New Sony NEX 3/5 firmware update

By PR admin | Published: April 27, 2011

sony nex 5c camera New Sony NEX 3/5 firmware updateA leaked Sony PDF document describes a new firmware update for Sony NEX 3/5/5C product line. I believe the letter "C" in the NEX-5C model indicates cameras for the Chinese market and should not be confused with the upcoming Sony NEX C3 model. Here are the details:

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13 Comments

  1. ZDP-189
    Posted April 27, 2011 at 10:05 pm | Permalink

    Selective colour filters should be banned by law.

    • genotypewriter
      Posted April 27, 2011 at 11:38 pm | Permalink

      +1

      However, if they allow people to create their own layered filters that will be applied to the JPEG at the time of shooting, and have these ones as samples/presets (that can be deleted!) I wouldn’t mind. I’d still shoot RAW+JPEG though.

  2. grumps
    Posted April 28, 2011 at 1:43 am | Permalink

    I really wished they could have made a silent shutter option, I actually own and use this camera, and the shutter noise is really annoying to me! :(

    • nabia
      Posted April 28, 2011 at 6:48 am | Permalink

      Same here. However, as far as I know, the sound is not artificial (so no firmware update would eliminate this). It’s actually produced by the shutter.

      • grumps
        Posted April 28, 2011 at 2:17 pm | Permalink

        Are you serious? My ears must be deceiving me, I really thought it was artificial, such a strange sound too!

        • nabia
          Posted April 29, 2011 at 5:18 am | Permalink

          Yep… Nothing wrong with your ears ;) I thought it was artifical too, especially since this is a mirrorless camera (and it’s more noisy than my D50). Also, it’s not uncommon for “small” cameras to have such a feature (like mobile phones), so it would be no surprise.

          I did some online research, however, and it seems many more thought as we did – but conclusions were (theirs, at least) this is indeed mechanical.

          (for instance, you have a discussion here http://www.flickr.com/groups/1379448@N25/discuss/72157624243146181/ if you’d like to check)

  3. Anonymous
    Posted April 28, 2011 at 4:21 am | Permalink

    This could be huge news for manual focus users. Peaking level and color options suggest they have implemented focus peaking as a manual focus aid. This is probably the best manual focus aid a contrast detection camera can offer.

    See this H5 review for what I mean: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonyh5/page3.asp

    • nabia
      Posted April 28, 2011 at 7:02 am | Permalink

      Thanks for the hint. I had no idea what “focus peaking” meant. Still figuring out how this works, so I’m not sure this will do it, but I hope it can help focusing in low light conditions

  4. Zeusman
    Posted April 28, 2011 at 8:29 am | Permalink

    Completely agree about the shutter noise! It’s excessive! Wish they could address it!.

    The focus peaking could be helpful, instead of enlarging the image when manually focusing. Would help shoot quicker.

    Let see…

  5. grumps
    Posted April 28, 2011 at 2:20 pm | Permalink

    Oh another thing… I wish they can implement some form of Camera stability since I don’t want it in the lens. I use a Leica lens on mine, and really want to avoid cranking up the ISO, my aperture is already at f/1.4 @35mm.

    Yeah I know, I’m saying my dream-list out loud….

  6. coco
    Posted April 29, 2011 at 11:55 am | Permalink

    where is saying PARTIAL COLOR GREEN is that photo of a weed plant? so nice will change sony now, so.

  7. Camaman
    Posted April 30, 2011 at 9:53 am | Permalink

    How does this “peaking” fature looks?
    Anyone got a sample from any other camera?

  8. prjkt
    Posted May 1, 2011 at 9:54 am | Permalink

    I think the 5C refers to one of the bundles offered by retailers, I think it’s either the 18-55/16mm combo or the 18-200 kit