Sony Nex 5n vs. Nex 7

<p>After using a Nex 5N for a few months, I've been looking at a Nex 7 because of it's 24mp sensor, slightly larger size (easier to hold), built in flash, and EVF. The main drawback, however, is that I've become used to the touchscreen and am afraid the lack of it will make the 7 a bit of a hassle by comparison. I think Sony blew it by removing that feature. Has anyone who made the switch been bothered by this or is it a matter of just getting used to it? </p>

<p>Never had the Nex5N, but love the Nex7 and its ease of use. The 16mm 2.8 is a great wide angle and the kits lens 18-55 lens is very good. I use all my Nikon long glass on the camera with a inexpensive converter and have taken very good photos with it.</p>

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You've basically got the difference. The 7 has the EVF, and is somewhat better in image quality, build and controls. The

5n has the hinged touchscreen. I'm also a big fan of the 5n and love the touch-to-zoom with MF lenses so I still use it

pretty often for things like macro even though I have a pretty complete Fuji system.

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<p>" love the touch-to-zoom with MF lenses" <em><strong>Andy L.</strong></em></p>

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<p>I don't get it.<br>

How does this touchscreen feature make the NEX-7, <em>touch one button to magnify and focus peak,</em> less of a hassle? </p>

You touch the screen to zoom that spot on the screen. You can also touch to AF at that spot. It's quick to work with

because you can zoom on the spot where you want to focus without having to use a focus point selector

<p>I could understand AF, but <strong><em>Andy L.</em> </strong>stated MF (manual focus).</p>

<p>Touch the magnify MF button, focus, slightly touch the release button to remove magnification, <strong>recompose</strong> and fire. (simple)</p>

<p>It seems to me that "touchscreen" is mainly for LCD 3 inch focusing, viewing & composing.<br /> To "touch" then put your eye up to the EVF, adds an extra step and delay...</p>

It may come as a surprise, but different people prefer different interfaces. You can use an EVF and recompose your

shots, I can use an articulated screen and touch to zoom, and that's okay.

<p>NEX6000 seems to split the difference and give you the best of all worlds, or even just "settle" for the NEX-6.</p>

<p>I'm sorry Gus, but I agree with Andy. With a single touch on the rear screen, you choose to magnify AND where to magnify. That's a huge time saver. It also keeps you from having to recompose, which is both very convenient and wards away any focus shift if you have a shallower depth of field. Look at how many steps you have just to achieve focus, not to mention that after your little dance you still have to compose the shot. Compare that to:<br>

-frame shot<br>

-touch to magnify on point of focus on screen<br>

-achieve focus<br>

-press shutter</p>

<p>I don't use the touch screen so much for still shots because I'm using the EVF about 95%, but I find it often offers new benefits if I am willing to take advantage of them. Having said that, it is invaluable to me for video, which I realize is a whole other issue. I can't use the EVF for video because I end up breathing right down on the microphones on top of the camera, which yields an unusable embarrassing audio, so I always pop the screen out for near waist level viewing with video, and then using the touch screen to touch and change the focus point while shooting is extremely useful. It is particularly important because the focus tracking isn't the best, so I often have to touch every several seconds to get focus back on which moving person I am trying to follow, especially if I'm trying to keep the frame nearly fixed.</p>