Well, this is confusing. There are SIX Sony A6000-series cameras to choose from, but which is best, for what, and why?
The Sony A6600 is the new flagship, shown here mounted on a Sony GP-VPT2BT grip.(Image credit: Sony)
The Sony A6000 series cameras have been best-sellers for Sony, but with the launch of the new Sony A6100 and A6600 models in 2019, Sony now has six APS-C mirrorless cameras on the market. How come? and how are you supposed khổng lồ work out which one to buy?
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The Sony A6000, A6100, A6300, A6400, A6500 and A6600 are all based around a 24-megapixel APS-C sensor và the same basic body toàn thân shape. It"s been a steadily evolving series, with each new model boasting incremental improvements – but not always in the same direction!
It"s all part of Sony"s sale strategy. It continually launches new versions of cameras, but keeps the old ones on sale at steadily decreasing prices. So even though the Sony A6000 is the oldest, it"s also the cheapest and, therefore, we reckon one of the best cameras for beginners. The Sony A6400, meanwhile, is not the newest model, or the most advanced, but we think its price và features combined make it one of the best cameras for vlogging.
Sony likes to design a camera & then release version updates while retaining the same basic form factor. So while the original Sony A6000 dates back all the way khổng lồ 2014, the latest A6400 và A6100 models look scarcely any different, and the new A6600 is just a bit thicker in the body.
We"ve included the A6000 và the A6400 in our list of the best Sony cameras, but for different reasons. As soon as we reviews the new models we"ll decide whether these deserve lớn be in the danh sách too – or even amongst the best mirrorless cameras you can buy right now
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The Sony A6100, A6400 và A6600 could be considered modern replacements for the Sony A6000, A6300 & A6500 respectively, but while the old ones remain on sale, there are still six cameras lớn choose from.
We thought it might soon become five. The A6300 is getting harder lớn find, và it was something of a stopgap mã sản phẩm before the launch of the A6500 anyway, but there are still a few around. We also hope the A6500 carries on because it has a much bigger buffer capacity for continuous shooting than any of the others – including its ‘replacement’, the A6600.
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So let’s take a look at each of these cameras in turn, its history và its suitability for different kinds of photography and video.
The A6000 has the same 24-megapixel resolution as later models and essentially the same physical design. The viewfinder resolution is lower and it only shoots 1080 đoạn phim not 4K, but for stills photographers that won’t be an issue. The autofocus system is more primitive by Sony’s standards but still stacks up well against systems from rival brands, even today. If you just want a stills camera, this will vày the job as well as all the others that have come since, & for a lot less money. Later cameras have better processors and better high-ISO image quality, & the A6500 has a much better burst depth. & if you want in-body image stabilization, you need either the A6500 or A6600. Otherwise, the A6000 still has what it takes.
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The Sony A6300 was a big step forward at the time, bringing 4K đoạn phim with Sony’s S-Log2, S-Log3 modes, so it was a proper 4K filmmaking tool right from day one. The A6300 also came with a more sophisticated AF system with 425 phase detection AF points và a higher resolution EVF. Still with no in-body image stabilisation, however, và an inexplicably weaker buffer capacity than the A6000, it still didn’t tick all the boxes. In just a few months, Sony launched the much more powerful A6500, and while the A6300 looks lượt thích it might be the first of Sony’s A6000-series cameras to disappear from the dealers’ shelves, there are still quite a few around.
The Sony A6500 is a real powerhouse. It arrived just eight months after the A6300 & completely crushed it for specs. The A6500 has the same AF system as the A6300 (425 phase detection AF points, 169 contrast AF points), the same 2.36m dot EVF, the same 4K video features & log modes – but added in-body stabilization for the first time in an A6000-series camera và a massive 233 JPEG 107 RAW buffer capacity more than twice as good as any other A6000-series camera before or since. If you want a great stills-video all-rounder which is particularly well adapted to kích hoạt photography, the A6500 is still a great buy. It"s not that easy khổng lồ find these days, though, & when you vày you"ll discover it"s holding its price a bit too well!
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This can be seen as a successor khổng lồ the A6300, mostly because it falls in the middle of the ‘new’ range just like the A6300 did with the ‘old’ range. The A6400 is designed specifically for bloggers, vloggers and content creators, with a 180-degree flip-up screen so that you can grab selfies or – more important film yourself presenting lớn the camera. It also has Sony’s new-generation AF system, with a claimed 0.2sec AF acquisition speed, 425 phase detection AF points, 425 contrast AF points & clever Eye AF. đoạn clip is captured at 4K and with Sony’s S-Log2 và S-Log3 log modes, but also with the new HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma) option. It’s not especially cheap, but the A6400 is an ideal vlogging camera & less expensive than the A6500 and A6600.