The Sony Nex-3 is a 14.0 MP compact system camera. Its small size allows it to be easily carried around for quick pictures during travel. The white balance of this Sony camera body has several presets, which include daylight, shade, cloudy, flash, and fluorescent to help the picture quality of a photo. If the user wants, they can place the setting on auto and the camera will set the best white balance for the user. The 14.0 MP camera has four flash modes, including auto, fill, slow sync, and rear flash sync. There are three shooting modes the user can change to, including portrait, landscape, and sunset. All of these adjustments can be made through the LCD screen on the Sony camera body. The screen can be tilted at an angle for special shooting positions. Videos can be filmed with the Sony Nex-3 in high definition and the camera can also shoot at high speeds. This Sony camera body is built for high quality video and photo capturing abilities.