Sony Alpha NEX-7
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14 years ago
Sony Alpha NEX-7
A delight to use with outstanding photo and video quality – and a price to match
14 years ago
Sony NEX-7 digital camera
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
Sony NEX-7 review
The 24.3 megapixel, 1920x1080 video shooting, APS-C sensor-incorporating Sony NEX-7 is the priciest interchangeable lens compact to date. Luckily for Sony then it's arguably the best, with a performance that should satisfy the semi pro.
Pros:
- Packed with features
- Adjustable screen
- Electronic OLED viewfinder
Cons:
- Expensive
- Bulkier than rivals
- No in-body image stabilisation
14 years ago
Sony NEX-7 review
The next step in Sony's evolution of its NEX interchangeable-lens-but-no-bulky-internal-mirror camera system is technically brilliant: an amazingly detailed and clean image sensor shoehorned into a reasonably compact camera body that's incredibly well built and full of features (an excellent...
14 years ago
Sony NEX-7 review
The lower-end NEX cameras are excellent, but they're designed for a user wanting something between the simple point-and-shoot and the enormous and complex DSLR. The NEX-7 isn't such a compromise: it's not quite in DSLR territory without more manual control, but it's probably close enough for most...
Pros:
- Excellent pictures and video
- Fast performance
- Very easy to use
Cons:
- Still doesn't have DSLR-level manual control
- OLED viewfinder is mediocre
- Lens ecosystem isn't as good as Nikon or Canon
14 years ago
We've seen a growing number of camera manufacturers entering the compact system camera (CSC) market and as a result, companies like Sony are now looking at new ways of further expanding this increasingly popular camera format.
14 years ago
Sony Alpha NEX-7
With a lot to like and just a little to dislike, the Sony Alpha NEX-7 comes up a winner, albeit an expensive one.
Pros:
- The Sony Alpha NEX-7 delivers excellent raw photo and solid video quality in a package that's beautifully and functionally designed
- yet relatively compact.
Cons:
- As with many competing products
- the camera's JPEG algorithms need some optimization
- some aspects of operation feel a little laggy
- and it's missing some useful features
14 years ago
Sony Alpha NEX-7
The Sony NEX-7 is the flagship model in Sony's NEX compact system camera (CSC) range that also includes the NEX-5N, NEX-C3, along with the original NEX-5 and NEX-3. More than any Sony CSC to date though, the NEX-7 is aimed squarely at serious photography enthusiasts.
Pros:
- Big
- bright ultra high resolution EVF
- 10fps burst mode
- 1080p60/50 movie mode
- PASM modes for movie shooting
- Continuous AF in movie mode
Cons:
- Bracketing limited to +/-0.3 or +/-0.7EV
- Poor menu layout and organisation
- Movie button easy to accidentally press
- AF struggles in poor light
- Limited selection of native E-mount lenses
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 Premium Mirrorless Camera Review
The Sony NEX-7 is the highest resolution mirrorless camera with a 24.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, Joshua Waller finds out how it performs in our review.
Pros:
- Great image quality
- High resolution OLED viewfinder
- High resolution sensor - highest resolution CSC
- Extremely quick focusing and continuous shooting
- Magnesium body (NEX-5/5N also metal
- 10fps (NEX-5N also 10fps
- Tri-navi system - change settings with camera held to your eye
Cons:
- Limited premium lenses for the NEX system currently
- Three dials all zoom in/out in playback
- Non-standard flash hot-shoe
- Numerous unlabelled buttons and controls
- Non-intuitive menus
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