Adam Parton

I have been looking for a while for a new professional camera, and after watching video after video, and checking out reviews of many cameras I decided to delve into the Compact Systems range and purchased the Sony Nex-5.

This camera is one of a duo from Sony in the Nex range, the Nex-5 being the more powerful with the ability to shoot 1080p Widescreen mp4 and the coveted 1080p AVCHD format. When it comes to photos the camera really does shine, with the ability to shoot in 3:2 format or 16:9 format, ranging from 14MP as its highest setting (3:2) and 12MP being the highest widescreen setting (16:9), the camera really shines when it comes to taking pictures. I've yet to get it in a low light situation but from examples I have seen, I'm in for quite a surprise I can tell.

As you can see from the video above, the camera really does give amazing results in video mode, with it being accessible by a button on the back edge of the camera. All that footage was recorded in stunning 1080p AVCHD and then exported unedited into .mp4 at 720p, still maintaining that stunning quality.

I really cannot fault this camera, and a review will be following very soon once I launch the project I have in mind. And expect a lot more photos/videos to hit my Flickr & YouTube/Vimeo accounts, all of which can be found on the links page.

Firstly I must apologise for being a little inactive, things going on such as the start of the christmas period, etc.

It's that time of year again! Christmas is just around the corner now, and for anyone counting down it's around 16 days away (at time of post). The photo above is a photo of the tree in my house, kind of arty I know but I thought it was the best way to take a photo of the tree. We're exchanging it next year for a Fibre Optic tree though.

So what do you want for Christmas this year? I've had my main present already, which was a brand new 320GB Playstation 3 & Gran Turismo 5 (which is awesome!). I've also asked for a few games, some clothes and money towards a new camera replacing my pretty rubbish Fujifilm Finepix S1500. I'll more than likely post up a photo of the new camera if/when I purchase it.

I thought it'd be good to post something about why I enjoy things, so here's the first post and funnily enough, all about why I enjoy Photography.

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It looks like someone's got way too much time on their hands then, as the record for the world's biggest digital based image has been broken, literally. We all know some time ago a 45-GigaPixel image of Dubai claimed the title as the world's biggest image, and now we've seen the amazing feat of a 70 Gigapixel, 200GB image of Budapest take the crown of the world's biggest digital based image.

The image is quite astonishing to look at, as reported on Engadget.

It's just been a few months since a 45-gigapixel panorama of Dubai claimed the title of world's largest digital photograph, but it's now already been well and truly ousted -- the new king in town is this 70-gigapixel, 360-degree panorama of Budapest. As with other multi-gigapixel images, this one was no easy feat, and involved two 25-megapixel Sony A900 cameras fitted with 400mm Minolta lenses and 1.4X teleconverters, a robotic camera mount from 360world that got the shooting done over the course of two days, and two solid days of post-processing that resulted in a single 200GB file -- not to mention a 15-meter-long printed copy of the photograph for good measure. Of course, what's most impressive is the photo itself. Hit up the source link below and start zooming in.

Image/quote Source: Engadget.com