SONY A6000 FULL FRAME ISO

The a6000’s grip is great, with plenty to hold onto, while not being too bulky: Its shape, quite well thought-out, lets you securely dangle the camera at your side while walking around, and the grip combines nicely with the gently curved thumb area on the back to let you angle the camera as needed with minimum effort. Many would be hard-pressed to see much of a difference between the NEX-6 and a6000 bodies-and that’s a good thing in our book. In our color accuracy test, the a6000 matched the NEX-6’s result with an Excellent rating based on an average Delta E of 7.9. Given that the noise doesn’t become too extreme even at Unacceptable levels, and that the camera is aimed at a wider audience who might not be too averse to some noise, the tradeoff could be okay. So depending how you like to shoot, the a6000’s extra resolution might outweigh the difference in noise.

SONY A6000 FULL FRAME ISO

Even at ISO 3200, the new camera delivered 2470 lines, but it dropped off substantially on the way up to its maximum sensitivity of ISO 25,600, where it still managed to capture 2170 lines in our test. To compare, the NEX-6 turned in 2225 lines per picture height at ISO 100, while the a6000 served up 2640 lines at the same sensitivity. The camera maintained a Low or better noise rating only up to ISO 400 and reached Unacceptable by ISO 3200. The a6000’s extra resolving power, on the other hand, comes with extra noise. But readers may remember that the NEX-6 held its Extremely High image quality rating all the way up to ISO 3200, given that it could keep noise to a Low or better rating through that sensitivity. Given that its predecessor couldn’t quite eke out enough resolving power for an Excellent rating, we were interested to find out how the extra pixels performed for the a6000 ($648, street, body only $798 with 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6 OSS lens) in the Popular Photography Test Lab.Īdding those pixels turned out to be enough to bring the a6000 up to an Excellent rating in overall image quality from its lowest sensitivity of ISO 100 through ISO 400. A new hybrid autofocus system with 179 phase-detection AF points embedded in the sensor and 25 contrast-detection areas promises the fastest autofocusing you can get. The pixel count jumps to 24.3MP from 16.1MP, matching that of the still current Alpha NEX-7. Now Sony has followed up the NEX-6 with the a6000. In the midst of all that full-frame hoopla, the APS-C-format NEX-6 debuted to relatively minor fanfare, although its fans had much good to say about the shooting experience. It takes time to get used to the settings but believe me you will learn.Recent years have seen some very cool Sony cameras: the first full-frame compact camera, the RX1, as well as the first full-frame interchangeable-lens compacts, the a7 and a7R. The tiltable screen is good but I prefer one which swivels and could be turned around. Sony still has to improve on the view finder. I prefer the view finder over the display screen unless I shoot video. Unlike the other mirror less cameras, Sony provides a view finder as well.

Considering the size and weight of the camera, you might have to look for a compact flash or a less heavier one. But to fit additional flash, you might have to remove the eye cup. The force with which it pops out gives you a feeling that it is going to throw it off the camera.

It has a nice little on-camera flash which pops out on a button press. So it wont save power even if you switch from the live shoot mode to view finder unlike a DSLR.

You might need a couple of additional batteries as it consumes more power than a DSLR, because your view finder is electronic. It is difficult to stop at the right zoom you want. The 16-50 which came along with it is a nice small carry-around lens. Too many of them (179).īut anyways, the picture quality is great. The auto focus points is like somebody dropped a handful of pebbles on the sensor. The menu displays are a bit crowded on the display screen and it will take time for you to get used to it. The first impression you get looking at this camera is a point and shoot with inter-changeable lens option. But overall I'm satisfied with the performance of the Sony A6000.

Sony a6000 full frame