Sony TX5 for Landscape Photography

Is the Sony TX5 good for Landscape Photography?

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Sony TX5 Landscape Photography Score

POOR

Sony TX5 has a score of 23 for Landscape Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Landscape Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
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Sony TX5 Landscape Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Focus Mode

With the manual focus mode, you can make fine adjustments to have the perfect focus.

25 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage

Even though there are very good examples of landscapes photos taken with tele lenses, most of the landscape photos are taken with wide angle lenses.

Environmental Sealings

Landscape photographs are taken outdoors and you should be prepared for all kind of weather conditions.

No Manual Exposure Mode

A correct exposure of a landscape shot is very important. Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Lack of manual exposure mode in these conditions means lot of shadow and highlight clipping.

No RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

Small 1/2.4" (6.104 x 4.578 mm) sensor

Sony TX5's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensors.

Very Low Resolution Sensor: 10.0MP

Landscapes photography is where you need the maximum resolution. Unfortunately Sony TX5's 10.0MP sensor doesn't deliver much and limit you with smaller prints and less fine details.

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Sony TX5 Alternatives in Ultracompact cameras for Landscape Photography

Fujifilm XQ1 Compare TX5 vs XQ1	12 MP \| 2/3-inch CMOS X-TRANS II Sensor 25-100 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #461 Rank in Compact Cameras: #44
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 95 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Fujifilm XQ2 Compare TX5 vs XQ2	12 MP \| 2/3' CMOS X-TRANS II Sensor 25-100 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #462 Rank in Compact Cameras: #42
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 95 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Olympus TG-860 Compare TX5 vs TG-860	16 MP \| 1/2.3' CMOS Sensor 21-105 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #508 Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #62
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 95 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Fujifilm XP130 Compare TX5 vs XP130	16 MP \| 1/2.3" BSI-CMOS Sensor 28-140 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #446 Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #38
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 95 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Canon ELPH 360 HS Compare TX5 vs 360 HS	20 MP \| 1/2.3' BSI-CMOS Sensor 25-300 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #718 Rank in Compact Cameras: #166
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 97 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Fujifilm XQ1

Fujifilm XQ2

Olympus TG-860

Fujifilm XP130

Canon ELPH 360 HS