Sony Alpha NEX-5R

Announced Aug 29, 2012 •
16.1 megapixels | 3 screen | APS-C sensor
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Sony NEX-5R review
By: Mike Topham, What Digital Camera (7 months ago)

Though the NEX-5R is a completely new Sony CSC it must be said that it doesn't offer a vast amount more than what we've seen before in the NEX-5N. It handles very similarly in the hand and other than providing the options to transfer images directly to your smart phone or tablet, the menu system and navigation is much the same. The minor tweaks to the body have improved operation slightly and...

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DCRP Review: Sony Alpha NEX-5N
By: Jeff Keller, Digital Camera Resource Page (Jan 28, 2012)

All things considered, the Sony Alpha NEX-5N is a very good interchangeable lens camera -- as long as you can tolerate its menu-driven user interface. If you find that you can live with its interface, then you'll find a camera that's capable of taking excellent photos and videos, with the added bonus of the HDR and Anti Motion Blur features, for taking great photos in challenging lighting...

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Sony Alpha NEX-5N Review
By: Mike Tomkins, Zig Weidelich, and Dave Etchells, Imaging Resource (Dec 7, 2011)

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Sony NEX-5N review
By: Mike Lowe, What Digital Camera (Oct 31, 2011)

Sony's not flinching against the flurry of new Compact System Cameras hitting the market. With smaller-sensor, smaller designs making up the majority of the competition, the NEX-5N's impressive image quality can happily boast to have among the best image quality going. To take the already impressive NEX-5 and better it is a job well done. For moving image fanatics, too, the NEX-5N provides more...

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DCRP Review: Sony Alpha NEX-5
By: Jeff Keller, Digital Camera Resource Page (Jul 9, 2010)

Now that Sony has worked out a lot of the initial quibbles that reviewers (this one included) had with the NEX-5, it's become a camera that's much more pleasant to use. It offers a compact body (though the lenses are giant), great photo quality, a ton of fun features, full manual controls, a beautiful LCD, and a Full HD movie mode, all with an attractive (though sometimes tedious) user...

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Sony NEX-5 review
By: Mike Lowe, What Digital Camera (Jun 9, 2010)

Although compact-like in appearance, don't let the exterior fool you - the Sony NEX-5 produces class-leading images that outshine some stiff competition in the Micro System Cameras sector. Many will love its pick-up-and-shoot ease of use, though it's not without its errors - the lack of buttons for control and amount of menu digging required to adjust options may frustrate more advanced users....

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Sony Alpha NEX-5R review

The Sony Alpha NEX-5N builds on the ground established by the 1st generation NEX-5 to provide a mirrorless ILC with features and performance that take this form factor to the next level. In a series of firmware revisions, Sony has repositioned the NEX-3 and NEX-5, responding to consumer demand for a more enthusiast-friendly camera providing greater control and the NEX-5N continues in this vein....

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