We spent yesterday shooting with the new Sony NEX-5N camera at the Sony Europe launch event in Athens, Greece. Here are 74 sample photos and a 1080p movie taken with the Sony NEX 5N camera and a variety of different lenses, including the new Carl Zeiss 24mm and the Sony 55-210mm.
There's also a full ISO range from 100 to 25600 so that you can see exactly what the 16 megapixel sensor is capable of.
The Sony NEX-5N is a new compact system camera with a resolution of 16.1 megapixels, responsive auto focus, world’s shortest shutter lag and 1080p/50fps video recording capability.
1/125 sec f/16 | 27mm | ISO 100
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1/125 sec f/16 | 82mm | ISO 100
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1/320 sec f/11 | 37mm | ISO 100
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1/800 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 100
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1/400 sec f/8 | 315mm | ISO 100
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1/1250 sec f/8 | 315mm | ISO 100
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1/640 sec f/8 | 279mm | ISO 100
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1/400 sec f/8 | 315mm | ISO 100
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1/640 sec f/8 | 315mm | ISO 100
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1/800 sec f/8 | 199mm | ISO 100
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1/800 sec f/8 | 102mm | ISO 100
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1/800 sec f/8 | 315mm | ISO 100
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1/100 sec f/8 | 82mm | ISO 160
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1/100 sec f/16 | 82mm | ISO 160
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1/60 sec f/16 | 27mm | ISO 160
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1/100 sec f/16 | 82mm | ISO 100
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1/100 sec f/16 | 82mm | ISO 100
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1/400 sec f/16 | 315mm | ISO 320
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1/400 sec f/16 | 315mm | ISO 640
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1/125 sec f/16 | 114mm | ISO 125
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1/250 sec f/16 | 220mm | ISO 320
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1/100 sec f/16 | 27mm | ISO 100
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1/100 sec f/16 | 27mm | ISO 100
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1/125 sec f/16 | 27mm | ISO 100
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1/250 sec f/16 | 42mm | ISO 100
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1/400 sec f/8 | 36mm | ISO 100
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1/400 sec f/11 | 82mm | ISO 100
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1/320 sec f/11 | 45mm | ISO 100
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1/250 sec f/11 | 27mm | ISO 100
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1/320 sec f/11 | 27mm | ISO 100
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1/160 sec f/16 | 27mm | ISO 100
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1/160 sec f/16 | 82mm | ISO 100
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1/160 sec f/16 | 82mm | ISO 100
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1/400 sec f/16 | 48mm | ISO 100
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1/125 sec f/16 | 48mm | ISO 100
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1/100 sec f/16 | 27mm | ISO 100
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1/160 sec f/16 | 27mm | ISO 100
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1/1250 sec f/5.6 | 78mm | ISO 100
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1/160 sec f/13 | 82mm | ISO 100
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1/400 sec f/11 | 52mm | ISO 100
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1/6 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 100
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1/13 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 200
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1/25 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 400
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1/50 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 800
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1/100 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 1600
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1/200 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 3200
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1/400 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 6400
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1/800 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 12800
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1/1600 sec f/8 | 40mm | ISO 25600
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1/60 sec f/8 | 36mm | ISO 200
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1/250 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 100
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1/60 sec f/2.8 | 36mm | ISO 125
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 160
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 100
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1/1250 sec f/2 | 36mm | ISO 100
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1/60 sec f/16 | 36mm | ISO 200
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1/60 sec f/9 | 36mm | ISO 640
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1/4000 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 100
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1/60 sec f/8 | 36mm | ISO 100
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1/60 sec f/11 | 36mm | ISO 800
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1/60 sec f/11 | 36mm | ISO 250
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 100
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1/60 sec f/4.5 | 36mm | ISO 400
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1/60 sec f/4 | 36mm | ISO 1250
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1/60 sec f/8 | 36mm | ISO 500
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 400
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 1600
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 1600
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 3200
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1/30 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 3200
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 800
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 1000
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 3200
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1/60 sec f/1.8 | 36mm | ISO 2500
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This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 1920x1080 at 25 frames per second. Please note that this 16 second movie is43.9Mb in size.
#1 Albert
i don’t scream for a miracle about these photos quality… too bad for nex
10:23 am - Thursday, August 25, 2011
#2 CF
Photo’s look amazing. Too bad that albert above is a troll. For a sub $1000 camera. These are impressive pictures.
10:36 am - Thursday, August 25, 2011
#3 Jack
Does the ISO really go up to 25,600 like you say in your intro?
3:56 pm - Thursday, August 25, 2011
#4 feureau
Re: the video framerate. I know that the NEX-5n NTSC version shoots at 60p 24p while the PAL version shoots at 50p 25p. Is it possible to switch version in the firmware?
The point is I wanted to know if the PAL version can be set to shoot at 24p.
Thanks
4:00 pm - Thursday, August 25, 2011
#5 Maria
I`m about to buy this camera and i was wondering if the colors are reproduced accurately….
8:33 pm - Sunday, January 22, 2012
#6 Erik R.s.P
How do you get iso’s 160 and 640 I cant get them.
9:07 pm - Sunday, May 20, 2012