In the non-clicking Version nearly perfect!

- Menu navigation:
The menu is initially a little getting used to, the existing control knobs I personally find but adequate. (Whose functions are displayed on the monitor at all times displayed) Apart from a dedicated video button and the playback button, the camera on the back on three softkeys and a dial with four other key functions. The functions of these seven buttons can be assigned partly free menu. I myself Scan usually with Aperture or shutter priority and now have the following functions at your fingertips directly available in shooting mode: access to main menu / select the recording mode / White balance / Change of Information / Sequence mode displayed on the monitor (eg Single, Continuous, Self-timer. , bracketing) / ISO / exposure. That's all I need ... the menu items and settings are also accessible via the touch screen, I myself am old-fashioned and use the not so far.

- IMAGE QUALITY:
I am a bit speechless said honestly. Over the past two and a half years I have photographed with the Nikon D700, so I am quite pretty spoiled. A direct comparison, I would like explicitly NOT pull (especially since I have the D700 also been sold), but dynamic, exemption possibilities and especially the noise performance at higher ISO values, I would like to call for the Nex 5N than excellent! The color reproduction is attractive, the automatic white balance (with whom I had personally partially quite struggling with the D700 in the post a bit) works m. E. also very good in most cases. Since my Converter Bibble 5 the RAW files of the Nex 5N (still?) Does not read, I could so far only work with the JPGs, but they are already very appealing. Besides small tonal corrections I have not done anything in the post-Great with them. The camera defaults to tell me only I have turned down a little bit the sharpness.

- FOCUS:
When it comes to focusing the Nex 5N can measure with the D700 of course by no means. Especially in poor lighting lasts's ever a little longer and several attempts are required. Super is however the possibility of focusing on the touchscreen: The sharp as alternate motive can be tapped on the monitor easy fast. When issuing the object tracking in the menu, this feature m. E. a bit more accurate. That'S Fun!

- Scene modes:
Scene modes I have so far ignored all cameras, because I usually just take pictures with Aperture or Shutter Priority and Auto ISO, but I want to 5N for Sony Nex mention two modes here that I find simply amazing and will certainly use very often: The Sweep Panorama, because it really works great and shots of scenery may be an acceptable substitute for a nonexistent wide-angle lens and the mode "Hand-held Twilight": In this setting, the camera takes six shots in succession, partly with normally indisputable shutter speeds (for . B. 1/8 sec.) and ISO levels (up to 6400 in my tests), leading to a sharp crack, dynamic, low noise image are then added together. Static subjects in poorly lit interiors I would never take pictures with this camera again differently ...

- VIDEO:
The partially described in the reviews clicking sound in video footage that is impressively demonstrated in several YouTube videos, was an absolute knock-out criterion for me. My ordered at Amazon copy of the camera (. Doppelkit, delivered on 10/01) was unfortunately affected and is for this reason declined (Note: The sound can be heard already in the off state, when you hold the housing to the ear and slightly to the left and right tilts in a vertical position. When using the camera, I did not notice it in practice, but in video clips rattling will continuously be recorded and can be clearly heard during playback when the scene is quiet and you did not keep the camera absolutely still . For example, I filmed a tour through my quiet apartment and Tonergebnis was simply annoying.) In an Internet forum I have found information on which have the serial numbers supplied in Germany clicking. Whether in fact only certain batches have this problem and if it all devices are concerned, I do not know; but I can say that my replacement copy - bought in the local trade in accordance with the serial number - is absolutely problem-free. Neither the recording nor during playback can be heard even a single click. The video quality is excellent, the sound quality is also very good.

- CONCLUSION:
Selling my D700 I regret so far in any way. Before I for this testimony now einhandele spiteful reactions in the comments, I want to reiterate that I do not want to put on a par with the Sony a full frame camera. The Nex 5N is but for me a perfect compromise between the size and the weight of a D700 (which I used in the end only for a few explicit photo sessions and sooooo special occasions) and a compact camera (in my case, the Canon SX 230) with its significantly more modest image quality.