yourundoing

very clever! can see why the reviewers would have overlooked this in fairness

Away from my camera as I write, but I believe its under: Brightness / ColorthenCreative Style

The high contrast B&W is the Picture EffectI think theres a B&W under Creative Styles also - might be worth a look. I believe its customisable to your liking too

leave it in iAuto and concentrate on subject matter and composure imo'A' mode if you want to have a bit of a play :)

Neither of those two will Im afraid..!Ive a fitted Sony one, that came with it as a package deal (looks similar to http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_156659_1.jpg), but if I was to do it again,...

battery, or another strap - stock one I found a bit irritating.. bit skinny and scratchy for my liking

Im still fairly new to cameras and photography, but I found the AF on my nex-5r to be quite finicky at times - often needing to be tricked similarly to whats been mentioned. The DMF got used a bit...

On my 5r, the 2s preview can be interupted with a half press of the shutter. Dont know if thats the same for you, or not suitable for your needs

theres internal memory - about 90MB iirc (sorry away from the camera as I write)