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14 years ago
Sony Alpha NEX-7 Review: A Top-Notch Mirrorless Camera
When we first encountered the Sony Alpha NEX-7 , DCR editor Allison Johnson was putting a pre-production model through its paces under the auspices of Sony San Diego this past September. Allison gave the camera high grades and was particularly impressed with the performance of the viewfinder.
Pros:
- Good image quality
- Good video quality
- Good shutter lag and AF acquisition time
- Excellent viewfinder
Cons:
- Cost
- Awkward playback regimen
- Monitor/viewfinder interface can impact battery life
14 years ago
Sony's newest NEX camera is technically brilliant, but its controls and menus need some refinement
The Sony NEX-7 has an interesting lineage: it's the top model in the second generation of Sony's NEX interchangeable lens camera system, a group of cameras focused on good image quality without the bulky controls and steep learning curve of a digital SLR.
Pros:
- Excellent image quality
- Extremely solid build quality
- Clear and sharp electronic viewfinder
Cons:
- Dial-and-wheel interface can be confusing
- Menu system is unnecessarily complicated
- Auto ISO artificially limited
- hampering low-light shots
14 years ago
The Sony NEX-7 has an interesting lineage: it's the top model in the second generation of Sony's NEX interchangeable lens camera system, a group of cameras focused on good image quality without the bulky controls and steep learning curve of a digital SLR .
14 years ago
Sony NEX-7 review
The NEX-7 ticks some very big boxes. It's got the electronic viewfinder department wrapped up and tied off with a big bow, the movie mode is great and the 10fps burst mode is an attractive option.
Pros:
- Great OLED viewfinder
- decent image quality at high resolution
Cons:
- Low-light focusing is poor
- some layout issues
- need more pro lenses in range
14 years ago
Despite the occasional shortfall, the NEX-7 is a very pleasant camera to use, especially when you've customised it to your particular way of shooting. The built-in OLED viewfinder is a real bonus, providing a bright, clear view, and having a hotshoe and input for an external microphone both add to...
14 years ago
Sony NEX-7
Just as many thought the race to squeeze more pixels onto camera sensors had ended, Sony announced a new flagship model for its NEX line of mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras in August 2011, with a 24.3Mp rear-illuminated CMOS sensor.
Pros:
- Excellent image quality
- Very good dynamic range
- Intuitive control layout
- OLED electronic viewfinder
Cons:
- AF struggles in low light
- Limited range of E-mount lenses available
- Setting up customisable controls may take a while to get exactly right
14 years ago
Sony NEX-7 digital camera review
"Hey Vic, how would you like to test a Sony NEX-7 for the weekend?" A full weekend with one of the most anticipated cameras of the ye
Pros:
- Output from the 24 MP sensor is terrific
- High ISO shots are very usable, AF generally fast, shutter lag is practically nonexistent, Form factor, TriNavi knobs and overall build quality are topnotch, Video quality is excellent.
Cons:
- Accessing some functions / modes requires a bit of button pushing and menu digging
- EVF is very usable … but I still preferred using the LCD
- Not as many lens and accessory choices as an SLR system
- Light weight becomes a disadvantage when shooting handheld video
14 years ago
Review: Sony NEX-7 Digital Camera
($ 1200) is easily the epitome of how far mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras have gone. This is a prosumer-oriented compact APS-C sensor camera that has a 24 megapixel sensor and 2.4M dot OLED electronic viewfinder into its magnesium alloy body and yet still finds room for a pop-up flash and...
14 years ago
Sony NEX-7 review
The NEX7's design is an interesting mix: we're keen on the variety of controls, yet the ongoing lack of a mode dial and awkward placement of some controls does let the overall design down.
14 years ago
Sony Alpha NEX-7
Sony has taken the 23.5 x 15.6 mm 24.3-megapixel Exmor sensor it used in the Alpha SLT-A77 and installed it in a compact camera body to produce the NEX 7. It has also built a high-resolution, 1.3 cm XGA OLED electronic viewfinder into the new camera body, along with a proprietary hot shoe that...
Pros:
- You require a compact but sophisticated
- large-sensor interchangeable-lens camera with PASM shooting modes plus support for raw file capture and Full HD video recording
- You want an optical viewfinder and built-in flash
- You require quicker access to key camera settings than most mirrorless cameras
Cons:
- You require a pocketable camera (it's only pocketable without a lens)
- You're a point-and-press snapshooter
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