Notice to Owners of Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera NEX-3, NEX-5 and NEX-C3 for Firmware Upgrade

December 15, 2011

Thank you for your continued interest in Sony products.

Sony is offering a firmware upgrade for Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera NEX-3, NEX-5 and NEX-C3.

[Applicable model name of the product]
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera NEX-3, NEX-5 and NEX-C3

[Applicable firmware version of the units]
1. NEX-3、NEX-5
　The applicable products are with the firmware version “Ver.04” or earlier.
　*This upgrade program also includes the upgrade program (Ver.02) which was released on July 1, 2010 and the upgrade program (Ver.03) which was
　released on Oct 14, 2010 and the upgrade program (Ver.04) which was released on Jun 20, 2011.
2. NEX-C3
　The applicable products are with the firmware version “Ver.01”.

(Please visit the download page to check the firmware version installed on your product.)

[Contents of upgrade]
To be compatible with Mount Adaptor LA-EA2.
* While using LA-EA2, “Face Detection”, “Smile Shutter” does not work.

Please download firmware upgrade from the links respectively:

　NEX-C3 Firmware Upgrade
　Ver.02 (Microsoft Windows)
　 http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/480912
　Ver.02 (Apple Macintosh)
　 http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/480932

　NEX-3 Firmware Upgrade
　Ver.05 (Microsoft Windows)
　 http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/480898
　Ver.05 (Apple Macintosh)
　 http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/480915

　NEX-5 Firmware Upgrade
　Ver.05 (Microsoft Windows)
　 http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/480910
　Ver.05 (Apple Macintosh)
　 http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/480930

For enquiries, please contact Sony technical support hotline as follows:

Hong Kong: (852) 2389-3202
Macau: 080-0039

Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Limited

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