Review: Sony NEX-7 Digital Camera

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sony's NEX 7 ($ 1200) is easily the epitome of how far mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras have gone. This is a prosumer-oriented compact APS-C sensor camera that has a 24 megapixel sensor and 2.4M dot OLED electronic viewfinder into its magnesium alloy body and yet still finds room for a pop-up flash and Alpha hot shoe. We spent some time with a pre-production model (the NEX-7 is slated for an early 2012 release, pending production ramp up in flood-stricken Thailand). Here are our impressions of what Popular Photography magazine has chosen as Camera of the Year.

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Sony's 24 Megapixel NEX 7 launches, body to cost $1200 in October

Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sony Canada is holding an even this morning in Cherry Beach, Toronto. One of the big models revealed is the NEX 7 which boasts a 24 megapixel sensor, an OLED viewfinder and fast focus features as well as full manual controls and access to the growing E-mount system. Designed for DSLR users, it will sell for $1200 in october, but that is for the body only.

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