A33 vs NEX-5 as a carry-everywhere camera

[ctyankee]

I posted this to <another forum> and thought it might be interesting to someone here ...

I'll have to break it up a little for the 3-images per post rule.

I (had) a NEX-5 w/kit zoom and an A33 in my hands for comparison. I've been looking for a camera that, compared to the A700 is more compact, quieter, with LV, and compared to my digicams ... just better emoticon - smile

I watched m43 for a while, liked the GF1 and the 20, but was never convinced by the IQ from any cameras but the GH1 (mostly dynamic range, even more than noise) ... that's based on tests, not actual use. And the lack of a tilting LCD on all but the Panasonic DSLR-like models was a negative. I figured I'd wait for Photokina to make a decision. So I'm comparing these two cameras. I'll post photos showing the cameras themselves and a few comments (nothing like an exhaustive comparison and no IQ comparisons as I have no reason to believe I'd be perfectly happy with either) in replies to this post.

[ctyankee]

Hmmm ... on second thought, I'm not going to be able to post enough back to back posts due to rules about time between posts ... so here's a link to the thread on dpreview. The first post and 5 replies contain my initial take on the two cameras; toward the bottom, I describe why I chose the NEX-5.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read. ... e=36615151

- Dennis

[Dr. Harout]

I am not reading the link, but for your defined quest the answer is quite simple which I see you already have found.
Definitely NEX-5

[ctyankee]

Definitely NEX-5

Yeah - I probably knew it was from the get go. The SLTs are just so tempting, though, with their compact bodies and any number of features I miss when shooting the NEX. It's easy to hope that an SLT with the right lenses will do the trick, but with the two side by side, I kept looking at the NEX as the camera I'd rather grab & carry.