Sony NEX-5DB Full HD Digital Compact Camera with 18-55mm OSS & 16mm Lenses

This Sony NEX-5DB digital compact camera is a perfect option for any level photographer. This system is extremely compact, light and easy to carry, so you don't need to worry about lugging around a heavy camera with you when you want to go out to take photographs. As standard with this Sony NEX-5DB you will have a very suitable 18-55mm lens, great for every day pictures, of both landscape and portrait photographs, Built in with OSS (Optical SteadyShot) to make sure you are getting crisp clear shake-free images. Not only this, but with the addition of the 16mm lens, you have the perfect combination for everyday shooting.

As photographer you will not have any problems using and handling this camera, as a lot cameras can be overwhelming and confusing when all you want to do is take, nice well exposed, composed and colourful pictures. The technology inside this camera will do all the hard work, setting the correct aperture, shutter speed, white balance, ISO needed for various situations, including low light levels. Where most camera may start to lose detail, and give grainy unclear images, this Sony NEX-5DB camera will perform well in the lowest light circumstances.

There is a lot of technology inside this Sony NEX-5DB Digital Compact camera to let you achieve outstanding results, this EXMOR APS sensor has a large 14.2 Megapixel capture size, meaning whenever you take a photograph at highest quality and size, you will be able to print this out huge, as well as being able to get extremely close in if you need to crop a photograph down, you will still have a large image size to play with. This sensor has 15 focus points, ensuring the most accurate auto focusing and tracking, along with the face recognition technology. This EXMOR APS HD CMOS is a very sophisticated piece of hardware that provides crystal clear representations of colour, light with phenomenal resolution, reproducing them with no loss of sensitivity and low sensor noise.

This Sony NEX-5DB camera allows you to record High Definition video, with 1920 x 1080 / 50i AVCHD format or convenient MP4 for quick and easy uploads. This helps to get your creative juices flowing with not only high quality photography, with with movie and film making, you can really show off or develop your skills with the Camera. The versatility does not end there, with the panorama functions. You can create easy 1 touch panoramic pictures, which will perfectly represent your surrounding, with great reflection of atmosphere, light, and will even help keep the horizon, horizontal, as it should be. If you want to go one further, you can do with the 3D panorama. The camera will process the same angle from 2 perspectives, to give you a 3 dimensional image, so when you look back at your image it will seem as though you are still there.

One thing you can be sure about with this Sony NEX-5DB or any other Sony Digital Compact camera is the quality of the processor. This Sony NEX-5DB has a BIONZ Processor. This is the secret to flawless images and quick responsive shooting, this processor is incorporated into every single digital compact from Sony, from the intermediate range up to the professional cameras, so you can ensure no matter where you enter into these categories you are getting quality hardware. This processor will optimise colour balance and tonal detail, reduce noise and boost definition. You will notice the difference even if you have been using compact cameras for a long time, as you will be able to stay out longer, in darker places, and still achieve great shots.

to make sure you are taking the image from the correct position, and to help you manoeuvre into hard to reach positions, this Sony NEX-5DB has tiltable 3" LCD screen, allows you to flip down so you can easily see what you are photographing, without needing to look through the viewfinder. This is especially useful, when you are at concerts, trying to get a better view. The ergonomic design will ensure the camera fits perfectly in your hand, whilst having a full view of the screen, which will be able to clearly see in any bright light with the TruBlack 3" LCD panel.

It may reassuring to know that the Sony NEX-5DB will pretty much do everything you need automatically, including an Auto HDR. HDR or High Dynamic Range is a popular style of shooting, where various tones for black and white levels are recorded separately, and combined together, to give a much more dynamic, and contrasting image, providing great exposure for both shadows and highlights. If you wanted to build up your lens collection for this Sony NEX-5DB, you will be able to with all Sony α-mount lenses providing that you have the LA-EA1 E-Mount Adapter, with this you will be able to connect both Minolta and Konica lenses with an A-mount bayonet as well as the rest of Sony's α-mount lenses.

Also known as:
NEX-5DB, NEX-5, NEX, NEX5DB, NEX5, α NEX-5DB, α NEX5DB