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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Sony NEX-7 24.3Mp APS-C compact system camera

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Beautiful camera

It looks like the kind of rangefinder design that professional photographers used to use in the days of film when Leica was the rangefinder of choice. It looks ideal for reportage and discreet shooting being smaller and easier to handle than a DSLR. Stunning design, I have to say.

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Re: WTF?

Jim - is that an educated response or one based on "This is a compact therefore any D-SLR is better"?

Numerous reviews by extremely experienced photographers have stated that the NEX-& is a superior camera to most, if not all, budget D-SLRs and the equal to many of the semi-pro ones available. (The ones it's not the equal of, it generally surpasses).

I'm interested in the NEX-7 myself to replace my LX-3 and to partner my 1Ds II and I'd be interested to hear your reasons why the NEX7 is lacking.

I must admit to strongly suspecting that you are not fully aware of the critical acclaim the NEX-7 has been receiving...

Steve

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There's a huge amount of snobbishness surrounding Sony cameras.

I have a Sony SLT-A35 and it blows my previous Lumix out of the water, and pisses on my brother's Canon 110D for image quality.

So, Sony aren't a traditional camera company with a long standing history of film camera manufacturer, but Minolta were a traditional camera company with a long standing history of film camera manufacture, and underneath the Sony housing beats the heart of a Minolta...

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Re: Sony NEVER learn

Agreed if "the frame rates depend on territory with 60fps in the US" is true its a needless fail. No technical reason I know of that 50/60 Hz should not be a user option and plenty of good reasons why we may want to shoot to 60Hz, not only when we are visiting North America.

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@Sony NEVER learn

Surely the frame rate of 50fps in the UK and 60 in the US is less that they hate us pikey Brits and more about flickering seen when videoing under lights that flicker at the countries respective mains power frequencies??

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