Sony NEX-7

For the similarly named Sony α full-frame cameras, see Sony α ILCE-7.

Sony NEX-7
Overview
Sony NEX-7 with Sony SEL1855
Type	Mirrorless interchangeable lens camera
Lens
Lens	Sony E-mount
Sensor/Medium
Sensor	23.4 × 15.6mm Exmor APS-C HD CMOS Sensor
Maximum resolution	6000 x 4000 (3:2) (24.3 megapixels)
ASA/ISO range	Auto, 100 – 16000
Storage	Memory Stick Pro Duo, Pro-HG Duo, SD, SDHC, SDXC
Focusing
Focus modes	Contrast-detection auto-focus, 25 multi-point, Centre-weighted, Flexible Spot
Exposure/Metering
Exposure modes	Intelligent Auto, Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual, Scene modes, 3D Sweep Panorama, Sweep Panorama, Anti Motion Blur
Exposure metering	Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
Metering modes	Multi-segment, Centre-weighted, Spot
Flash
Flash	Incorporated flash (pop-out)
Shutter
Shutter	Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane shutter
Shutter speed range	1/4000 - 30 sec, BULB
Continuous shooting	3 frame/s, 10 frame/s in speed priority mode
Viewfinder
Viewfinder	Built-in 2.4 million dots OLED Electronic viewfinder
Image Processing
Custom WB	Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent (Warm, Cool, Day, Daylight), Flash, Color temperature/filter (2500 - 9900 K), Manual (Custom), Manual (Custom set)
General
Rear LCD monitor	3.0 in (76 mm) XtraFine TruBlack LCD, 921,600 pixels
Battery	NP-FW50, InfoLITHIUM, 7.2 V, 1080 mAh, 7.7 Wh, Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
Dimensions	119.9 x 66.9 x 42.6 mm
Weight	Approx. 353 g (12.5 oz) (camera body, card and battery)
Made in	Thailand

The Sony NEX-7 is a digital camera announced Aug 24, 2011 by Sony.^[1] It is a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera and as such inherits a smaller body form factor than a traditional digital single-lens reflex camera, whilst retaining the sensor size and features of an APS-C-sized model. It is targeted at experienced users, enthusiasts and professionals. It is replaced by the ILCE-6000 (α6000).

Features

Being targeted at experienced users, enthusiasts and professionals, the Sony NEX-7 offers features relevant to them. Mainly, it integrates a 24.3 megapixels APS-C sensor, videos 1920x1080p at 60 frame/s in AVCHD 2 and 10 fps stills shooting. It's built in a robust magnesium alloy and incorporates an XGA OLED electronic viewfinder with 2.4 million dots resolution. The camera's specifications are as follows:^[2]

24 megapixel APS-C CMOS image sensor
ISO 100-16000
2.4m dot OLED Electronic View Finder (EVF)
Electronic first-curtain shutter (for faster response time)
1080p 60 HD video recording with built-in mic (stereo)
Rear screen with tilt feature
Built-in flash and alpha hotshoe
remote control receiver (infra-red)
External mic input

Reception

Albeit being delayed for a few months because of 2011's Thai floods, the NEX-7 was very well received by critics and users. In regions like Hong Kong, NEX-7 was always running out of stock. DPreview.com and PhotographyBlog gave it their highest awards, with the highest score ever attained by an APS class camera.^[3]^[4] NEX-7 also won the best camera in Camera Grand Prix 2012 under professional catalog, which was voted by a professional community consisting of 57 council members from the professional press field of the Camera Journal Press Club.^[5]

Image quality

At the time of its release, the Sony Alpha NEX-7 had the best image quality among any mirrorless interchangeable-lens compact camera which had been tested by DxO Labs and also the best APS-C Sensor camera from Sony. Sony α65, Sony α77 and NEX-7 have similar sensors and received DxOMark Overall Scores of 74, 78, and 81, respectively. The image quality of NEX-7 can be comparable with Nikon D7000 (score 80) and Pentax K-5 (score 82).^[6]

Hasselblad Lunar

In September 2012, the Swedish camera manufacturer Hasselblad announced a collaboration with Sony and a mirrorless compact camera at photokina 2012 in Cologne, Germany. This camera, named Lunar, is based on the Sony NEX-7 with identical key specifications, but with aesthetic differences in exterior design and menu system. In January 2014, Hasselblad announced another cosmetic variant of the camera, limited to 200 units, named the Lunar Limited Edition.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sony NEX-7.

↑ "Sony Alpha NEX-7: Digital Photography Review". Digital Photography Review. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
↑ "Sony NEX-7 Camera Review". PhotographyTalk. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
↑ "Sony NEX-7 review at dpreview.com". Retrieved 2012-02-21.
↑ "Sony NEX-7 review at photographyblog.com". Retrieved 2012-02-21.
↑ "Press Release : Camera Grand Prix 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-23.
↑ "Sony NEX 7 - Best APS-C Sensor camera from Sony". December 1, 2011.

Sony E-mount MILC timeline

Family	Level	Format	2010				2011				2012				2013				2014				2015				2016
			1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
XDCAM	Documentary	Super-35mm																				PXW-FS7								PXW-FS7 II
	Mobility																								PXW-FS5
NXCAM	Professional								NEX-FS100			NEX-FS700					NEX-FS700R
	Entry-level	APS-C											NEX-EA50
Handycam	High-End	Full-frame											NEX-VG900
	Advanced	APS-C			NEX-VG10					NEX-VG20			NEX-VG30
Alpha (α)	Sensitivity	Full-frame																		α7S					α7S II
	Resolution																	α7R						α7R II
	High-End																	α7				α7 II
	Advanced	APS-C							NEX-7											α6000								α6300		α6500
	Mid-range												NEX-6
	Upper-entry		NEX-5 / NEX-5C						NEX-5N				NEX-5R				NEX-5T		α5000		α5100
	Entry-level		NEX-3 / NEX-3C					NEX-C3				NEX-F3			NEX-3N
	DSLR-style																α3000			α3500
	SmartShot																					QX1
Security	-	Full-frame																											SNCVB770

Smart Accessory Terminal (1 and 2), 5-axis in-body image stabilization (bold), Auto-lock Accessory Shoe, Multi Interface Shoe, 4K resolution video

DSLR, SLT and MILC cameras with HD video (uncompressed – 4K resolution) mode (comparison)

Canon
EOS

High-end	5D Mark II^w (2008) 7D^gw (2009) 1D Mark IV^w (2009) 1D X^gw (2012) 5D Mark III^Hgw (2012) 1D C^gw (2012) 6D^HGW (2012) 7D Mark II^THGw (2014) 5Ds/5DsR^THw (2015) 1D X Mark II^THGw (2016) 5D Mark IV^THGW (2016)

Mid-range	500D (2009) 60D^w (2010) 550D^w (2010) 600D^w (2011) 650D^gHw (2012) EOS M^Hwg (2012) 700D^gHw (2013) 70D^gHW (2013) EOS M2 (2013) 750D^gHW (2015) 760D^gHW (2015) EOS M3^HW (2015) 80D^gTHW (2016) EOS M5^THW (2016)

Entry-level	1100D^w (2011) 100D^H (2013) 1200D^gw (2014) EOS M10^HW (2015) 1300D^gW (2016)

Nikon
D / 1 series

High-end	D300S^Tgw (2009) D3S^Tgw (2009) D800/D800E^THgw (2012) D4^THgw (2012) D600^THgw (2012) D610^THgw (2013) D4S^THgw (2014) D810^THgw (2014) D750^THgW (2014) D810A^THgw (2015) D500^THgW (2016) D5^THgw (2016)

Mid-range	D90^gw (2008) D5000^Tgw (2009) D7000^Tgw (2010) D5100^THgw (2011) 1 V1^TSFgw (2011) 1 V2^SFgw (2012) D5200^THgw (2012) D7100^THgw (2013) D5300^THGW (2013) 1 V3^SFHPgW (2014) D5500^THgW (2015) D7200^THgW (2015) D5600^THgW (2016)

Entry-level	D3100^gw (2010) 1 J1^SFw (2011) D3200^gw (2012) 1 J2^SFHPw (2012) 1 S1^SFHPw (2013) 1 J3^SFHPw (2013) 1 AW1^SFHPGw (2013) D3300^Pgw (2014) 1 J4^SFHPW (2014) 1 J5^TSFHPW (2015) D3400^gw (2016)

Olympus
Micro 4/3

Mid-range	E-M5 (2012) E-P5^W (2013) E-M1^HW (2013) E-M10^THW (2014) PEN-F^THW (2016) E-M1 Mark II^THW (2016)

Entry-level	E-PL1 (2010) E-P1 (2010) E-P2 (2010) E-PL2 (2011) E-PL3 (2011) E-P3 (2011) E-PM1 (2011) E-PL5^W (2012) E-PM2 (2012) E-PL7^W (2014) E-PL8^W (2016)

Panasonic
Lumix

Mid-range	GH1 (2009) GH2 (2010) GH3^THW (2012) GX7 (2013) GM1^THW (2013) GH4^THW (2014)

Entry-level	GF1 (2009) G10 (2010) G2 (2010) GF2 (2010) G3 (2011) GX1 (2011) GF3 (2011) GF5 (2012) G5 (2012) G6 (2013)

Pentax
645 / K /
Q series

High-end	645Z^THgw (2014) K-1^THGW (2016)

Mid-range	K-7^TH (2009) K-5^THg (2010) K-30^THg (2012) K-5 II/K-5 IIs^THg (2012) K-50^THg (2013) K-3^THgw (2013) K-3 II^THGw (2015) K-70^THgw (2016)

Entry-level	K-x^H (2009) K-r^THg (2010) Q^T (2011) K-01^THg (2012) Q10^T (2012) K-500^THg (2013) Q7^T (2013) Q-S1^T (2014)

Samsung
NX series

High-end	NX1 (2014)

Mid-range	NX5^Pg (2010) NX10^Pg (2010) NX11^Pg (2010) NX20^PgW (2012) NX30 (2013) Galaxy NX^PgW (2013) NX500 (2015)

Entry-level	NX100^Pg (2010) NX200^Pg (2011) NX1000^PgW (2012) NX210^PgW (2012) NX300^PgW (2013) NX1100^PgW (2013) NX2000^PgW (2013)

Sony
α

High-end	α99V^HPG/α99^HP (2012) α7/α7R^HPgW (2013) α7S^SHPgW (2014) α7II^HPgW (2014) α7RII^SHPgW (2015) α7SII^SHPgW (2015) α99 II (2016)

Mid-range	α580^HP (2010) α560^HP (2010) α55V^HPG/α55^HP (2010) α77V^HPG/α77^HP (2011) NEX-7^HP (2011) NEX-6^HPW (2011) α65V^HPG/α65^HP (2011) α57^HP (2012) α58^HP (2013) α6000^HPW (2014) α77 II^HPW (2014) α6300^SHPgW (2016)

Entry-level	NEX-3/NEX-3C^HP (2010) NEX-5/NEX-5C^HP (2010) α33^HP (2010) α35^HP (2011) NEX-5N^HP (2011) NEX-C3^HP (2011) NEX-F3^HP (2012) α37^HP (2012) NEX-5R^HPW (2012) NEX-5T^HPW (2013) α3000 (2013) α5000 (2014)

Leica M
Fujifilm X

High-end	Leica M (2012) Leica S (2014) Fujifilm X-Pro2^W (2016) Fujifilm X-T2^PTW (2016)

Mid-range	Fujifilm X-Pro1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E2^W (2013) Fujifilm X-T1^W (2014) Fujifilm X-T10^W (2015)

Entry-level	Fujifilm X-M1^W (2013) Fujifilm X-A1^W (2013) Fujifilm X-A2^W (2015) Fujifilm X-A3^PW (2016) Fujifilm X-A10^W (2016)

Hasselblad XCD

High-end	Hasselblad X1D-50c^GW (2016)

Timelapse^T — Slow motion^S — Fast fps^F — HDR^H — Panorama^P — GPS^G(opt.)^g — WiFi^W(opt.)^w

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