Sony NEX-5
Mirrorless Camera
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Panasonic GF6
Mirrorless Camera
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What’s good about the Sony Alpha NEX-5
Best price
$279
- Significantly cheaper street price $279 vs $514
- Significantly larger image sensor 365 mm² vs 225 mm²
- Has HDR on-board GF6 does not have HDR
- Has 3D capture capabilities GF6 does not have 3D
- Has an HDMI port for photo playback GF6 does not have HDMI
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Sony Alpha NEX-5
What’s good about the Panasonic Lumix DMC GF6
Best price
$514
$514
- Weighs a lot less than the NEX-5 3.88 oz vs 10.1 oz
- Higher sensor resolution 16 MP vs 14.2 MP
- Has longer exposure available 60 seconds vs 30 seconds
- Better light sensitivity by 1 f-stop 25,600 ISO vs 12,800 ISO
- Newer camera June 2013 vs June 2010
- Has Wi-Fi photo upload capabilities NEX-5 does not have Wi-Fi
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Panasonic Lumix DMC GF6
What the Sony NEX-5 and Panasonic GF6 have in common
- Similar Body sizes 16 in³ vs 17 in³
- Similar viewscreen resolutions 921k dots vs 1040k dots
- Same viewscreen size 3.0″
- Same quality video capture 1080p 30fps
- interchangeable lenses
- panorama mode
- RAW capture
- flip out viewscreen
What’s missing from both the Sony NEX-5 and the Panasonic GF6
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No GPS tagging -
No waterproof housing -
No external microphone jack -
No hot shoe