SONY NEX-5K Mirrorless Camera  (Black)

Sony Nex-5K is an interchangeable lens digital camera, which falls between the compact cameras and the DSLR cameras. This mirror-less camera provides many important features of a DSLR camera, but in a more compact body. Sony Nex-5K will be an ideal camera for users looking to switch from the compact camera to a DSLR camera. The camera is powered by BIONZ image processor and has an Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor with 23.4 x 15.6 mm dimension. Sony Nex-5K is a 14.2 megapixel camera and supports aspect ratios of 3:2 and 16:9.

Body

The Nex-5K weighs 229g and has dimension of 110.8 x 58.8 x 38.2 mm. Instead of a Viewfinder, the camera utilizes a 3-inch TFT screen with Xtra Fine LCD and TruBlack technology. The screen has a resolution of 921,600 dot pixels and can be tilted by 3-inch to take pictures easily. This Sony camera uses the Memory Stick PRO Duo/PRO-HG Duo for storage, along with SD, SDHC and SDXC memory card. The Nex-5K comes with NP-FW50 Battery which can take up to 330 pictures in one charge.

Performance

The Sony Nex-5K can be mounted with Sony E-mount lens. It can also mount Sony Alpha, Minolta and Konica Minolta AF lenses with the help of an adapter. The camera supports Digital Zoom from 1.1x - 10x. Nex-5K has an Auto Contrast detection type of Auto Focus (AF) and it supports Single-shot AF and Continuous AF modes.

The Auto ISO of the camera ranges from ISO 200-1600, while the Manual ISO can be selected from ISO 200-12800. The Shutter speed of the camera ranges from 1/4000 to 30 sec. An external Flash comes with the Sony Nex-5K kit, which has a range of 16mm.

Features and Connectivity

The Sony Nex-5K comes with the 3D Sweep Panorama function and has various Scene modes such as Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports Action, Sunset, Night Portrait, Night View and Hand-held Night Shot. The camera comes with Optical SteadyShot image stabilization system on selected lenses to counter camera shake.

The face recognition feature can detect up to 8 faces. A user can set up a self timer of 2 or 10 secs. Nex-5K supports continuous mode of up to 2.3 fps at a normal mode and 7 fps at speed priority continuous mode. The Nex-5K can shoot video at a Full HD resolution of 1080p. The camera supports AVCHD and MP4 movie formats, while for image it supports RAW, RAW & JPEG, JPEG Fine and JPEG Standard. In terms of connectivity, the camera supports USB 2.0 and HDMI mini connector (Type-C).