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30/01/2012 9:03:04 a.m.

mychillybin team

Posts 637 		Would anyone like to comment on their experience with using a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera e.g. Sony NEX 5n - and its potential suitability technically to produce the type of quality images that mychillybin customers expect form the site?

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the chillys
31/01/2012 3:35:03 p.m.

The Last Frame NZ

Posts 26
mychillybin team wrote:

Would anyone like to comment on their experience with using a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera e.g. Sony NEX 5n - and its potential suitability technically to produce the type of quality images that mychillybin customers expect form the site?

cheers for now
the chillys


Hi - have a friend whom is getting a NEX 7 in march.. will advise the results...if I can get my hands on it!
1/02/2012 11:04:25 a.m.

eyeball

Posts 34 		its going to be interesting how these mirrorless cameras do. Several manufacturers are using "larger sensors" similar to some dslr's. Sony, Samsung, Leica and the fuji X-pro 1 are in this catagory. Other manufacturers, Nikon, Pentax, panasonic have adopted smaller sensors and for that reason images from the latter should probably not be accepted.

However good photos don't automatically arise out of the size of the sensor, the glass in front plays a big part as well. The review in dpreview for the sony is interesting as it appears it is a good body, but the glass is problematic. I think I will be keeping my dollars for upgrading glass for my dslr rather than rushing out and getting a mirrorless body
3/02/2012 3:50:50 p.m.

Marten

Posts 1 		The Sony NEX-5n uses the same sensor that is used in the Nikon D7000, Pentax K5 and the current crop of Sony midrange DSLRs. DPReview's opinion of this camera is that it's image quality is equal to a midrange DSLR.

Regarding lenses, the NEX lens range is still very small and there is only one high end lens in it (Zeiss 24mm f1.8), however the other lenses aren't a "problem", they are simply consumer lenses with average quality, much like the kit lenses you get with low to midrange DSLRs. Here is what DPReview said about the 18-55mm kit lens: The E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 puts in a pretty decent showing as APS-C kit lenses go, and easily holds its own against those typically bundled with SLRs.

So I think it would be safe to say that you would get pretty much the same image quality from an NEX-5n as you would from a low to midrange DSLR + kit lens from Nikon, Canon, Pentax etc.

There is also a number of lens adapters available and many people are using legacy glass and getting fantastic results.
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