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Cinema rig takes the heat out of your NEX-5N, lets you slide in the accessories

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Cinema rig takes the heat out of your NEX5N, slides in the accessories instead

The Sony NEX-5N, with it's goodly APS-C sized sensor and decent video quality, still has a couple of knocks against it as a video cam: its bitty size makes it hard to rig up and it doesn't dissipate heat well. Tinkerer Richard Gale has addressed those tics with his prototype NEX-5N cinema housing, by adding a heat sink and fan to stop the overheating problem and a possible anamorphic adapter and matte box to accommodate filters and gels. The provisional £1,500 price ($2,400) would get you the housing, NEX-5N with kit lens, 5" Sony LCD, and accessories, while the anamorphic kit with the matte box is still just a concept with no price tag. Neither idea will happen unless he gets enough orders, but wearing the boxy black outfit might finally give the petite mirrorless cam a shot of big-boy film cred.

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Cinema rig takes the heat out of your NEX-5N, lets you slide in the accessories originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hot shoe adapter for Sony NEX-5 and NEX-5N gets the hands-on treatment

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Hot shoe adapter for Sony NEX-5 and NEX-5N gets the hands-on treatment

The Sony NEX-7 we reviewed last month is the only cam from the NEX line to include a hot shoe for attaching an external flash, but NEX Proshop just introduced an unofficial workaround for the NEX-5N and NEX-5, a hot shoe adapter that will ship for $79.99. Engadget Chinese got to handle a unit and gave it a spin on the NEX-5N. In addition to allowing for an external flash, the adapter lets you automatically sync with the internal one, with the recommended max shutter speed being 1/ 250s. Our sister site's hands-on version didn't allow for tightening the screw position with a coin, which resulted in the adapter coming a bit loose -- so perhaps this isn't the exact model that will ship. Hop on over to the original post for more photos.

Hot shoe adapter for Sony NEX-5 and NEX-5N gets the hands-on treatment originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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