Sony Alpha NEX-5R
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13 years ago
Sony NEX-5R Review
available for download. The Sony NEX-5R is available for around £440 with 18-55mm kit lens and is the 3rd generation of the NEX-5, the most popular model in the NEX range.
Pros:
- Excellent image quality
- 10 fps continuous shooting
- Has built-in Wi-Fi
- Tiltable screen
- Can download apps for editing and sharing pictures
- Customisable function button
- Good battery life
Cons:
- A number of the lenses are quite large
- Non-standard flash mount
- Alpha lens adapter can make the camera quite bulky
12 years ago
My first non-point and shoot camera! I bought for a active vacation in Stockholm and Iceland. Being able to walk about the entire day with this on my waist was a breeze. It even made it through hiking and on a glacier!
13 years ago
Sony NEX-5R review
Sitting just above the NEX-5N, the NEX-5R has been designed to offer more interactive features than its forerunner. We gave it a thorough work out to find out how useful these new features will prove to be
Pros:
- Flip out screen
- self-timer function
- top plate scroll dial
- top plate function button
- image quality
Cons:
- Small touch screen buttons
- unintuitive menu system
- lack of mode dial
- lack of built-in flash
12 years ago
Sony NEX-5R Review
Sony NEX-5R is an interchangeable lens system camera with a new 16-mega pixel sensor and a complete wireless connectivity
Pros:
- Great images and videos
- Effective management of noise
- Integrated Wi-Fi
- APS-C sensor
- Quick access to social networks
- Auto focus performance
Cons:
- Missing the viewfinder
- Limited customization commands
13 years ago
Sony NEX-5R
Sony's latest E-mount camera, the NEX-5R has a very similar body design to the NEX-5N but includes the flip-up monitor from the NEX-F3. Equipped with a brand new 16.1-megapixel APS-C sized sensor with overlaid Phase Detection AF pixels, it introduces WiFi connectivity and application support that...
Pros:
- You're looking for a compact
- large-sensor interchangeable-lens camera with Wi-Fi capabilities
- You could utilise the PASM shooting modes plus support for raw file capture and Full HD video recording
- You'd like touch screen controls
- You would enjoy the multi-shot modes this camera provides.
Cons:
- You want an optical viewfinder and built-in flash, You require high burst capacity at high resolution
- Don't buy this camera if, You want an optical viewfinder and built-in flash, You require high burst capacity at high resolution
13 years ago
An extra dial makes all the difference
With the NEX-5R, Sony has managed to make an excellent camera even better with greatly improved handling and better autofocus, without compromising the great image and video quality found in its predecessor.
Pros:
- Great low-light performance
- Excellent video capture
- Improved handling over previous generation
Cons:
- Small lens selection
- No viewfinder
- Controls are still limited
13 years ago
Sony NEX-5R Review: Classy, Compact and Connected
The Sony NEX-5R is the successor to the NEX-5N, which turned lots of heads and drew the attention of many to the NEX camera system. The camera was small enough and shot video footage that was satisfactory for the BBC to use for a web series.
Pros:
- Great image quality up to 6400
- Fast focusing
- but still not up to par with Olympus's FAST AF system
- Compact size
- The addition of the touchscreen helps a bit in most cases
- Improved battery life
- Addition of new dials to make access to settings much simpler and quicker
- WiFi connectivity is very...
Cons:
- Our touchscreen wasn't as responsive
- Old hot shoe
- Weird placement of the playback button
- Could have done better with at least an older EVF built in
13 years ago
Sony Alpha NEX-5R review Review
The NEX-5R is one of those cameras that's great fun to use, and really encourages you to head out and take more shots. Build quality is excellent, the built-in features are great and although I'm not convinced by the idea of needing to download add-on camera apps, it's perfectly able without them...
Pros:
- Build quality
- Low-light performance
- Articulated screen
- Touch controls
- Wi-Fi
- Choice of lenses
Cons:
- Wind noise on movies
- Some fall off in corners
- Price
13 years ago
Sony Alpha NEX-5R
Sony's NEX camera series has grown from two models to four, and the new Alpha NEX-5R ($749.99 direct with 18-55mm lens) now occupies a difficult position in the lineup. It costs $150 more than our Editors' Choice entry-level compact interchangeable lens camera, the Alpha NEX-F3 , and for that money...
13 years ago
Sony NEX-5R
Sony is continuing to take its NEX range of interchangeable lens compacts forwards. After the NEX-5N, which brought a new sensor and a touchscreen, the NEX-5R doesn't change much in terms of pure tech specs, but adds...
Pros:
- Compact design
- good-quality finish
- Vertical tilt screen (180° upwards for self-portraits or 45° downwards
- Noise is handled very well
- Wi-Fi mode with application store for adding functionality
Cons:
- Slow start-up (2.4 seconds!
- No built-in flash (separate accessory supplied
- Sony's 18-55 mm kit lens varies in quality from one model to the next
- Optional apps could be better integrated
- installation interface isn't great
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