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For years, Sony has made the best cheap compact, interchangeable-lens cameras. With the new A5000 it’s most beginnerist in the line camera is getting an impressive guts overhaul as well as a new name.

NEX is dead — Sony is now using the Alpha brand for its line of E-mount mirrorless cameras. The first example of this was the ultra-cheap SLR-style A3000, and now at CES 2014 Sony is revealing the ...

With Sony’s NEX brand surrendering to the Alpha title, the A5000 is among the first compact system cameras we’ve seen to carry the new badge. But what’s in a name? We got to play with the A5000 at the ...

Sony is claiming the 'world's smallest and lightest' tag for its latest CSC, launched just prior to the Samsung NX Mini. Does smaller always mean better? If you're thinking that the Sony A5000 looks ...

The Sony a5000 camera is meant as a kind of entry level interchangeable lens camera. Sony says it's the lightest of its kind, too. WiFi and NFC are baked in, and it's of course usable with all of Sony ...

Check out our review of the Sony Alpha a5000 digital camera. CES 2014 was more about camcorders than cameras for Sony, but it did announce two new models, including the “world’s smallest and lightest ...

From lens focal lengths and fill-flash to portraits, macro or stunning landscapes there are techniques for everyone. Learn how to use metering, considering composition and shoot everything from ...

The interweb rumor mill has been busily whipping up a storm about a new mirrorless digital camera from Sony in recent weeks. Happily, the official announcement from Sony hasn't disappointed those of ...