Re: Fun with the NEX cameras....
I went out shooting with the NEX 5 and 18-55mm lens today. Took a ride up to the Napa Valley. A bit early in the season for lots of grapes and vineyard shots.
Camera impressions....
So far the interface has not been a bother at all. Very easy to learn and easy to manage. I've only used it extensively for one day so it could take a bit to see if I end up agreeing or disagreeing with DPReview.
Grip - the grip on the NEX5 is deep and makes the camera really easy to hold when not shooting. When shooting my left hand is on the lens.
LCD - Indoors it is a joy. Outdoors (and it was really midday bright sunshine today) it will be hard to do critical manual focus. I didn't try to manually focus.
Focus - I really need to do some work here. Right now I don't trust it. There were a number of shots where I got focus confirm and I could clearly see that what I wanted to focus on was not in focus. For the most part this happened at 55mm/wide open/close focus (macro sorts of shots). The focus box was really small so I need to read the manual to make sure I understand the functionality.
Screen blackout for shot to shot time - I have the preview turned off and seems instantly back in live view. Feels quicker than both Oly and Panny with review turned off but I will test it more.
Shutter - this is going to sound weird but even though it is loud, I love the feel of the shutter movement. Strange.
Exposure - DPReview complained of over exposure. I was shooting in Aperture priority and I think the exposures look very good.
Wake up after sleep - seems really slow. I changed it from one minute to 5 minutes which then was much better because the camera was only going to sleep when it should.
Lens - 18-55 definitely has distortion. Kudos to Panny for their corrections.
Colors - wow to me they look great. Check out the fruit. Spot on colors at ISO 1600
High ISO - wow....this is my best high ISO camera and it gets up there with my D700
Dynamic Range - I am shocked that I wasn't blowing highlights today.
These shots were all jpegs as I don't have RAW conversion in LR yet.
ISO 200 55mm f5.6 1/640
ISO 200 55mm f5.6 1/1000
ISO 200 55mm f5.6 1/640
ISO 1600 32mm f7.1 1/20
ISO 1600 19mm f7.1 1/20
ISO 1250 55mm f5.6 1/100
ISO 1600 18mm f7.1 1/25
ISO 200 18mm f5 1/60 (I am shocked that this isn't completely blown out and you can still see detail inside)
ISO 1600 18mm f7.1 1/20