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farss wrote on 7/23/2012, 7:59 AM
How about NEX -5N in a box?

Bob.
PeterDuke wrote on 7/23/2012, 8:45 AM
Wot, no viewfinder?

More squinting in the sun.
Red Prince wrote on 7/23/2012, 10:57 AM
So, who is the target market? It seems too complicated for a point-and-shoot person and lacks a viewfinder for the professional and advanced amateur. They should have read this discussion before they designed it (of course, the discussion did not exist until they released it).

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Laurence wrote on 7/23/2012, 11:16 AM
My major problem with this camera is the same as it is for the 5D Mark 3, the Nikon D4 and the Nikon D800: the LCD is not articulable. I need to be able to point the screen towards wherever my head is and be able to put a hood on it to shield it from the sunlight. Still interesting, but not something I expect to buy.
ritsmer wrote on 7/24/2012, 10:12 AM
Sounds like a nice camera - but it has the same problem for the "small-but-high-quality" dependent users as the NEX 5 and 7's: No zoom-lenses faster than 3.5++ - without sacrificing AF, the small form factor (adapters) or other things.

Btw. I just ordered a Sony RX100 - but would still prefer a NEX 7 with a, say, 24-100 mm (35 mm terms) and F equal/better 2.0 quality lens with fast AF and like "Active Optical stabilization" - with a price tag for the lens of probably some 1.500 US.
Laurence wrote on 7/24/2012, 11:18 AM
The mirrorless Canon uses a new smaller size of lens but it can use DSL lenses with an adapter. Interestingly, the adapter has a tripod mount hole in the bottom so that the weight of the lens isn't supported by the camera. Cool, but no longer small.