I need to return the Lumix DMC-GF1 I bought. Sony has now shipped their APS-sized compact cameras. Nikon and Canon are right behind. Digital Resource says that the Sony is amazing. The lenses are interchangeable and more importantly in video mode, it actually autofocuses. Something none of the dSLRs do right so it can be a real camcorder. A 14MP sensor is included.
“Smaller and more aggressive.” That’s what I was silently hoping Sony’s engineers would do after seeing the concept models at PMA 2010. Seems Sony engineers had the same idea already, likely even before we saw the concept “wood block” models. The Sony NEX-5 is more aggressive than the NEX-3, looking a lot like a Sony T-series camera with a grip and a big lens screwed onto the front. It also evokes the memory of the Sony F505 through the F717, unusual looking cameras produced from 2000 to 2002.
