{"id":373,"date":"2010-08-26T21:39:19","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T19:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=373"},"modified":"2010-08-26T21:39:19","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T19:39:19","slug":"the-sony-alpha-nex-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-sony-alpha-nex-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sony Alpha NEX-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Technology is all about streamlining and optimizing. The gadgets have decreased in size at an astounding rate in a relatively short period of time. Remember the size of your first cell phone? Or the size of a high end <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/116\/Film+Cameras\/\" target=\"_blank\">film camera<\/a> ten years ago?\u00c2\u00a0 It seems that they were designed in another century. Now the majority can fit comfortably in the palm of your hand.<\/p>\n<p>Sony claims to have the smallest interchangeable lens camera ever manufactured.\u00c2\u00a0 The Sony Alpha NEX-5 seems to be aimed at users who want the functionality of an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/f\/83\/Digital+Cameras\/f\/46\/Digital+SLR\/0\/tp.weekly\/DESC\/\" target=\"_blank\">SLR camera<\/a> and the size and user experience of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/f\/83\/Digital+Cameras\/f\/46\/Digital+Compact\/0\/tp.weekly\/DESC\/\" target=\"_blank\">a compact camera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=Sony\" target=\"_blank\">Sony<\/a> indicate that the features for the NEX-5 is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> New \u00ce\u00b1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/83\/Digital+Cameras\/\" target=\"_blank\">digital cameras <\/a>with DSLR picture quality and responsive shooting<\/li>\n<li> World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s smallest and lightest interchangeable lens digital camera (NEX-5)<\/li>\n<li> 14.2 effective megapixels Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor<\/li>\n<li> 1080i HD movie recording (NEX-5) with stereo sound, fast and silent autofocus<\/li>\n<li> Intuitive new interface with Help Guide and Shooting Tips<\/li>\n<li> E-mount lens system compatible with \u00ce\u00b1 DSLR lenses (with optional Mount Adaptor)<\/li>\n<li> Sweep Panorama with 3D capability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Sony Alpha NEX-5 will be available with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/products\/12199286\/Sony+Alpha+NEX-5A_S+With+16mm+Lens\/\" target=\"_blank\">a 16mm lens<\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/products\/12199283\/Sony+Alpha+NEX-5H_B+With+18-200mm+Lens+Kit\/\" target=\"_blank\">18-200mm lens<\/a> and a combination of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/products\/12199284\/Sony+Alpha+NEX-5D_S+With+18-55mm+%26+16mm+Lens+Kit\/\" target=\"_blank\">16mm lens and a 18-55mm lens<\/a>.I think that time will indicate whether users enjoy the Sony Alpha NEX-5.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/presscentre.sony.eu\/imagelibrary\/displaymedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=184916&amp;SizeID=3\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology is all about streamlining and optimizing. The gadgets have decreased in size at an astounding rate in a relatively short period of time. Remember the size of your first cell phone? Or the size of a high end film camera ten years ago?\u00c2\u00a0 It seems that they were designed in another century. Now the<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/the-sony-alpha-nex-5\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[718,719,720],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}