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Sony NEX-7

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Mirrorless camera

A mirrorless camera by Sony with a 24.3-megapixel APS-C sensor, announced in 2011. An early enthusiast body with a built-in viewfinder and three control dials.

MakerSony
MountSony E
SensorAPS-C, 23.5 x 15.6mm, crop factor 1.5
Resolution24.3 megapixels
Stabilisationnone in the body; use stabilised lenses for slow shutter speeds
Announced2011
Typemirrorless camera

Sensor size

APS-C23.5 × 15.6 mmFull frame36 × 24 mmCrop factor 1.5×
APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm) against full frame.

Focal lengths on it

Lenses frame like 1.5 times their focal length on full frame: 16mm like 24mm, 23mm like 35mm, 33mm like 50mm, 57mm like 85mm. Use the focal length converter for any other.

Lenses for it

Adapting lenses

Full-frame FE lenses work on APS-C bodies, framing 1.5 times tighter. APS-C lenses on full-frame bodies switch the camera to an APS-C crop. Canon EF lenses adapt with autofocus through adapters like the Sigma MC-11, with varying speed.

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