used with this NEX-5. Accessory ports such as flash are the biggest problem with NEX series compatibility, and while the NEX-7 returned to the auto-lock accessory shoe of the SLR α that has been used since the MINOLTA era, the NEX-6 changed to the current multi-interface shoe. ing.
After releasing the flagship NEX-7, the NEX brand will end with the release of the entry model NEX-3N released in 2013.
Sony had no intention of giving up on APS-C and passed the baton to the α5000/6000 series, and as of 2023, the α5000 (α3000/3500 are overseas versions) without a viewfinder has failed, but the α6000 series, which is the descendant of the NEX-6/7. continues even now.
The E-mount has a relatively compact mount diameter (46mm), and I didn’t expect a 35mm full-frame sensor to fit into it, but it was successfully achieved with the α7, leading to its current popularity.
Specification
| Items | NEX-5 | NEX-5N | NEX-5T | NEX-5R |
| Camera Effective Pixels | 14.2-Megapixcels | 16.1-Megapixels | ← | ← |
| Image sensor size | APS-C 23.7 x 15.6mm | ← | ← | ← |
| Back LCD Size | 3.0 921,000 dots | ← | ← | ← |
| EVF | None | FDA-EV1S | ← | ← |
| Max shutter speed | 1/4000 | ← | ← | ← |
| Battery | NP-FW50 | ← | ← | ← |
| Touch panel | × | ○ | ← | ← |
| WIFI | × | ← | ○ | ← |
| NFC | × | ← | ← | ○ |
| AF | Contrast | ← | Contrast Image phase difference | ← |
| Recorded media | MS-Pro SDXC | ← | ← | ← |
| Release date | 2010.6 | 2011.9 | 2012.11 | 2013.9 |
| Size | 111 x 59 x 38 | ← | ← | ← |
| Weight(body only) | 229 | 210 | 218 | ← |
| Body color | Black, Silver, Gold | Black, Silver, White | ← | ← |
Options
- HVL-F20S(Flash)
- LA Series Mount Adapter
- Accessory Kit
- Strap
- Cases
Reference links
Update history
- 2024.03.3:Update
- 2023.10.25:First draft
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