Samsung NX1000 vs Sony NEX-5T

Sony NEX-5T advantages over Samsung NX1000

• Lens selection
  Good vs Limited
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Focus peaking
  Peaker vs Non-peaker
  Your camera will highlight what's in focus
• Touchscreen
  Touch vs No touch
  Interact with your camera just like your smartphone
• In-camera panoramas
  Yes vs No
  Stitches multiple shots into a panoramic photo
• Tiltable Screen
  Tiltable vs Fixed
  Tilt the screen for shooting flexbility
• Higher effective ISO

  Higher effective ISO

  Maximum effective ISO is an estimate of the highest sensitivity at which a camera can capture excellent quality photos.

  Cameras with higher effective ISO will be better choices for indoor photography, night shooting, and indoor sports photography, especially if you intend to make large prints.

  You can learn more at our glossary entry.

  Maximum effective ISO test data courtesy of DxO Mark.

  NEX-5T test data on DxO Mark NX1000 test data on DxO Mark
  1,015 vs 840 iso
  Take photos in low light with less noise
• On-sensor phase detect
  Yes vs No
  Usually improves live view and video AF performance
• Shoots 60p video
  Yes vs No
  A faster framerate can give you more editing options
• Wider angle kit lens
  24 mm vs 30 mm
  Capture more of the scene with the included lens
• Faster JPEG shooting
  10.0 fps vs 8.2 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Higher extended ISO
  25600 vs 12800 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility