A new I6.l-megapixcl Sony Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor replaces the NEX-5's 14.2-mcgapixcl unit, alone with a specially opTum?cd Bton? image-processing engine, providing ISOs up to 25.600. Release time lag has been improved to a miniscule 20 ms, and AF speed has been improved, as well.
Another new NEX-5N feature is its touch-screen LCD monitor. It's a 3.0-inch. 921,600-dot tilting unit like those of the other NEX cameras, but it's the only one with touch-screen capability. Just touch an object in the scene on-screen, and the AF system will focus on it and track it as it moves throughout the scene.
