The Korean site SLRclub posted the full A6000 review. As usual they do post the text as jpg. picture and that’s why there is no english translation. But it’s worth to check out the site to see their youtube autofocus tests and the many image samples they posted.
For portueges&brazilian friend: An A6000 unboxing in brazilian portuguese on youtube 🙂
Sony A6000 preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), Sony Canada (Click here), WexUK (Click here).
Silver A6000 with lens at WexUK (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon (CLick here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT
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This Korean link does not work !!!
Admin, any rumors about new lenses for FE system? Half of march passed away and no new lenses are shown.
Can’t wait for something like 135mm/f2 w/ stab, and wide zoom :3
Does anyone know where to get this leather case? Looks like it’s an original one from sony. And it doesn’t like like it’s one from Gariz. Thanks!
I saw it on the sony site. It is a sony case.
The only interesting thing on the unboxing video (brazilian guy that works in a Sony factory in Japan. That’s how he got the camera) is knowing that Sony still does a very silly thing (albeit understandable): all the menus are ONLY in Japanese for their “japanese market” cameras.
Sony does produce “international cameras” but those cost “twice as much” (the guy-on-the-video’s words, not mine). Also he states that “many people” (foreigners living in Japan) buy Nikon or Canon because they produce cameras with English menus.
Sony doing their Sonyish things, I guess.
Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone could possibly provide some help on some things.
My uncle recently passed me 4 Mamiya lenses along with a Mamiya ZE film SLR (sweet!!!). Unfortunately, all have some fungal outbreak within them (nooooooooo!!!). Seems to be on the center elements (double noooooooo!!! DX)
I was planning on either cleaning them out myself or sending it out to a shop to do it. Has anyone done a DIY lens clean on such lenses? Is it advisable for a complete newb? I have tried looking up online but not main show a decent step-by-step procedure with references to components to remove in sequence….or maybe I should just leave it to the professionals?
My second issue is that there seems to be only one Mamiya ZE mount to Sony E mount adapter out right now which is made by Fotodiox. Its not available in Malaysia as far as I know and the camera shops I frequent do not seem to stock this brand. This is far fetched but has anyone tried the adapter? Or may know if this is a “reliable” brand to just take the plunge?
Any form of advise is appreciated.
Hello Jojojo, I am sorry I woun’t be able to bring you any good news.
Fungus is almost impossible to get rid off. It is not enough just to take out the lenses and try to clean these. You need to completely dismantle everything, all parts, and clean these. Although not visible, there are spores everywhere. And you may find that the fungus has not only corroded the anti-reflection coatings of the lens elements, but also etched the glass. Which means that the affected lens elements has to be replaced.
OK, let’s suppose that this hasen’t happened yet, and you do succed to dismantle the lens and clean everything up. Than you have to screw everything together again. But thats’ not all there is to it. Not only has this to be done with outmost caution and precision, than you have to check and adjust the lens with equipments such as collimators and others. The needed precision is in the order of a thousand of a millimeter. Without the necessary knowledge and equipment you will most likely end up with a lens with more crappy performance than the worst lens you have ever seen. Even if you by chanse would put everything right radially, you will certainly get a notably decentralized lens.
I can not think that it would be worthwhile to send the lenses to a shop (unless it is a very expensive pro lens, possibly). If you really would find a serious shop that would agree to undertake this, the cost will certainly be several times the value of the lens.
The reason you did not find any step-by-step disassembling instructions on the Internet, is that this kind of DIY repair is practically sure to end up in disaster. I know of some people who have done it themselves, but is is practically impossible to get rid of all fungus spores. With time, even all of their healthy lenses became infected with fungus.
Treat all fungus infected equipments as infected with plaque! Don’t even put these in the same case as other cameras/lenses!
I’m sorry I have to end my post by saying – ditch the infected lenses and camera as soon as possible. But this is actually the best advice I am able to offer – in the long run this will make you the happiest.
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Hello GunnarK. Thanks for the advice. I was expecting as much actually. Was in a state of…..denial I guess?
They were good lenses too T.T
I’ll see what some camera shops think about it and see if they can quote a price. If by some slim chance these can be saved at a reasonable price, I’ll send it in. Not holding my breath though. Hell, they might perform some dodgy repair work and render it completely useless DX
I have kept the infected equipment separate from my newer equipment. I have seen my friends suffer due to fungal outbreak and I just started to seriously take photography on in a more serious manner. Don’t want my already slim wallet to implode out of existence.
One of the cameras was within the same room though….should I be worried? I was airing it out and it completely slipped my mind last night T.T
The rest are always kept within a dry cabinet. The climate is not conducive in most cases to just store the lenses in a normal cabinet T.T
Thanks again GunnerK for the advice you gave XD
Hello again Jojojo. I am afraid that we are very Off-Topic now…
… but I’ll just say that I don’t thnk you need to worry about once having your gear in the same room. The number of fungus spores from the infected equipments will be very diluted in a room.
Still, in case you would be able to find some repair shop willing to undertake the repair, I would still suggest that you have these lenses in a separate box/cabinet during storing. I understand that the climat where you are living is very humid (loved by fungus, unfortunately), and it is not so much else you can do, other than trying to protect your gear the best you could.
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Thanks for the further advice GunnarK XD
A separate box it shall be in….if it is “salvageable”.
Much appreciated.
Have a good one sir.
> As usual they do post the text as jpg. picture
Who the hell thought it’s a good idea?
Am I the only what that couldn’t care less about autofocus speed? 🙂
All I care about is high iso, dynamic range and the overall speed of the camera.
Apparently you do not photograph wildlife or sporting events. I like to photograph hummingbirds in flight and feel that Sony’s big weakness has been it’s slow auto-focus.
Do you shoot sports or any action? Those who do gives them an option. All cameras made today are all good. They all have what you’re looking for, which gives us consumer an array of choice. Let us all photograph in harmony and have fun doing it…
Well overall speed of the camera was very good with all NEX cameras, but with A6000 it is amazingly fast due to quad-core Bionz-X processor. High ISO is also as close to FF as it gets – just check their ISO6400 RAW and OOC JPEG samples! It’s amazing actually! DR was always a strong point of Sony NEX cameras and I think it is even more great now with on sensor gapless microlens design like A6000 has.
As for AF – it is finally really faster than many DSLR cameras (save for high-end fastest ones). Tracking is best out there and 11 fps for an APS-C 24Mp camera is very very fast. I know you don’t care about AF – if you are using manual glass, but many users do care about it. Most importantly true price of this camera is around $1000-1200 and Sony is just pressing competition by selling it at ridiculously low price of $649 for body or $799 for kit!
Feature-wise it does compete with cameras over 1k$, but the packaging is not on the same level. The EM-1, XT-1 and even the EM-5 which is below 1k$ are all weather sealed and have much more external manual control. The EVF could be better and apparently the LCD is hard to see because it reflects too much. Professionals could also want a second memory card slot.
All of these could be (and should be) fixed in order to get a mirrorless camera over 1k$. As I said earlier, Sony could slap the a6000 internal in an a7 body and I’d be happy with that. Give us IBIS and we can easily aim for 1200-1300$.
Also give us a 16-50 f/2.8-4 that competes with the Fuji but with weathersealing and we’ve got a winner combo. People who want high quality weathersealed lens can use the FE lenses. Those who want a slightly better body but care more about price can stick to non-weathersealed APS-C lenses.
Please, Sony, listen to this wise person.
Well, judging by Sony’s history, it’s very reasonable that they release a Nex 8 (oops, A8000) with EVERYthing everybody wanted; IBIS, touchscreen, higher than 2.4 dots EVF, weatherselaed, 4-navi system and a series of goodies.
It’ll be a success. (not enough to beat Canikon, however)
And then, when everybody is happy and with even higher hopes for future releases, Sony will release an A8500 throwing away everything they did right and making it a dumbed down version to “replace” something else.
There is little to know about Sony’s history, especially regarding the NEX line. They started making cameras way after most of their competitor did (Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Fuji).
A6000 in A7 body would be a killer product.
APS-C for the win
You’ve got it backwards, friend. A7 in an A6000 body! That would be killer.
I wouldn’t buy it but I’m sure some would. By reusing the bodies that they are already making, Sony could probably cut down costs. Hell, they don’t even have to do any kind of R&D because we’ve provided all they need to know 🙂
I would love to see that. I would buy it.
Sounds like a plan, go for it! 😉
Fast AF is a ‘feather in the cap’ of mirrorless cameras in general, and I think one of the biggest points used to advocate a DSLR over a mirrorless. So I think many people view fast AF on a mirrorless camera as sort of a ‘coming of age’… especially if Sony can bring it to the full frame bodies.
Do you have children? Pets? Did you ever go to a zoo? Do you like sports? Do you do street photography and need to capture things that happen in seconds? No? Well, then you don’t need a fast autofocus, but many people do.
Yes, no, yes, yes and yes.
I prefocus, I have no problem catching a moment.
One wanders how in the world people used to do street photography before the auto focus was invented!
They prefocused. LOL But there are advantages to using autofocus in street photography, such as reducing depth of field for those people shooting at f16 or something in hope of getting subjects sharp.
I guess it all comes down to personal style and needs, but I bet the A6000 will work for lots of different people.
How do you pre-focus on a small fast moving unpredictable object such as a bird in flight . Some sports move faster than golf and have an element of unpredictability in them . Pre-focus with a huge DOF wide angle is easy and gives a lovely P&S look lol.
It is pretty amusing to put street shooting forward as a challenge for AF , when it consists of typically static or slow moving subjects often taken at wide to normal focal lengths with little need for critical AF.
Mostly its wide angle and a huge DOF for street, but that might be not everybodys style, and unpredictable things can happen on the street, too.
Sure, prefocussing is great, but not everyone is able to do it and you wouldn’t use it with a shallow DOF, so a fast AF really helps, I would think. I own the first NEX-5 and had no problem with its really slow AF, but the very fast AF of the 6000 would get me more shots that are in focus, thats what I think is great. Even more so for beginners.
I agree. I want more than just autofocus speed. I want stellar image quality. Are the images better than those made from the NEX 7?
Yes. It’s just you, and that’s for a clear reason.
Silly question of the day. As I am used to replacing the crappy, bright yellow trimmed Nikon strap every time I get a Nikon, how good/bad should I expect this one to be with the A6000?
Back in the day we focussed manually because that’s what is was. I like the idea of still focusing manually and a lot of control from me. But, you know after all the years, I don’t yearn for nostalgia. Been there, done that, and really it’s nice a reward for time put in to have fast autofocus, It’s as if from old school photography we are finally arriving. If desire, artistic expression, a living, or what every makes photography worth doing. It’s each individual’s own.