Sony A5100, new mirrorless camera with super-compact design

Sony Alpha continues to expand its range and this time do it with a new mirrorless camera very small. ‘s new Sony A5100 comes as a successor to the a6000, camera certainly analyze just days ago. The new proposal is to reduce significantly the chassis, getting a size that allows us to carry comfortably, without compromise on quality offering an interchangeable lens camera. The Sony A5100 has inherited many features of the previous model, such as its 24.3-megapixel sensor or processor BIONZ, but also significant changes. For example in this case there is no viewfinder, but we have to frame images through the rear screen. ‘s Sony A5100 has a system of ultra-fast focusing and also carries a built-in flash on the chassis itself. We tell you all about the new Sony compact mirrorless.

 The Sony A5100 has an ASP-C sensor of 24.3 megapixels, with a size of 23.5 x 15.6 mm. As mentioned, the sensor is accompanied Processor BIONZ already were in the previous model. This part is responsible for avoiding the appearance of noise in low-light shots, detects motion to set the parameters correctly and adjusts the white balance. The focusing system is also inherited from the Sony a6000. This is system 179 Fast Hybrid AF phase detection points and 25 points contrast detection. According to Sony the camera can focus on objects, both static and in motion, in just 0.07 seconds.

 As mentioned, the new Sony A5100 eliminates the viewfinder in order to achieve a much more compact size. The display will be our window to frame the scenes. It is a three-inch LCD diagonal with 921,600 points and in this case it is tactile, a feature that was left on the road with the previous model. The screen is used to control almost all aspects of making both choose the scene mode and focus using a simple touch on its surface. Nostalgic from analog dials will miss the top yes were in the a6000. An interesting detail is that the screen is folded to 180 degrees, so besides being able to fit most comfortably as us, we can turn it to get us one selfie or self-picture and get a good shot.

 His other outstanding features include flash integrated, continuous shooting at 6 fps (maximum 56 images) and video recording FullHD a bit rate of 50 Mbps .’S Sony A5100 is compatible with E-mount lenses from Sony and will be sold from September in a kit with the 16-50 mm at a cost of 650 euros.

Sony A5100, new mirrorless camera with super-compact design