A few months back I advised my father in law to buy a Sony
NEX 3n, which we found for, at the time, an amazing deal of $299 with the
16-50mm power zoom lens. He loved it,
but it unfortunately was dropped lens first onto something hard, and the lens
wasn't fixable. It turned out that it
was cheaper to buy a whole new kit than buy the lens, which is what he did, so
I ended up with the Sony NEX 3n body.
It has though given me a chance to try them both out side by
side, an interesting comparison given that they have the same sensor. However, the do differ; the 5n has the 900k
dot touchscreen, while the NEX 5n has a 460k dot non touch screen, and it is
significantly better. It also has a double hinge, unlike the 3n, which makes
overhead shots much easier. The NEX3n
has a built in flash and is over all a bit larger. Unfortunately the NEX 3n subscribes to the
Nikon theory of haphazard fill in flash, rather than the brilliance of the
Fujis.
Control wise, the cameras are very similar, both lacking the
wheel controls of the NEX 5t and NEX 6, though the touch screen makes it easier
to navigate screens.
All in all they are pretty similar, and I think you would be
hard pressed to find a better deal than a NEX 3n out there right now.
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