These dudes always get lucky with the under $100 prices, its never the going common rate. These are usually $150-$200 for the body only, so you still have to buy an expensive lens, good Sony lenses aren't cheap. But for once I think this body will stay under $200 forever because there are way better options for $200, and no dials at all is pretty bad, and all plastic body is why people don't buy them. Its good as a point and shoot but anyone wanting a point and shoot can find a cheaper point and shoot with a built in lens, and anyone wanting something a little more serious will get something else with better ergonomics and at least one dial. I wish they would move these old sensors into their lower end point and shoots as tech progressed, but that would be too good and they cant be too good right lol
One advantage of the a-series is the nfc/wi-fi though. I bought a5000 over NEX5 and super happy I did because now I can post my pictures on instagram so quickly, a minute and they're on my phone.
The Sony nex 3N, which you alrady mentioned, is the camera to buy. It is only 50 pound more, but you get HD video, a 180 degree upward screen for selfies, builtin flash, battery life of 480 shots and the known Sony features as panorama and handheld night shot. I had the 3N with the 16-50 for a couple of years and then upgraded to the Nex 5R and later the 6xxx series, all with the same battary.
I enjoy these videos. My entry camera into the Sony mirrorless world was the NEX-6. I moved on from it and now own much newer models of Sony mirrorless cameras. But I confess: I bought a used NEX-6 a few months ago, as a lightweight walk-around camera, for when I don't want to carry my newer gear for some reason. I've been on online forums when people post questions about cameras that are "older tech." These Sony NEX cameras are indeed "older tech" - but they are not obsolete by any means. A smartphone or computer from 2011 would probably not be very usable today. But you can take bleeping good photos with NEX cameras in 2024. I'm sure the camera manufacturers want us to keep lusting after the newest most blingy coolest tech advancements. I get it, and I love my late-model Sony cameras (not the absolute latest, just saying). But if someone offered me a free NEX-5R or the like in good condition, I'd say thank you very much, put one of my good e mount lenses on it, and not look back.
I think that the only thing that has been improved in like the last 15 years on any camera overall is the interface, AF, video and IBIS in the entry-level bodies. There haven't been any major changes to my knowledge in the sensor technology since basically mirrorless came along.
The NEX-3N is the camera I learned everything I know about photography with, and it still holds up quite nicely, even though the plastic zoom/power combo button is a bit broken. Photos are still quite good though, and it has everything I needed until now. But newer cameras definitely feel a lot nicer and more responsive. It was on sale for 250 € new (including the same lens you're using here) back in 2014 though, so I wouldn't really buy it used today, as I'm sure there must be newer/better options for similar prices now.
and if you guys are curious about the nex-3 and nex-5, they were my first sony cameras and they’re both also worth getting in this day - excellent photo and video results, tho for video id lean towards the 5
My Sony history goes back to NEX-6, which I still own. It's saving grace have been Play Memories Camera Apps. Some of them were free other ones were paid for costing a few $$ each. Nowadays, the NEX-6 sits in my bag, alongside an a6700, with the Picture Effect+ app on by default. It can do posterised photos Warhol style off the bat. I've just checked that the paid for apps are no longer supported, listed as End Of Sales. Although, I've still managed to fetch the Touchless Shutter app today to top up my repository. It uses the viewfinder sensor to release shutter, which is included as a standard menu option in latest cameras.
Picked up a NEX-5T about a month ago, last of the NEX line. Paired it with a Tokina 11-18, both from MPB. Awesome camera and lens combo, really been enjoying them. Note to anyone looking for the apps now that the Sony store page for these cameras has closed: There are repositories and archives online that allow you to sideload apps from people who backed theirs up before the store went down. Wouldn't normally publish that, but Sony abandoned the users so I have no problems showing that thanks to some people who hoisted and are flying the colors that they haven't been abandoned by everyone.
I love that camera, I bought mine two years ago for $45 plus shipping from japan (because menus were in japanese without the chance to change language). Sadly, the shutter mechanism got stuck after a waist-level fall.
Actually Sony has been using 3 types of battery, there is the super small one that you'll find in teh RX100 and RX1 cameras. At least it's the same ones in both ! Also, funny enough the W-50 battery was not only used in their mirrorless stuff, it's present in most of the A mount SLT and DSLR cameras as well. Speaking of, those SLT cameras are super underrated in my opinion. They cost next to nothing (and same goes for A mount lenses on MPB for example), have incredible burst rates and pretty modern sensors. Could be budget camera heaven ! As for the NEX C-3, maybe the lens is a little expensive for a camera this cheap and I definitely see the 20mm f/2.8 being a WONDERFUL lens to pair this camera with
You don't need to use lever to control zoom - the ring on the lens can is used to manual focus and in AF mode it turns to be a zoom ring. But this lens is known for it's big distortion, which can be corrected automatically by built in camera profile. And here is the major issue of this combo - NEX C3 doesn't support lens corrections. So you have to shoot in RAW and then post proccess, live with gigantic disadvantages, or switch to older kin lens: 18-55
This era of Sony cameras still deliver solid results. I got a NEX-F3 recently with the manual zoom kit lens for $100. Autofocus and image quality are really good. And the best part of it? E-mount. I can use all the lenses and adapters I already have for my a6400 if I want to.
Nex C3 was really compact in hand. with something like 7Artisan 18mm F6.3 lens or the sony 20mm f2.8 lens this would fare well as a very pocketable camera u can carry awnywhere. the later lens does cost twice as much this camera tho. i almost got this for my first camera but opted out for Nex 5R instead as i think i wanted to learn video shooting with more options.
Nex 7 was not underrated at all, it was dream camera in early 2013. It was the A7 and A7R that changed completely the camera market. I remember a lot of Sony fans, me included, wanted a FF version of NEX7, but Sony product managers were not willing to make one. It was Panasonic this year, 11 years later, that made a FF version of NEX7, it's the S9, and I purchased one immediately.
@@miklosnemeth8566 you're talking retroactively, I'm talking currently.. the Nex7 is Still a great camera, so much so that I'm still using one alongside my A7SII.
You might also consider the nex 3n, a little more expensive but a lot of upgrades. I have been using this one until last year, using the sigma primes 😂
Don’t know about you, but I don’t “wildly twist my wrist” to zoom, I use my Thumb and pointing finger without moving anything else. Using a “power zoom” is not something I enjoy - had one on a bridge camera way back when.
Nails look great today bro lol. Nice video. I recently picked up an nex 6 for $150 ish. I had a speedbooster from a previous kit that pairs well with it for those tiny m42 lenses
It is very sad how Sony purposely removed IBIS from these early APS-C cameras and only returned it much later with A7 and lates A6600 etc. Disgusting strategy. They had IBIS in DSLRs and SLTs since 2004 (Minolta/Sony).
Wow , for 100us really is a pretty good option, yuo have access to very good used cameras at very good price ..mm 😊in my country is hard to find cameras at that price
I went into the store in 2013 to buy a camera, and a young saleswoman recommended NEX vs any other brands. Stupidly, I didn't listen to her advice and bought into the Nikon V1 system. What a gigantic mistake, I made. Never again anything digital from Nikon.
@@liamleech4748 While that could be the case and even it is there are new people getting into photography all the time and finding a review like this that gives a lot of context and use the lense of hindsight would be incredibly helpful
No, that camera is absolute garbage. The a5100 is Sony's cheapest camera, that is old, ultra-compact, but still very usable and with good enough (and with phase-detect! AF) AF. Got one some time ago in great shape for $100 max, body-only. Had the NEX-5R, which is much better than the C3, but still it was very bad to use -- though it had more buttons, a dial, and a screen movement extra (to the back) from the a5100, the old type of touchscreen was awful to use, unreliable and unpredictable; and the autofocus, same, and the phase-detect AF area, almost a joke. Sure, if you paid $33 or $50 for the NEX-C3, it's ok, but for $100 and a bit more you have much better options.
Where do you get these prices? These channels caused x2-x3 overpricing for almost every camera I've seen and was interested in. Even 5mpx trash cams from early 2000's are now called y2k cameras and are being sold for around $100.
My first Sony camera was tha A7 in 2013, I was in the first 6 customers in my city who bought A7 or A7R. Then in 2014 I bought the A5100, which has been my everyday camera up until 2024 June 29, when I purchased the Panasonic S9. I still have all my Sony cameras and lenses, I regard myself a Sony fan and shooter but with an S9 as everyday camera with a couple of Sigma compact lenses.
