Sony Launches Alpha NEX-5

The web is buzzing today with news and reviews of Sony’s new Alpha NEX-5 and NEX-3. The NEX-5 shoots full 1080 video in a small form factor that seems to emphasize what Shane Hurlbut ASC said last year at the Collision Conference about cameras becoming little black boxes holding the chip and nothing more because it’s all about the glass.

These cameras are Sony’s answer to the Micro Four Thirds systems (which I am a fan of) that can accept almost any brand of lens with readily available adapters. This category removes the optical viewfinder and mirror box (the LR part of SLR) and rely on electronic viewfinders. These systems are commonly referred to as EVIL … Continue Reading