NEX-5TL Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Power Zoom Lens

UPDATE: Still really enjoy the camera but felt the need to comment on the current pricing. I believe the camera has been discontinued which has driven the price of this camera up. My review used the purchase of $350 and while I can still recommend this up to $450, anything beyond that and I would recommend waiting until the new cameras come out. At around $500, if you really like the Sony mirrorless cameras, the A6000 base model starts here and would be a much better buy in general although you lose the 180 degree LCD screen and the touchscreen. UPDATE: I've been using the camera for about two months now and I'm still finding out just how great and versatile it is. I upgraded the lens to the Sony 35mm 1.8 lens and it was a big improvement over the kit lens I think it's important that if you're going to invest in a camera like this coming from point and shoots, it's important to really learn about and understand all the features to make the most of your investment. This camera is just fantastic for everything and you'll notice huge improvements over point and shoot compacts. I know someone that uses this camera and they really like it so I did my research on it. It had very positive reviews everywhere I looked and seemed to fall in an appropriate budget for what I was looking for. I wanted something for a recent international trip. I like taking pictures with my smartphone as they're more than good enough but I didn't want to waste my battery on my phone taking hundreds of pictures a day so I wanted a good option. I wanted something compact that offered excellent quality photos and a lot of versatility. I'm no expert so this review will be based off of my current experience as someone who is new to anything beyond the standard point and shoot. This camera fit the bill perfectly. The NEX-5TL comes with an adjustable strap, a battery, a charging cable, and a wall wart for charging. In this package a 16-50mm lens is included with a flash that can be attached to the top port which can be used for other things such as I believe a microphone or a digital view finder(DVF). It features wifi and nfc for easy wireless connection and transfer of pictures to smartphones and tablets. It also has a fairly large display that flips up for selfies and makes it easier to see what your taking pictures of if you have to hold the camera lower then your head. The camera has all the familiar camera modes; program, aperture, shutter priority, intelligent auto, superior auto. I don't want to go too much into these because I honestly don't know enough about photography to elaborate to a degree worthy of what this camera is capable of. Basically they are generally auto modes and some will automatically control certain things like shutter speed or aperture or will generally automatically control all adjustments including exposure. The one main exception is the program mode which will leave all of the settings to the photographer and this is where I left it for the majority of the time to learn on. Occasionally I would try some of the auto modes to see if I could get a better shot than the settings I was using on program mode. The more I learned the easier it was to use program mode and apply the proper settings easily before taking my shots. Again I won't get into the specifics because while you don't need to be a pro photographer to use this camera, reading up on the subject a bit will increase the chances of the pictures you take being closer in line with what you want. I recommend reading up on photography whether you're using a $60 point and shoot or something much more expensive. I had no issues with battery life although I did buy an extra battery(Sony) as well as the Sony charger. I was able to take hundreds and hundreds of pictures between battery changes and rarely did I get close to using up a full charge in one day although mileage will vary depending on usage of course. I found the flip screen perfect for taking nice selfies and if you're using a tripod it is able to set a timer or connect to a wireless remote including I believe your phone to snap the picture although I didn't use these features. Connecting the camera to my iPhone 6 was simple with the app on my phone and didn't take very long to transfer pictures but totaling maybe 5-10 minutes when I transferred over large quantities of pictures. I felt the lens was basic but versatile enough for every kind of picture and offered a good zoom for further shots. You can use a variety of different lenses from Sony and other brands which makes this much closer to a DSLR than to a point and shoot. I'm already looking to improve my shots even further with a low aperture prime lens although this is where you're going to start spending money. The variety of lenses range anywhere from $200 to well over $1000. While this seems like a lot to a novice photographer, it's still really nice to know you can really grow with the camera. It's bigger than most if not all point and shoots but much smaller and easier to travel with than even the smallest of DSLR cameras while still offering DLSR quality pictures or near their quality. This was perfect for my travels and is very easy to recommend to novices up to the very experienced photographers. I tried to cover a lot but there's too much for me to cover here right now so I'll update the the review with any new things I discover and try to answer any questions people have. I paid $350 for this which I think is a fantastic price and would have been willing to pay more but look for sales and bundles on amazon as I know they've had great ones for this camera. UPDATE: after about a month of use I'm still really liking this camera. I did however run into issues charging the battery through the camera. I kept getting a blinking charging lamp which turns out to mean there is a charging error and the battery has stopped charging. It was happening quite a bit until I finally kind of pushed the plug in as snug as I could and it seemed to resolve. I have a spare battery and a charger so I didn't really run into this problem before. Since I seemed to have remedied the problem I won't deduct a star unless this problem persist despite having other charging problems but I just thought I should update my review with this finding. Still a great camera and updated with a SEL35F18 lens which is a great upgrade from the 16-50mm kit lens.

I wanted a camera I could take into concerts. The big cameras are usually turned away at the door. This one was small enough that it doesn't look like a full production. The camera feels well built, not cheap. It does feel like something you could drop so make sure you get some kind of wrist strap. FLASH: I hate the flash. It blows everything out. It attached to the top and sets up at 45 degrees. I can't believe they didn't let it rotate straight up or even back to bounce light. Would have made the flash sooooo much better and usable. CASE: You need protection on this camera. I found an awesome case, guarantee it's the best you can get for this with a little mod. Get the Lowepro DV 35 for 13 dollars. (When it gets there CAREFULLY cut out side straps and sim card holder. It will open up like a clam and be a an unbelievable case that fits snugly and secure. Will also hold your flash case. Trust me on this. LOW LIGHT: I thought the camera did a fairly good job in low light. Like anything, you gotta shoot a bunch to get a few. It handled the colors pretty good. One thing thats cool is when it shoots multiple shots at once, like 9. Then it pieces them all together to make one great shot. Its pretty unreal. I felt like I shot better shots in the manual mode adjusting the ISO myself. I included a couple photos from an Easton Corbin concert. WIFI: You can drop photos right onto your phone for upload to Facebook. Pretty cool. You may be able to upload to computer wifi as well. OUTSIDE LIGHT: Shoots really nice shots. here is where this unit shines. It may not be high end camera stuff but if you know what you're doing you can get it damn close. VIDEO: Good video, probably comparable to iPhone 6. OVERALL: If you want a good camera that you can take with you on the go this is it. It's not as compact as others but it's not as large as a full blown cannon. Take a look at some of the shots I've included and if you get make sure you get the case and do the the mod.

This tiny camera has a APS-C sensor that that takes just as good or better pictures than the entry level DSLRs from Nikon and Canon, but it blows away those entry level cameras when it comes to features. Not only that, it will fit in a coat pocket or purse. No more lugging around a huge camera to get DSLR quality photos. I don't necessarily rate this camera as better than the Nikon 3300 or the Canon strictly on image quality. This is an older Sony Nex and the newer C/N DSLRs do have more pixels. That being said, the 5T will probably outperform them low light, though maybe not the newest Nikon. 16 pixels is plenty and produces more manageable file sizes. You will need to pixel peep to find any noticeable differences in image quality. Here is were the 5T shines: It will focus faster. It has both phase detection and contrast detection auto-focus. It will snap off a blazing 10 frames per second. Granted the buffer fills up fast, but I generally want to catch that perfect action shot within a one second time frame. The Canon will only shoot 3 frames per second and the Nikon 5 fps. It has all the features that a mid-range DSLR has and then some. The Nikon 3300, for example, won't even exposure bracket. I teach a college level Into to Photography course. One thing I cover is HDR photography. Students that use any of the Nikon 3000 series cameras need to use a tripod to exposure bracket for HDR work. All of the Nikon 3000 series cameras lack an auto Exposure bracketing feature. Heck, I haven't even come across an advanced bridge camera that didn't have this feature. It has useful scene modes like "Hand Held Twilight" and Auto HDR. Once you learn to use your camera, you don't need most scene modes but the 5T has a couple of scene modes that don't just adjust your settings for you. They use the cameras fast shutter speed to take multiple pictures and combine those multiple pictures in camera. The Hand Held Twilight mode lets you get low noise pictures at night without a tripod. Auto HDR lets you combine pictures to give your photo more dynamic range (detail in highlights and shadows). It has a touch screen. Some may like the ergonomics of the larger DSLR with more buttons. I have several cameras including a Sony A55 (the 5T actually takes better pictures) and a full frame Sony A99. I will say that the A99 is a dream to use ergonomically. I'm not necessarily sold on the the touch screen but I do really like it for selecting focus points. It is wireless - you can send pictures to your phone or computer. This will be important to many though not so much to me as I do usually want to use at least Lightroom to edit my pictures before I post. The wireless feature also lets you use your smart phone as a remote, something that I probably will use in the future. The latest Nikon has an optional device that you can connect for wireless. It has a tilting screen that lets you see it at just about any angle. This is great when you need to do over your head (for crowds) shots, lower shots, or macro shots. It also lets you take selfies, though the removable flash gets in the way. You can add apps that perform specialized functions. Some say they shouldn't have to pay for additional features, but since the 5T already comes with more features than other entry level cameras and many mid-range cameras, I think it's nice to be able to add apps such as an automated time lapse photography function and multi-frame noise reduction. You don't get that opportunity with the other cameras. It takes better videos. It particular, it will focus much more seamlessly, if you do not use manual focusing. It currently (12/15) costs less than the other entry level cameras. This is an older model and it is being sold at a heavy discount. Sony has replaced it with an A5000 (the 5T is better) and an A5100. I picked it up because I couldn't resist the Amazon pre-Christmas flash deal. It fits in my pocketbook easily and is replacing a Panasonic LX-7 that I never really like all that much. All that performance is packed into a package that will fit in a coat pocket or purse. There are a couple of negatives. In my opinion, the biggest negative is a lack of lens choices. The Sony E lens offerings are pretty sparse, particularly when it comes to less expensive lens options from Sigma and Tamron. On the other hand, you can buy cheap adapters that will let you use old legacy lenses that you can find quite inexpensively on Ebay. Using these lenses requires manual focus. To help you with the manual focusing, the 5T has a feature called "Focus Peaking". Focus peaking outlines your in focus areas and makes manual focusing much easier. You can buy an adapter that will let you auto focus with Sony Alpha and older Minolta lenses but the adapter costs as much or more than the cost of the 5T. It doesn't have a viewfinder. You may buy a viewfinder but is costs almost as much as the camera. For those that have previously used point and shoot camera, you might find that the multi tilt screen is more of a plus than the lack of viewfinder is a minus. The flash is screw on and not internal. This doesn't bother me, I just leave the flash on the camera. Adding it doesn't change the small form factor much. The flash is included with the camera. A larger DSLR can be more ergonomically friendly. You need to decide if the small form factor is more important than better ergonomics. I have both this camera and a full frame DLSR/SLT Sony A99. I love my A99 but I don't want to carry it with me all the time. The 5T now lives in my purse and will be with me most of the time.

We've gone through a selection of point and shoots over the last 5 years. A problem has developed over the last few years as cameras that are great for outdoor shots or provide a nice image if well-set up just don't catch those moments of toddler delight. With a new baby in the house as of last summer, we realized that we were taking a lot of pictures with only a small percentage turning out. Time to step up. I have a budding interest in photography, with some friends who are professionals, so I looked at the DSLR possibilities. This one went on sale over Christmas, and I made a quick decision to go with this NEX-5TL instead. I regretted it at first. I liked the idea of the control of a DSLR, going to the next level of learning and photography with it. This one? Well, the day I got it all regrets were gone. The pictures are astounding. Low-light pictures come out so very clear, with great color and focus. We don't even use the flash. Great for action shots and portraits. The small size means that it's easy to bring, the best camera to use is the one you have with you after all, and having had larger cameras before, leaving them at home more often than not, this is a great bonus. The camera can be set to recognize specific faces and focus on those faces, a great feature when we're taking pictures of our two kids a lot as they move around or just look cute in less than ideal lighting. My wife and I also take this camera out on dates and other outings, so have made a surprising amount of use of the selfie-tilting LCD. I had a camera with a rotating LCD and was sad to see that go, but with the selfie feature and the above your head tilt, this really fills almost almost every circumstance I needed it. This is an astounding camera for our needs. Small enough to bring, powerful enough to get shots in all sorts of situations and conditions. The only critique I have is the touch-screen, which isn't very sensitive so usually takes more work than hitting the buttons. That's a very minor issue for me in light of the overall quality. Without reservation I recommend this camera especially to families who want to take a lot of high quality pictures without having to spend a lot of time setting up the perfect shot.

Bought this in December before Christmas. It was my first compact interchangeable lens camera and also my first Sony camera. Was a decent camera that can take low-light images even without the flash. The flash comes in the box but makes the camera more bulky to bring around. Found that I didn't have to use it much and pictures still came out in good quality. However, camera crapped out in just 5 months, as I get the error message "Cannot recognize lens". Terrible customer service as well. Can't believe a camera like this can break like that in less than 6 months rendering it completely unusable. Avoid!

In theory I thought it would be great as an avid cell phone camera user to use either the remote app or transfer to phone but neither were easy to use and were generally slow so more of a novelty then productive. Perhaps if you had on a tripod and were setting up to shoot from a distance it would be useful but the time to connect to my lg g4 and the time delay to adjust would make real time photos silly to use. So removing that use its a good camera just those functions are close to useless. It transfered images quickly to my pc through the usb and from there I could upload to my flicker or google photos account and can share or see on my camera from there. In a shootout between my lg g4 camera phone its images seemed a bit grainy in its auto mode but it shot at 800 iso while my phone shot at 50 iso for the same outdoor daylight scene. I decided to fix ISO at 100 and use program mode and HDR to improve during day shots. Next is its LED which as a 3 inch is large for a camera but small compared to a phone. My phone has a 5.5 screen and 2 years ago I had a 5.0 inch screen s4 so a 3 inch is tiny and archaic by comparison and composing is very difficult. I found it was very difficult to compose or use the controls vs the much larger brighter screen of my phone in the end I just decide to compose in my mind and assume its taking what I want and take lots of images. In the end I am happy with it just not as easy to use as I would have liked.

If I could give this 20 stars out of 5, I would. I agonized over which camera to get, almost went with a Canon Rebel T3i (which I'm sure is also wonderful! It's a consistently popular choice), and I am seriously thankful I went with this. I bought it for beauty blogging, and there are several reasons it's ideal for this purpose: 1. A built-in, adjustable skin softener. I recommend keeping it on 'low', as it does just enough. It looks insanely natural on this level. 2. WiFi connectivity. It's not the smoothest thing in the world, but it does the job of getting your photos to your phone well enough, and at a decent speed. Does just what I need it to do. 3. Adjustable screen! A must-have! 4. The camera adjusts and auto-focuses like a dream for what I'm using it for. It gives you a beautiful focus on your subject, and softly blurs the background automatically, exactly as I need it. Do keep in mind though that if you're going in for a super close-up (say, just shooting an eye), it takes a little longer to adjust. This isn't exactly an issue though. 5. This is SUPER beginner-friendly. Seriously, I know nothing of photography, but was able to jump in right away, easily adjust my settings as I wanted, and start shooting in minutes. It's not convoluted like I had feared. The finer tuning options are there for the more savvy, but if you're like me, you can get by without any hassle. My one con with this is the touch screen when navigating through the menu - it's a little clunky. I feel like this could potentially be a frustration for someone who is really doing in-depth work through the menu and manually adjusting settings. For someone like me who isn't really getting into all that though, it's only a minor annoyance. I recommend the package including the memory card (you will need it) and case. I haven't done any video with this yet, so I can't really speak to that feature, but will update if I do. But all in all, this has been one of my greatest Amazon purchases. It's been a dream for a beginner like myself. You won't regret this one!

I've been using the Nex-5t for about 5 months now. Previously I used a Sony SLT-A37 DSLR, but with a growing family I found I left that camera at home more often. The Nex-5t is just as capable but small enough I can put it in the pocket of my cargo shorts or a jacket. The image quality is very good, I can print a 20x30" poster that is quite acceptable. The WiFi and NFC capabilities of this camera are much more useful to me than I anticipated. I can take a photo, and while playing back touch my phone to the camera and it automatically connects and transfers the photo, which is very useful for sending a quick photo to the grandparents and other family. I can also touch my phone to the camera and initiate the remote control app on my phone, which is nice for setting the camera up somewhere and taking a photo without needing to be at the camera to operate it. I do this sometimes to get more candid pictures of my kids, they ham it up a lot when they know I'm taking pictures, but if they aren't aware of it I can get much more natural photos of them. The touch screen is nice for selecting another focus point quickly, the tracking focus is a mixed bag, it works well sometimes and other times it gets confused and locks onto something other than the initial target. When it comes to interchangeable lens cameras it is important to talk about the other half of the equation which is the lens selection. This is where I get frustrated with this particular system. Sony does not offer a lot of affordable lenses. Affordable is a relative term of course, but I prefer to shoot with a fixed focal length prime lens with a large aperture so I can achieve better subject isolation. My options for a "Normal" range lens are the Sony 35mm f1.8 at $400, or the Sigma 30mm f2.8 at $180. Sony has a couple wide angle lenses and a 30mm macro (an odd focal length for a macro) that doesn't open up much further than the kit lens. Overall the camera is good, the lens selection leaves a bit to be desired. This is a good camera for a family, it has enough capability for an enthusiast, and if you like to use old lenses with adapters it really shines. If size is not your primary concern, you may be better served with a Nex-6 or one of the Sony DSLR's for which there are more lenses available and for much more affordable prices.

The camera is OK but somehow I expected a better performance under low light conditions with an APS-C size sensor. The next step will be to try a wider aperture with a fixed focal length lens.

まだまだ面白い。 5nも持ってるので比較対象にしますが、充電の減りがこちらの方が速い感じします。 onoffのスイッチはこちらが楽。 5nにないメニュー項目もあるので試しながら気軽に持ち歩くカメラとして楽しみたいと思います。

今持っていた NEX-5Rが故障していたので、同製品を探していたのですが、たまたま後継機種をみつけ 購入。 知らずに購入し、スマホからシャッターが切れる機能があり、ビックリです。 ５％還元もあり、だい満足です。

オリンパOM-1を27歳で長男の誕生を機に購入して以来のカメラを手に入れた70歳です。登山⛰の際の気に入った風景を撮る為にこのカメラを選びました。 パソコンでアップデートを行い、スマホへの映像の転送も出来るように設定出来ました。 十分に使いこなすには程遠いですが、そのうち愛着が湧くのを予想させるカメラですね。 山登り、旅行の時にはぴったりの小型軽量です。 送られてきた中古カメラは予想よりもとても良い品物でした。

性能は、α6000のほうが良いと思います。 しかし、NEX5Ｔでも十分な性能で、ボディーが金属製、そして、価格は、ＮＥＸ５～ＮＥＸ７あたりが手ごろで魅力。 α6000のつくりはプラスチックだということと、ちょっとデザインが変わったことで自分は、こちらにしました。 NEX5Tは、ストロボが外付けでついてきます。ファインダーは別に買わなければなりませんで、結構高いものです。無理して買いました。ＮＥＸ７ならばどちらも内蔵しています。付属品としてついてくる 標準ズームレンズ E PZ 16-50mm がとても優れもの、撮った写真を見るとすごい描写力です。