Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16-50mm Lens (Silver)
Worth the wait and the money no question
I switched over from a Canon EOS 70D to the Sony a6000. At first I thought I would be missing the big body Canon but quickly after I started using the Sony my mind eased. I have gotten some great shots with the Sony that i wouldn't have been able to with the Canon due to its size. The quality of the shots I have been getting from the Sony are remarkably colorful and sharp. I have the Sony 50mm f/1.8 lens on it and I am pretty sure it will almost ... Show More
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Fast focus and wonderful picture quality
I was ready to step-up from my Sony RX100 but found it difficult to decide. I've been happy with Sony but could not make the leap to my dream A7S because of it's high price that would still come with compromises. Is there one camera to rule them all? Well, my primary purpose is shots of my kid along with some vacation landscape etc. so it must be quick (get just the right moment) and it must be rich/sharp. The Sony a6000 meets all my expectations... Show More
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Smart camera
A6000 is a small camera crammed with many features. Not all of them are useful to me. I will mention some features I like the most and several drawbacks. + Focus peaking and a tiltable LCD enable me to take decent pictures without keeping the camera close to my eyes. It would be even better if the LCD can be seen from the front of the camera (like in RX100 III), so we can have the sharpest selfies on earth :) + Hand-held twilight (HHT) and anti m... Show More
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Best value in mirrorless today
Great image quality. (Better than my Canon 70D or 100D/SL1.)Great auto-focus speed. (A bit faster than 70D, especially in live view, and WAY faster than SL1.)Small and light, but NOT TOO small and light. (Easier to carry than 70D and even the very compact SL1. But, still easy to grip and hold.)I have only used it in Fine JPEG mode, not Raw. So, I can't comment on Raw quality. But, JPEG's are crystal clear, and enjoy Sony's built-in lens correctio... Show More
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The truth about the a6000...
I recently purchased the sony a6000 and have been a long time a77 user. I love my a77 and especially the kit lens it came with while bulky it is extremely sharp. The a6000 is not the same, so if you are looking to replace a DSLR with a mirrorless let me say, "Don't do it!" Keep your DSLR and use the mirrorless as an add-on. Here is why the a DSLR performs better than a mirrorless. 1. Lense distortion and blurring at the edges of the image. On ve... Show More
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Simply best in class
This is my second A6000. I have bounced between the RX10 series and the A6000s. I currently own the RX10III and a new A6000. With my previous A6000 I used the 28-70 FE lens and was very pleased with the results. This is a much maligned lens but has very good optics...see best lenses for A6000 on dxomark.com. I also purchased the Sigma 60mm and was equally pleased. As everyone says it's a sharp lens. I never tried the kit lens so this time around ... Show More
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Great camera with a few caveats worth noting before you buy as a new photographer
Brand new to photography five years ago, I purchased Sony a6000 for both my wife and I (disclaimer: we did not buy it from B&H) At the time, mirrorless cameras with the capability and price point of the a6000 seemed the perfect fit for us. The positives: the camera is, small, light weight, very reasonably priced, and now, a reasonable selection of lenses are available. Five plus years on, ours still works great, but we are very careful with it ... Show More
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Overheats, LCD flaky, focus soft
While I enjoy the form factor and the feature set, I would only trust it to take pictures of indoor pets. Every time I take it to the river to take pictures of the sunset the LCD screen blanks out when the camera is turned sideways, aka portrait orientation. Right before the screen blanks out there's lines that run through the screen reminiscent of a TV losing reception. Even when I turn off the EVF and have the LCD on 100% of the time it still g... Show More
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Excellent kit
I bought this kit with the A6000, 16-50mm lens, and 55-210mm lens on sale in December. I'm very happy with the A6000, I also own an NEX6 and I believe the A6000 feels more solid and professional than the NEX. The camera came with the latest firmware installed which included the XAVC-S codec for video. The shutter noise is much quieter on the A6000. The buffer for shooting multiple shots is much better (though RAW will fill the buffer much quicker... Show More
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Nifty little camera
I decided to get a mirrorless when I finally got sick of lugging around my full frame dSLR and multiple lenses on day trips to the city or the occasional day/night out when I would inevitably leave my real camera behind. I haven't used it extensively yet, but from what I see I really like the camera. It has everything I wanted in a mirrorless and for the cheapest price on the market, and being a Sony I didn't fear any scam. The picture quality is... Show More
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Good Value
I've only had the camera for about a week now, but I've had enough chance to use many though not nearly all of its numerous features. I had pretty high expectations from this camera considering the top reviews it has received at its launch, and for the most part my expectations were met. The fast focus system works pretty much as hyped--very fast and pretty good at tracking. The photo quality is very good, even with the kit lens I've been using (... Show More
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Nice little camera
I really like this little camera and I purchased it mostly for its portability on travel. I also own a NEX6 (that my wife has taken over) and the A6000 is a worthy upgrade for sure. I like the styling and the weight and I LOVE the new menu system and wish they would come out with a firmware upgrade so I had this on my A77 also. The speed is shooting is great and I really like the ability to set the speed to low, medium or high when continuous sho... Show More
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Solid performer for video and stills
I used to shoot video on a Canon T3i, my thought process being that I'd invest in their lenses and upgrade the bodies accordingly. I love that camera, especially with the ML hack. It was reliable and versatile. I needed a b-cam so I bought a Sony a5100. The size alone made it far more likely for me to use it in situations where a dslr would be impractical or prohibited. The images were great but video stole the show. After 3 months with both came... Show More
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Compact and worth every penny
I have owned mostly canon brand cameras in my lifetime. My favorites were the old styled A-1 and AE-1P. My new A6000 handles a lot like those bodies and it is my favorite attribute. It's smaller body allows me to carry it nearly everywhere I go so when I get inspiration, I have my camera ready. I chose the white body because I liked it. Life is too short to be judged by those who judge color of camera body over quality of pictures. You will have ... Show More
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Big Performance in a Small Package
I purchased this Sony a6000 with the 16-50mm lens as a travel replacement for my full frame Nikon. I was looking for something lighter in my carry-on luggage for air travel. I was also tired of lugging that big full frame camera and gear on vacations, especially to Europe, I had done a lot of research on mirrorless cameras and this one always came to the top of the list based on price and functionality. I was not expecting too much for the price ... Show More
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Somewhat Amazed
This is a marvelous, wonderful and sharp, at least in the center very much so. I've read a lot of bashing about the kit 1650 3.55.6 lens, but in the center it is very sharp SOOC. I'm shooting RAW,neutral settings, files and still there is nothing much needed in Lightroom prior to export. The quality , at least close up, is much closer to what I've come to expect from my 5D III.One of my first images was of a small barrel cactus. The image made me... Show More
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The Alpha 6000 is to be Recommended
Freidman and Warner have written what remains the definitive book about the A6000 and I started reading it about a week before I got my hands on the camera itself. I'm still only about half way through my first read of the book and I have little doubt I'll read it again and again. The A6000 has a tremendous number of features and so it is a complicated camera with a steep learning curve. If you like gadgets then this is the camera for you; if you... Show More
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Absolutely phenomenal camera
I have been a Nikon guy for 30 years. I have a ton of lenses and my current favorite Nikon SLR is the D7100. (I prefer the DX format to the FX format for a number of reasons). It's a great still camera, but shoots absolutely terrible video. Sony on the other hand is known for making amazing video cameras, but has struggled to gain market share in the stills world. My wife got an a5000 and I was incredibly impressed with it, but it lacks manual co... Show More
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A fine upgrade from my point and shoot
On strong persuasion, wife ordered my present, an A6000 with the 16-50 mm and 55-210 mm kit lenses, enough in advance for me to practice for holiday pictures. In upgrading from a good point & shoot, I was looking for better low light results, an external flash connection and an electronic viewfinder that would permit tracking and framing sports action in bright sunlight. My indoor natural light pix following Christmas dinner were great, requiring... Show More
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Liking it so far
I primarily shoot with Nikon bodies and lenses, currently a D7000 and D800 and lenses ranging from a prime 35 to the Sigma 150-500. Those are great options for travel where photography is the primary object or at least a significant focus of a trip. But what to do when you are really traveling for business, but want to be prepared? This is a really great option. I had a previous version of the alpha nex series, and upgraded to this body because o... Show More
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Disapointed. Almost dead battery upon delivery.
The Sony A6000 needs no introduction since it??s been on the market for a while and it's gain the praise from everyone who's been lucky enough to get their hands on one. In a nutshell, it does what their competitors of even a higher price struggle with. And that is after 3 years on the market. Now for the bad part. When I received the camera, I noticed that the battery was out of the box completely depleted. That's HIGHLY UNUSUAL for a li-ion bat... Show More
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So Many New Features - Focus is Primo!
Having owned, past or present, the NEX-5N, NEX-3N, and NEX-7 and 6 lenses, I can say without reservation that this iteration of the Sony mirrorless APS-C series is the best all-round model. Be sure to upgrade the firmware on your older lenses from v.01 to v.02 to make them phase detect ready, otherwise they will continue to use only the contrast detect focus on the a6000. For those lacking a full manual, try this link: http://download.sony-europe... Show More
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Why no digital level gauge? Marketing?
I think that Sony is making a big mistake by not making a propper nex-7 replacement. The build quality seems cheaper, lower resolution electronic viewfinder, no mic input and for me the most irritating: no digital level gauge (virtual horizon). The battery has smaller capacity than the one in nex-7... Have the battery tech gone backwards? I think that this is just a market segmenting strategy to force the current more advanced customers with nex-... Show More
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Very Impressive
When I first got into photography, my first cameras were the ultra zoom Sony Cyber Shots. They were great cameras with the manual controls that I wanted without the bulk of being a DSLR. But as my hobby got more serious, I went the Canon DSLR route. After several years of lugging around the large camera with a battery grip and several large and heavy lenses, I decided I wanted something smaller and light weight but with the full functionality and... Show More
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