ean10775
All-Pro
- Location
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Name
- Eric
I'm considering picking up one of the older Sony NEX bodies to use exclusively for my existing collection of manual focus lenses to shoot both photos and video. I already have a Canon 5DII as my primary camera and an Olympus E-PL1 which I don't find myself using much anymore due to my dislike of its IQ at anything other than base ISO (or 400 in a pinch). What intrigues me about the NEX bodies is:
-the APS-C size sensor (I don't care for how the m43 2x crop factor affects shooting with my existing legacy glass)
-my understanding that the NEX cameras offer pretty good high ISO performance (which is important since they don't seem all that friendly with off camera flash)
-the tilt screen (without an external viewfinder I like the idea of shooting as as I would with a TLR as opposed to having to hold the camera out in front of me - both for photo and especially video)
-the focus peaking (while i have and enjoy this with manual lenses on my 5DII running Magic Lantern, the form factor of the camera makes it less that optimal to shoot with in this manner)
*also important is the ability to have enough buttons to easily adjust ISO, WB and either shutter speed or exposure compensation without diving into menus (aperture will obviously be controlled from the lens), and full manual control for video
Based on what I've listed above as being important to me, is there one or two older model NEX bodies I should be looking at in particular or inversely that I should not be considering?
-the APS-C size sensor (I don't care for how the m43 2x crop factor affects shooting with my existing legacy glass)
-my understanding that the NEX cameras offer pretty good high ISO performance (which is important since they don't seem all that friendly with off camera flash)
-the tilt screen (without an external viewfinder I like the idea of shooting as as I would with a TLR as opposed to having to hold the camera out in front of me - both for photo and especially video)
-the focus peaking (while i have and enjoy this with manual lenses on my 5DII running Magic Lantern, the form factor of the camera makes it less that optimal to shoot with in this manner)
*also important is the ability to have enough buttons to easily adjust ISO, WB and either shutter speed or exposure compensation without diving into menus (aperture will obviously be controlled from the lens), and full manual control for video
Based on what I've listed above as being important to me, is there one or two older model NEX bodies I should be looking at in particular or inversely that I should not be considering?