Rating 4.1 52 reviews
Manufacturer: Sony
Trusted Reviews
12 years ago

Sony NEX-5R

The Sony NEX-5R is a very good CSC if you can forgive the fiddly touchscreen controls
Pros:
  • Various well-placed and useful buttons
  • Good image quality
  • Flip-out LCD screen
Cons:
  • Lacking both a built-in flash and mode dial
  • Touch screen buttons somewhat undersized
  • Poorly though-out menu system
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Gizmodo
13 years ago

Sony NEX-5R Review: A Great Camera with a Few Missing Pieces

A Wi-Fi enabled mirrorless camera a 16.1-megapixel APS-C (23.4 x 15.4 mm) sensor. It costs $750 with the 18-55mm kit lens.
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CNET
13 years ago

Sony's NEX-5R camera does so much right

It's a great camera choice for high-quality stills and a streamlined shooting design under $800, but the Sony Alpha NEX-5R falls short when it comes to sharing your shots online.
Pros:
  • Sony Alpha NEX-5R delivers excellent photo quality
  • even in dimmer light
  • and provides more physical controls than some of its predecessors for a more streamlined shooting design
Cons:
  • The wireless connectivity and apps "ecosystem" implementations are far less than this camera deserves
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everyreview.com
12 years ago

Sony NEX 5R Review

Some of the great features of this include a 16.1 megapixel sensor, a Full HD video recording, touchscreen OLED and improvements on the battery life makes this a solid choice for those wanting a high end camera.
Pros:
  • - Brilliant video recording
  • - Sleek design
  • - Quality LCD screen
Cons:
  • - Lack of view finder
  • - Limited lens options
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Ebay
13 years ago

This camera is more of a beefed up point & shoot camera than a compact DSLR

WATCH OUT! The NEX-5R seems like a good choice at first, but if you're looking for a good camera for your money's worth, you'll regret buying this. The lens choices on this camera are unreasonably expensive and have limited capabilities.
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henrys.com
13 years ago

Sony 5R can potentially be a great camera but Sony decided to screw a few things. Pro: -great image quality. - small pocket-able camera. - interface is not as bad as some people have said but can certainly be improved.
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Sony
13 years ago

Terrable

My wife and I purchased this Camera just under a year ago, we took a vacation to jamaica we packed the camera in our carry on when we landed in jamaica I went to take some pictures and the display screen on the back wouldn't work, took it in for repair when I got back and they tole me it couldn't be
Pros:
  • Great camera easy to use
Cons:
  • Cant handle any outside tempature change
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TechRadar UK
13 years ago

Sony NEX-5R

The Sony NEX-5R directly replaces the Sony NEX-5N as the company's mid-range compact system camera offering. While the 5N saw boosted resolution, sensitivity range and continuous shooting rate over the original Sony NEX-5 , that launched in 2010, the Sony NEX-5R retains many of the same...
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PhotoRadar
13 years ago

The Sony NEX-5R directly replaces the Sony NEX-5N as the company's mid-range compact system camera offering. While the 5N saw boosted resolution, sensitivity range and continuous shooting rate over the original Sony NEX-5, that launched in 2010, the Sony NEX-5R retains many of the same...
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Ken Rockwell
13 years ago

Sony NEX-5R Review

The NEX-5R is best shot without asking questions. It gets clumsy for playback or making shooting adjustments, so it's best just to shoot and do your best to avoid playing in the menus.
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