Sony Alpha ILCE-5000

Sony Alpha ILCE-5000

Maker	Sony
Image sensor type	CMOS
Image sensor size	23.2 x 15.4mm (APS-C type)
Maximum resolution	5456 x 3632 (20 megapixels)
Image processor	Bionz X
Recording medium	SD, SDHC, or SDXC memory card or Memory Stick Pro Duo
Shutter speeds	1/4000s to 30s
ASA/ISO range	100-16000
Focus areas	25 focus points
Continuous shooting	4 frames per second
Custom WB	Yes
Rear LCD monitor	3 inches with 460,800 dots
Dimensions	110 x 63 x 36mm (4.33 x 2.48 x 1.42 inches)
Weight	269g including battery

The Sony Alpha ILCE-5000, also known as the Sony Alpha a5000, Sony Alpha 5000 and other similar names, is a rangefinder-styled digital mirrorless system camera announced by Sony on January 7, 2014. Since it includes near field communication and Wi-Fi, Sony billed it as "the world's lightest interchangeable lens camera" with Wi-Fi.^[1]

References

http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/slrs/sony_a5000/specifications

↑ "Sony does a full blitz with wearable camcorders, small point-and-shoots, and compact DSLR cameras". January 7, 2014.

Sony E-mount MILC timeline

Family	Level	Format	2010				2011				2012				2013				2014
			1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
XDCAM	Professional	Super-35mm																				PXW-FS7
NXCAM									NEX-FS100			NEX-FS700					NEX-FS700R
	Entry-level	APS-C											NEX-EA50
Handycam	High-End	Full-frame											NEX-VG900
	Advanced	APS-C			NEX-VG10					NEX-VG20			NEX-VG30
Alpha (α)	Sensitivity	Full-frame																		α7S
	Resolution																	α7R
	High-End																	α7				α7 II
	Advanced	APS-C							NEX-7
	Mid-range												NEX-6							α6000
	Upper-entry		NEX-5 / NEX-5C						NEX-5N				NEX-5R				NEX-5T		α5000		α5100
	Entry-level		NEX-3 / NEX-3C					NEX-C3				NEX-F3			NEX-3N		α3000
	SmartShot																					QX1

Smart Accessory Terminal (1 and 2), In-body stabilization (bold), Auto-lock Accessory Shoe, Multi Interface Shoe, 4K resolution video

DSLR, SLT and MILC cameras with HD video (uncompressed – 4K resolution) mode (comparison)

Canon
EOS

High-end	5D Mark II^w (2008) 7D^w (2009) 1D Mark IV^w (2009) 1D X^w (2012) 5D Mark III^Hw (2012) 1D C^w (2012) 6D^HGW (2012) 7D Mark II^HG (2014)

Mid-range	500D (2009) 60D^w (2010) 550D (2010) 600D (2011) 650D^H (2012) EOS M (2012) 700D^H (2013) 70D^HW (2013) EOS M2 (2013) EOS M3 (2015)

Entry-level	1100D (2011) 100D^H (2013) 1200D (2014)

Nikon
D / 1 series

High-end	D300S^Tgw (2009) D3S^Tgw (2009) D800/D800E^THgw (2012) D4^THgw (2012) D600^THgw (2012) D610^THgw (2013) D4S^THgw (2014) D810^THgw (2014) D750^THgW (2014) D810A^THgw (2015)

Mid-range	D90^gw (2008) D5000^Tgw (2009) D7000^Tgw (2010) D5100^THgw (2011) 1 V1^TSFgw (2011) 1 V2^TSFgw (2012) D5200^THgw (2012) D7100^THgw (2013) D5300^THGW (2013) 1 V3^TSFHPgW (2014) D5500^THgW (2015) D7200^THgW (2015)

Entry-level	D3100^gw (2010) 1 J1^TSFgw (2011) D3200^gw (2012) 1 J2^TSFHPgw (2012) 1 S1^TSFHPgw (2013) 1 J3^TSFHPgw (2013) 1 AW1^TSFHPgw (2013) D3300^Pgw (2014) 1 J4^TSFHPgW (2014) 1 J5^TSFHPgW (2015)

Olympus
Micro 4/3

Mid-range	E-M5 (2012) E-P5^W (2013) E-M1^W (2013) E-M10^THW (2014)

Entry-level	E-PL1 (2010) E-P1 (2010) E-P2 (2010) E-PL2 (2011) E-PL3 (2011) E-P3 (2011) E-PM1 (2011) E-PL5 (2012) E-PM2 (2012)

Panasonic
Lumix

Mid-range	GH1 (2009) GH2 (2010) GH3^THW (2012) GM1^THW (2013) GH4^THW (2014)

Entry-level	GF1 (2009) G10 (2010) G2 (2010) GF2 (2010) G3 (2011) GX1 (2011) GF3 (2011) GF5 (2012) G5 (2012) GX7 (2013) G6 (2013)

Pentax
645 / K /
Q series

High-end	645Z^THgw (2014)

Mid-range	K-7^TH (2009) K-5^THg (2010) K-30^THg (2012) K-5 II/K-5 IIs^THg (2012) K-50^THg (2013) K-3^THgw (2013)

Entry-level	K-x^H (2009) K-r^THg (2010) Q^T (2011) K-01^THg (2012) Q10^T (2012) K-500^THg (2013) Q7^T (2013) Q-S1^T (2014)

Samsung
NX series

High-end	NX1 (2014)

Mid-range	NX5^Pg (2010) NX10^Pg (2010) NX11^Pg (2010) NX20^PgW (2012) NX30 (2013) Galaxy NX^PgW (2013) NX500 (2015)

Entry-level	NX100^Pg (2010) NX200^Pg (2011) NX1000^PgW (2012) NX210^PgW (2012) NX300^PgW (2013) NX1100^PgW (2013) NX2000^PgW (2013)

Sony
Alpha

High-end	α99V^HPG/α99^HP (2012) α7/α7R^HPgW (2013) α7S^SHPgW (2014) α7II^HPgW (2014)

Mid-range	α580^HP (2010) α560^HP (2010) α55V^HPG/α55^HP (2010) α77V^HPG/α77^HP (2011) NEX-7^HP (2011) NEX-6^HPW (2011) α65V^HPG/α65^HP (2011) α57^HP (2012) α58^HP (2013) α6000^HPW (2014) α77 II^HPW (2014)

Entry-level	NEX-3/NEX-3C^HP (2010) NEX-5/NEX-5C^HP (2010) α33^HP (2010) α35^HP (2011) NEX-5N^HP (2011) NEX-C3^HP (2011) NEX-F3^HP (2012) α37^HP (2012) NEX-5R^HPW (2012) NEX-5T^HPW (2013) α3000 (2013) α5000 (2014)

Leica M
Fujifilm X

High-end	Leica M (2012) Leica S (2014)

Mid-range	Fujifilm X-Pro1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E2 (2013) Fujifilm X-T1^W (2014)

Entry-level	Fujifilm X-M1 (2013) Fujifilm X-A1 (2013)

Timelapse^T — Slow motion^S — Fast fps^F — HDR^H — Panorama^P — GPS^G(opt.)^g — WiFi^W(opt.)^w