It's official! Sony couldn't fix the NEX lens problem.
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From: SMS on 5 Jun 2010 11:13 On 05/06/10 4:14 AM, Bruce wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:54:55 +0100, "David J Taylor" > <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >> "Bruce"<docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:ql8k06tgav9admdb0hlofnhrptq74882c1(a)4ax.com... >> [] >>> The key to getting DSLR owners to "trade across" to NEX is a body that >>> has more traditional controls, enabling basic parameters such as >>> aperture and shutter speed to be changed without resorting to multiple >>> menus. Perhaps there will be an NEX7. >> >> .. and a viewfinder, perhaps? > > > Sony hasn't ruled out the possibility of an accessory electronic > viewfinder (EVF) for all NEX models. That's what the Panasonic DMC-GF1 has. Maybe they can add accessory phase-detect AF too.
From: Bowser on 5 Jun 2010 19:50
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:51:21 +0100, Bruce <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >The NEX5 has just been given an extremely positive review in the >respected UK magazine "Amateur Photographer". You can buy the >magazine in the USA at good bookstands - I believe all Barnes and >Noble stores have it. > >The camera was tested with the 18-55mm kit lens which performed like >most of the "family" of 18-55mm kit lenses - tolerably well for a kit >lens. But the camera received high praise. Particularly high praise >went to the video system. I've seen nothing that would convince me to buy one. Yes, it's a VERY subjective decision. > >The reviewer's only serious reservation was that, as a DSLR user, he >thought the user interface was designed purely for point and shoot >owners trading up. He expressed the hope that another model might be >offered in the NEX series for more serious photographers, giving more >traditional controls without having to delve deep into multiple menus >to change simple settings. > >However, I think he rather missed the point. The *whole* point of >Micro cameras, in fact, which is of course to get point and shoot >owners trading up. Probably; which may explain why I won't buy one. > >Sony has had the greatest difficulty selling the Alpha series of DSLRs >to new entrants. A very high proportion of Alpha sales have been to >former Minolta owners, with very few trading up from Sony point and >shoot cameras. > >The NEX series provides an extremely good upgrade route for Sony point >and shoot owners, who will find the interface and many of the cameras' >features reassuringly familiar. NEX will also appeal to owners of >Sony bridge cameras such as the F828 and R1. Sigh.... What I'd love is an 828 with a less noisy sensor, IS, and little or no fringing. I loved that camera! > >Finally, NEX will also appeal to owners of other brands of point and >shoot cameras who want to trade up to something with a larger sensor >that lacks the unfamiliar complication of a DSLR but offers most of >its image quality. > >Sony has a winner on its hands here. We'll see. I have no stake and I don't wish failure on anyone. I'm just making my own guesses as to whether or not it will succeed. > >This makes it all the more important to get that 16mm lens right. The >18-55mm isn't fantastic, but it is probably good enough. The 18-200mm >won't be much good, but no-one expects it to be. The 16mm is key, >because everyone expects a fixed focal length lens to perform far >better than it appears this one does. True. This one, so far, it really, really bad. > >I don't know if it is significant, but Sony has sent neither the 16mm >nor the 18-200mm lenses to UK reviewers. I hope this means that the >16mm will be revised. The sent one to DP Review, a UK site. The first copy was a true dog, the second one is also pretty bad, but a little better. > >What can be in very little doubt is that the NEX spells disaster for >the entry level Alpha DSLRs. If NEX succeeds, and I believe it will, >it could very quickly take over from Alpha DSLRs as the flagship range >of Sony digital cameras. There is scope for a high end NEX body that >would replace the whole Alpha DSLR range below full frame. > >The question would then be, how can the Alpha DSLRs survive? Because they work better? |