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That is indeed an upgrade over the included flash. It includes the ability to bounce the flash, and is several times more powerful. Like the Olympus cameras, you're supposed to be able to use these cameras without ever needing the flash. But frankly for parties and such, a flash is handy to have.

That's great. I think there have been some firmware updates for the NEX you might want to try out. Maybe become a regular reader of sonyalpharumors.com too, for fun.

But don't get us wrong -- the NEX 5 is a damn fine camera, and before the 5n existed the 5 was the best high-ISO camera available. Whether you want the upgrade that the 5n provides depends on whether $300 is a lot of money to you or not. If $300 is a lot of money, then stick with the 5. There...

Ok I corrected my quote. He probably just found himself a camera forum somewhere. He'll be back!

I'm worried you bought a body with no lens, and are now about to discover that the kit lenses, when bought separately from the camera, are more expensive than they should be and the total will end up being more than if you'd bought a brand new 5n-with-lens.

The NEX is an APS-C sensor, not a micro4/3rds sensor. As Sam says, the NEX lenses are a 1.5x crop. So if you like 35mm focal length, you should look for a 20mm NEX lens -- i.e., the kit zoom that came with the camera (18-55mm) or the 16mm pancake which also sometimes comes with the camera...

I wouldn't go so far as to say "crazy". Most people never need to have their camera repaired, and since micro4/3 lenses are not particular to Olympus (Panasonic makes them too) there's no shortage there. In fact there's a particular Panasonic lens which is a very popular choice for Olympus...

Absolutely right. It may effect the ability to get an Olympus camera repaired. And it would certainly mean less chance of firmware updates for other-brand lenses. The other brand being Panasonic, since Panasonic and Olympus both pioneered the micro4/3rds format and can use each other's lenses...

And even in video mode, you can see how Olympus has chosen a certain look which is less yellow-green, or how Sony prefers yellow-green (and overexposure). It isn't all differences in how they do their white balance - these are choices made elsewhere:

Another blog with examples of the NEX and the PENs, the color tendencies of each: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/08/26/sony-nex-c3-vs-olympus-e-p3-jpeg-test/ Really good examples there.

Here's one I just found -- NOT the example I was referring to, not even the same website, but again it shows on the left the Olympus tendency towards brown and, on the right, the Sony tendency towards green:

I spent what seems like the last two years comparing the NEXs and the PENs as they rolled out new models, so trust me when I say, "trust me". I based my opinion on situations when reviewers took both cameras out and shot the same subjects. One I remember clearly is a water fountain with those...

Even with Olympus likely going out of business due to their scandal, the Olympus PEN cameras are still worth considering. I almost got a Sony NEX instead, but waited, long enough to see the Sony NEX 5n and C3 iterations, but ultimately, I just do not like the way Sony images look. Olympus...