SONY a6000 11 fps AF-C indoor
Sony claims the A6000 has the worlds fastest AF but how does it work in indoor light conditions? Alin Popescu tested the A6000 and posted a couple of videos. And as you can see the A6000 performs pretty well. Still, it’s not really an extreme low light conditions. There is one very low light video shot by Jun-hee Park (youtube) and it looks like the A6000 can autofocus pretty well in these conditions too.
More video from Alin Popescu:
How easy is to move focus print (Flexible Spot) on SONY a6000 (Youtube)
Clip made from photos shot with SONY a6000 at 11 fps and AF-C. Lens used was SONY 18-105 mm f4 mostly on Shutter priority to maintain 1/200s and on Auto ISO (Youtube)
The A6000 could become the real first E-mount camera that has a mature autofocus system. Perfect for family and sport shooting!
Thanks Michael for finding and sharing this!
This is the updated 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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Great! My biggest complain with my nex-3f is the speed of AF, certainly in relative dark areaswhen its dark and especially using the sel50f18. Great camera further (with evf).. but tha a-6000 will replace it eventually (over nex-6 also of course).
In my opinion this test shows it focusses fast, but how do the pictures com out? Impossible to judge from this video. I would rather wait for a full review.
That one test with the 5 yr old in the living room really blew me away. I’m now confident Sony has finally cracked the AF riddle with the A6000. Can’t wait to get mine 😉
I agree.
Admin, what lens is used in this A6000 AF test ? thanks.
That looks impressive. I’m looking for a more portable camera as a backup to my A77 for holidays and the A6000 is tempting.
The more videos I see of the A6000 the more hyped it gets. That AF is super impressive and I’m sure the images are =/> Nex7 only without tri-navi
I really hope there is a Nex7 type body that is specced higher than A6000 or made to be a mirrorless sports shooter with bigger buffer and better built body since there are no mirrorless camera’s marketed towards sports and fast action photography world yet unless you count M43 which has a 2.8 trinity of lenses already.
Please stop with all the great cameras Sony (damit). I just bought A7 and my wallet said ‘no more’ but my itchy finger said ‘yes’!
It looks like a great camera and Sony finally nailed the AF – but unfortunately, a poor camera system – and the decision of not having a real NEX-7 successor bugs me and only makes me wonder the direction the APS-C E-mount has been taking, which means or you buy FF or you won’t have the extra dials, functions, inputs, build, etc. So much for those that invested in it and wanted a higher-end APS-C camera. Thanks, Sony.
In what way is this a worse system than the system a NEX-7 user bought into?
Geeez, how much water do some need to call a glass half full?
In a way you clearly don’t really seem capable of understanding, so I’ll try to break it down didactically so we can be on the same page.
When you announce a high-end camera and come with lens like the 50mm f/1.8 and 35mm f/1.8, like they did back then, it feels like there is going to be an investment on the SYSTEM and although you might not have everything you want at the moment, you feel like it’s going to happen in the near future.
And then, when Sony cuts lower, they don’t even announce a roadmap and they clearly give a nod to FF as the only high-end E-mount in the near future, these series of moves actually tell something. It says that if you want high-end cameras you have all but one option, you HAVE TO go FF, therefore, it actually becomes a worse system, because there is no real perspective of commitment to APS-C users, not anymore. How can you invest in such a system if you may not get the support a system needs?
A glass half full and even completely full? That’s an easy call, what Fuji did in 2 years that Sony wasn’t capable of doing in 4 years.
And hey, if you are happy, good for you, but I find it quite hard that you can argue that this system is as good as Micro4/3 or Fuji. The A6000 is really a great camera and I wished my NEX had that AF and that buffer but without plans for a A7000 and without a talk about a lens roadmap, unfortunately, despite knowing Sony can come up with great cameras, photography, at least for me, is all about the system.
In the end, you don’t have to agree with me, in your view, my needs are apparently “too much of a expectation for a camera system”. It seems like you are ok with APS-C E-mount having the same bright future as APS-C A-mount – maybe even FF – has been having last couple of years.
What is missing from the a6000 that you expect it to have if it was a high end apsc camera?
From my first comment “you won’t have the extra dials, functions, inputs, build quality, etc.”.
A fair expectation of what a A7000 and the system could had been:
– better build quality and possibly weather sealed body
– better and bigger EVF – Sony was the leader in EVF tech but since then, Fuji, Olympus got a step ahead
– more controls and customization button
– mic and headphone input
– IBIS but I’m not sure that’s actually feasible – but that with the new AF would be great on video
– Sony has been talking about a true Hybrid camera fir quite a while but they are far from delivering a better Codec than Panasonic or possibly even the old man Canon
– uncrompressed HDMI out 10-bit 4:2:2
– more primes and quality glass that doesn’t cost $1000 each
– a portrait and a 1:1 macro lens would be nice.
– faster zoom combo
This is not far from what other companies are offering and of course, it would be nice if Sony could come with some surprises.
By 2 bits is that Sony won’t offer this as this would conflict with what they are going offer with their FF and that’s quite disappointing as it forces you to buy FF or being at the risk of being in the same limbo as A-mount users have been.
There’s a place where you can buy the camera and system at
the price you’re willing to pay, it’s called fantasy land.
Well, there is also a place where I wrote or complained about camera’s pricing, it’s called fantasy land as well! LOL!
Or are you really implying that a good lens for less $1000 is a “fantasy land product”? You are losing me here pal.
Do you really believe all that marketing crap? Do you think that additional controls and a microphone input would really cost that much? They would probably cost $3 more to manufacture. Just look at the $250 smart phones with touch screens, GPS, 3G, internal storage, etc. and come back and tell me that a sub $1000 camera can’t possibly have those features.
I completely agree with your sentiment that it would only cost a few dollars to implement those extra features, but your analogy of smartphones is a little off.
They don’t actually cost $250 – that’s just what the cellular companies charge consumers. The rest of the actual cost of the phone is subsidized (though you end up paying for it through bloated monthly rates). If you want to buy an iPhone or Galaxy S4 off-contract, you’re looking at spending $500+
That’s a nice wish list. I do read it and think it’s a A7 series camera you are describing except for the video capabilities that don’t exist.
A7 is much larger than the NEX series cameras and thus for many, missing the point. Also, if you have invested in APS-C lenses, not everybody wants to shoot in 10 MP crop mode.
Not really because the A7 series has lots of compromises. As the body is very small, they couldn’t use a shutter that can keep up a high fps and it’s quite loud. The more expensive doesn’t have the hybrid AF, it has slower fps and it also has an even slower flash sync, etc. The A7R has better video IQ despite the A7 having better AF in video. These are the type of thing that doesn’t make sense for me, the way Sony chose to differentiate both cameras is really odd.
For instance, I liked how Sony put Zebra, audio meter and other video feats but why not using a better codec than AVCHD? Sony offers so many accessories for video but what about a better codec or at least a better resolving? Sony seems to love AVCHD since they even use in their more video oriented cameras but the FS100 uses AVCHD but at least it has a better resolving than any of Sony’s mirrorless cameras.
Although I’d like Sony to step up instead of just marketing it, I’m not so concerned about the video, I’m much more concerned about the lenses options. Even if I had the money to invest in the A7R and if I didn’t mind the compromises I listed before, I would come from a system that I say it lack lenses options to another that has barely started and I still don’t know what lenses to expect. And in the end, the issue would remain an issue, which wouldn’t really help the case.
Bottom line, there will be no A7000 so soon and if Sony didn’t announce a lens roadmap by the A6000 announcement, I don’t think they are going to show that tomorrow and a FF version of what the A7000 could had been will be at least $1000~2000 more expensive than the A7000. Even more if you think that the A7R doesn’t have the faster AF, the better shutter like the A7000 would and it’s still priced at $2300, which is already $1000 over the initial NEX-7 price.
Sony doesn’t price things randomly, the A6000’s pricing already says it’s not a high-end NEX-7’s successor. And I as wrote in another piece, Sony doesn’t claim the A6000 is a NEX-7 successor, only the rumors said so, Sony says it’s the NEX-6 successor. I think that once the FF E-mount is stablished Sony may go back and make the A7000 and even announce a lens roadmap but unfortunately that will probably be too late for me and for a bunch of other people.
Weather sealing, touch screen, higher resolution EVF with improved optics, GPS, additional controls, dual memory card slots (all doable) and IBIS if possible.
this new disqus system allows all the non-Sony posers, paid employees of competing brands, and wannabe ‘photographers’ to spew trash and nonsense. Nobody is forcing any of these trolls to buy any camera or system, or prevent them from selling what they have on ebay, it’s just a lot of garbage. It will likely surface every day now until they go back to old comment system.
That’s a pretty defensive line and do I smell “fanboy”? Being a fanboy is the dumbest thing I ever seen, since everything is always good. Any criticism or any expectation of improvement are seen as simple hating or trolling rather than a negative feedback in which a company could build on.
I’ve been following this website probably much longer than you do, as I’m here since the first generation of NEX cameras and that’s exactly why I’m so pissed and disappointed.
And in the end you are saying that a person that actually wants a better system is an employee of another company? Sure, that makes a lot of sense.
My gosh, what a little world you are in, what a little brain you have. I mean, of all the things, that’s the conclusion you get into? Let’s say I’m really another company’s employee. So you are saying that people are SO DUMB that they will have their opinions changed that easily because of what I wrote? Aren’t you overestimating my own text? Or are you underestimating the overall intelligence from people?
And more, do you really think that an opinion stated here will actually change the whole market? I wished writing it here had that power because if so, Sony would had already listened what users asked 2 years ago. And what kind of posture is that? “Don’t like it, sell it?” Sure that’s what is going to happen but is it really that bad to want that the system had enough commitment so you didn’t need to sell your gear? Losing money is not something people just do for fun. But I’ll engage no more in these type of things because I think I’ve made my points and arguments clear enough – for those capable of understanding and that don’t live in their own little world, at least.
Geeez, are you saying that a camera system doesn’t need to improve in two half years? Are you saying that the Sony E-mount lens and accessory selection is complete? Do you know what a camera system actually is?
PS. A6000 is nice camera, but some people here are comparing the A6000 to the NEX-7 and forget that NEX-7 is two and half years old! Technology should improve and get cheaper in two and half years. If you personally don’t mind any improvements, I have my DSLR-A100 that I can sell to you for $1000.
Well in reality the only input we’re really missing is the 3.5mm mic jack. The A6000 adds the ability to use a cable release through the multi port. You can now use the built in flash as a wireless ttl commander, like the A-mount cameras. The new shoe supports the XLR adapter as well as the XY microphone and the new shotgun and condenser microphones, so, in reality, you have more sound options (and better due to the native XLR support) for the video guy. It’s a newer, likely better, sensor with a far superior processor under the hood. The EVF is less pixels but, just like in imaging, quantity of pixel never matters more than quality and I expect that’s what you’ll receive here… you aren’t losing any lens selection, nor are you losing any flash selection. You lose one dial but you gain greater customization as the menu and feature mix is better laid out in the new system as well as giving you more choices to map to the buttons you wish to map them to. The camera isn’t weatherproof but neither was the NEX-7. It’s still a metal body though, agreed, not a magnesium one though that was more of a marketing ploy on the part of the 7 and is really no longer necessary as the E system has caught on just fine and no one has called the NEX-5t cheaply built and that thing is all aluminum.
I don’t know, man. I mean, it’s not a perfect camera but it seems like a proper upgrade in all the right directions: image quality, speed, signal:noise, low light performance with both AF and all the aforementioned features, the Wifi and NFC, app support (NEX-7 had none of those), clean 8bit uncompressed out ($650 sound like a bargain yet? Because it IS at this point and it would be useless to argue otherwise)… I see very little to complain about considering the pricepoint they’re bringing the A6000 to the table with. It sincerely IS an upgrade for NEX-7 users in all but two areas. Other than that, man, it’s going to be the superior camera by far. And with the latest optical offerings by Zeiss, both in E and FE, and the future potential of the optical lineup, I simply do not see any reason to b!tch.
As I said, the A6000 seems really great even more for the price but for me it doesn’t replace a A7000. Actually there are a couple of things I can’t agree with you – and this ain’t about b*tching, you may not agree but my points are far from being empty.
You are down playing some things to bring some others up, but it’s not saying how great the A6000 and the upgrades it has over the NEX-7 that you will nullify the need of a A7000, it’s quite the opposite. If you think that what Sony is delivering for this price with the A6000 you should think what they would be able to deliver in a proper A7000, in another words, much more, without these little compromises. The A7000 would be a too good of a camera that would hurt the FF sales and that’s why it won’t be done so soon.
From your statement, I’d say they are just babyplaying you with their marketing since you really seem to believe that blindly. From what I’ve been reading, the “less pixel is better” thing is pure marketing and the EVF is not as great as Fuji’s X-T1 nor Olympus’ E-M1, in another words, it’s indeed below Sony’s own top of the line EVF, so no, this is not a high-end like EVF.
I know that the NEX-7 didn’t have all the things I listed but weather sealing really looked like the next step for a NEX-7. From the amount of controls you have on a X-T1 or any other high-end counterpart, “just one less dial” than the NEX-7 on the A6000 is not something to down play when you are talking about controls. The measurement of cameras should not be a 2-year old one but rather the new high-end cameras on the market and just as it’s priced, the A6000 is not that camera.
You don’t need to try to justify that, do you really think that Sony is not aware that the A6000 is not a high-end as the GH4, E-M1, X-T1? Of course they know, do you think that Sony would simply become warm hearted and suddenly decide to price a high-end “NEX-6 AND NEX-7 succesor” with this price point? No, if this was really a NEX-7 successor, they would price it properly. Actually, Sony didn’t say this is a NEX-7 sucessor, they say it’s a NEX-6 replacement. It was the rumors that said that this was also a NEX-7 successor, what maybe confused sources is the fact that there will be no NEX-7 successor, and then they probably assumed that this one would be the successor of both, when it’s not.
As I said, the way of taking this shouldn’t be to be content that there will be no NEX-7 successor because the A6000 is a great camera – with great AF that finally seems to work properly on video – but to think how great a A7000 would actually be. The new Zeiss for APS-C are zoom and as I said, you can’t just rely on $1000 lenses to build your system on, c’mon! And I hope you are not saying also that if you want to fill the gaps you should go for the FE lenses, because that’s not really the way it should be, the solution shouldn’t be “hey, become rich! Problem solved”.
You can disagree with how I approach things, but when it comes to photography, I got to have at least a lens roadmap, I need to know where this is heading, changing gears cost money, you lose money, it’s not something you’d like to do. It’s always great when you feel the commitment of the system you are investing, to understand their focus, their direction. And unfortunately, as you can do a simply history timeline regarding both A-mount and E-mount, Sony is great in coming up with new cameras and even new tech, but they simply shift focus too much and too often.
One day it’s SLT APS-C A-mount with I don’t know how many new bodies at once, and then you have no APS-C A-mount for quite a while and practically no new lenses. Then you shift focus to the NEX line up since it’s growing and selling well, you release to higher-end and a couple of decent lenses. Next you release a new A-mount FF, but no new lenses basically for either APS-C system, you make an experiment and comes with the RX1, it’s well received and then suddenly, the next year you forget about everything else and focus all your resources on the making of the revolucionary first FF mirrorless, the E-mount FF. And while they do that, you still question yourself, what about APS-C A-mount? What about FF A-mount? What about the WHOLE A-mount system? And all you hear is that they won’t abandon it, that users should just hang in there. Now it’s maybe time to start asking, what about APS-C E-mount? No high-end A7000? No lens roadmap? What comes next?
Bottom line: If you are happy with what has been offering, it’s good
for you but I hardly think anyone can really argue that there aren’t
some things missing here. If a 2 years old system is more complete than a
4 years old one, there is not much to argue, the only possible argument
here is to say that that’s enough for you and just that. And unfortunately, if you are not, the message seems to be “go somewhere else”.
You may be correct that it is not a worthy upgrade in all aspect from a NEX-7.
But in the sense that the NEX-7 would be impossible to sell after this release, it is a replacement.
-Albeit cheaper and with one control-wheel less.
(But finally with wireless flash control. -Not a newbie feature.)
But, yes, there is a spot open for a true HighEnd APS-C e-mount camera.
Maybe Sony just don’t think the market is big enough to be worth the effort.
But that one can’t even be considered until the a77 successor have been introduced, with a new high rez sensor. After that release, it may also show up in an e-mount dress.
I hardly think that the high-end market is not worth, it’s is and it’s actually the most profitable market. As I said, it’s just Sony not wanting their high-end APS-C competing against their A7/R with all their compromises. And my point is not about being worthy the upgrade or not, it’s just that the A6000 is not the NEX-7 successor, it’s just a fact, Sony says it’s a NEX-6 successor.
My main problem with the system remain the same, I really wanted the lens roadmap, regardless of the A7000.
There’s never been a faster way to get gigabytes of lossy 8 bit compression out of focus photos. Congratulations Sony on this splendid and useless achievement. When will we get the 14 bit color we’ve been paying for? And why would anyone buy another Sony product when you haven’t fixed or even acknowledged the shutter and compression issues with the A7r ?
…said the Canikon troll who’s never used a Sony camera.
Another acute case of sensor envy.
My friend if you think Sony is the only manufacturer cooking RAW data at this point in the sensor revolution, you have another thing coming. The day of the pure RAW format has long since passed.
Why would anyone buy another Canon after the 5D melted flashes or after the 1DMkIII autofocus and temperature fiasco? Why would anyone buy another Nikon after the D600 issues and then total abandonment of the userbase? Why did anyone ever buy another Nikon when they swore for years they’d never go full frame and managed to get a ton of photographers to purchase the 12-24 and the 17-55 DX lenses at great expense only to turn around and betray THAT user base with the D3 and D700? Because one product does not make a company, that’s why. And because one issue doesn’t make quality control, that’s why. Ad hominim arguments are awesome but the fact remains thus: Sony, Fuji: these companies have teamed to innovate and force the market forward almost singlehandedly, despite their competitive and individual status. Both have had lovely issues and growing pains in the process but the fact is the product has thus far been worth the sacrifice and worth the wait… and it has been worth watching Canon and Nikon freeze in their tracks wondering what they can do other than bad mouth mirrorless as a dying segment when, in reality, it is the one segment that has room to grow at this point in the game.
The guys didn’t show any result. How about accuracy? May be this camera misses fast?
he did you can find the link throughout http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3627127 he was out of bandwidth last I checked but it may have gotten better
I also found an article with some autofocus tests from a Taiwan website: http://www.eprice.com.tw/dc/talk/1433/4892986/1/. See the three clips in this article. AF speed in A6000 is really impressive.
Why is this impressiv? The beginning of the video says this is the 16-70 f4 lens, I would guess it is used close to the 16mm end, the display says f4, a 16mm lens focused at 1,5 meter would give a depth of field fairly sharp from 1 to 3 meter (roughly), thats about the distance the girl is running. In reality not much focus neded for this shot … The focus might be just as great as sony says, but this is not a convincing test. Just my 2 cents
Agreed.
It looks like the whole scene is in focus.
Agreed, it wasn’t a very stringent test, It was clear however that the focusing system was tracking very quickly in available light. A faster lens wide open would be a better example. My guess is that this system will prove to be very very good.
Exactly, everything in the frame is sharp, from the items in front right up to the windows. No focusing needed.
However, 100% crops might reveal something …
The focus points are all over the place. This focusing approach works when shooting birds in flight against a blue background. Absolutely the wrong thing to do in the conditions the test is performed in.
In order for this test to be meaningful, the following should happen:
1. Set focus to continuous
2. Set focus point to center (one single point in the center, OR a group of points in the center)
3. Keep the focus point at all times at the girl’s face as she is moving towards the camera
4. Perform the test twice – Shooting mode at 3fps and at 11fps
5. Provide crops to evaluate results
The way the above test is executed negates any meaningful conclusions that could be made.
Or just use the face recognition function and let the camera do the work.
Dude, this camera is $650. Are you trying to compare it with a pro DSLR? Are you serious? For a $650 camera, the test was more than adequate.
I am not sure how my comment made you think that I am trying to compare this camera to a dslr. I am talking about the testing methodology, in case that is not clear. The video shows that the camera is already set to continuous autofocus and shooting at 11fps. So all that needs to be fixed is the autofocus point. The reason to do this is not to compare it to a dslr, or show that it is better or worse, the reason to do this is for us to be able to comment on the results at all. Otherwise, there is nothing to talk about, since the “test” is not a test at all.
Gotcha. I think the creator of this video was showing a common use case of most people who are considering buying this camera for photographing their kids. Most people with kids just burst a bunch of shots and look for the good ones.
For people who care about continuous AF, I agree that they shouldn’t take this one test as confirmation. I’m sure there will be more tests coming in the next month or two. I really don’t care about the continuous tracking so this test is also not for me.
Great stuff. My biggest wish was a faster AF. Can’t wait for tests with the 1.8 50
1.8 50 is probably slower. And you need to stop down for such things anyway. It will not work with a wide aperture, that’s for sure 🙂
Lenses are focusing wide open, they close aperture before taking the shot. And PDAF works better with wide-aperture lenses, more light angle separation. But focusing errors are also more apparent, at f/4 DoF is simply too deep to see anything without pixel-peeping.
Sony E-mount cameras don’t focus with the lens wide open the way DSLR’s do. They focus with the lens at whatever aperture you have selected, otherwise the preview wouldn’t change when you change the aperture.
I’ve tested the 50 1.8 and unfortuntelly it didn’t support PDAF, only contrast detect.
The firmware on the 50 1.8 likely needs to be updated if it didn’t support PDAF.
http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=SEL50F18
“This utility updates the firmware for the SEL-50F18 50mm f/1.8 lens to version 02 which provides the Fast Hybrid AF function.
Note: This firmware update can be performed only when the lens is attached to an NEX-5R, NEX-5T, or NEX-6 camera.”
Thanks. I knew, but the lens I’ve tested was a sample from the camera shop, nothing I could do to have it upgraded 😛
Very nice. Very nice, indeed. I can’t wait to get it and try it.
I’m very, very tempted by this – but I don’t want to buy new lenses or use an expensive adaptor (the EA2 costs more than I’ve ever spent on a lens!) so can the A77 replacement be as good please Sony
I’m sure the updated A77 will be as good or better.
Sony will be a fool if A mount gets less than this.
Can someone tell me whether I need EA2 for cameras with onsensor PDAF? As far as I know, with EA1 camera uses its own autofocus (which I’d prefer), and the only advantage of EA2 is that you can use its PDAF when your camera is lacking it.
Is that right?
If I bought a6000, could I use EA1 for fast focusing of a-mount lenses (as fast as their motors allow)?
You’re missing at least one piece here: even with native E-mount glass, the lens firmware has to support “NEX-style” OSPDAF, plus the camera firmware has to support it FOR THAT SPECIFIC LENS. With adapted A-mount lenses I’d suspect you’d also need a firmware upgrade for the LA-EA1 or LA-EA3 (newer, full-frame mirrorless adapter).
That definitely rules out any lens the A99’s hybrid AF doesn’t support (including all Minolta glass), but I doubt even those that CAN work with the A99 OSPDAF would also work with the A6000’s OSPDAF.
I say this because the A99’s hybrid system is tuned quite differently… it uses OSPDAF only as an assist to the primary, mirror-based PDAF system, whereas Sony E-mount cameras with OSPDAF use it in concert with CDAF.
I think it’s telling that there has been no indication that the newer LA-EA3 is leveraging the A7’s OSPDAF — it’s even less likely that this functionality would trickle down to a much older adapter, and to a camera that’s nearly $1k cheaper.
Damn…
Is the silver version only available outside the US? All the US preorder links only give me the black option.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxaOyNLuEDI
A6000 does better tracking then my a99… AF Speed is no more an advantage in A-mount.
It’s difficult to judge what is actually captured without still images.
Yes but I’m an a99 owner and for all the false advertising that preceded it, the camera has HORRIBLE AF.
I would advise a retest with f1.8 primes.
Every day Sony gets more and more viable as a ‘system’ – 1″ sensor cameras, aps-c cameras, full frame. Bodies for sport/action photography. Weather sealed bodies and lenses.
Add improvements to flash and more high quality Zeiss lenses and I think before long we’ll be seeing more pro’s starting to switch over.
I really think Sony is missing out on some extra income by not maturing their flash system. I can’t trigger my HVL-60 optically with non sony flashes, there’s no sync port, and it doesn’t fit into any of my wireless trigger hot shoes. Unless it’s on my camera it’s useless.
Along that line Sony should stop waiting for 3rd party manufacturers to make compatible triggers. They’re leaving a lot of money on the table by not developing triggers for their cameras/flashes, especially if they add wireless TTL function, man that would be hot.
Phottix makes the Odin system for the Sony flashes and it works great. As of now they don’t natively support the new shoe but the ADP-AMA adapter will allow the transceivers to work off camera and to work with the new flashes. You’d have to have an adapter for every flash but that’s a small price to pay for radio ttl at the moment.
That’s my point though the money Phottix is making off those triggers is money Sony could be making. Especially since Phottix had to invest in reverse engineering Sony’s firmware to develop the triggers, Sony could have easily sold a similar product and saved themselves development costs.
Definitely don’t disagree with this. I’m praying and hoping for a MI shoe adapter that works as a wireless transmitter and that Sony will bring their own Wireless receivers/transceivers to the table. Even if they partner with a third party to make it so, it would really complete a circle we would all be happy to ride.
That would definitely make a lot of users happy. I understand Sony’s had to deal with integrating Minolta, only to run into the recession a few years later. They seem to be figuring out their strengths and the markets needs now with sensors and bodies, but hopefully they’ll start working on lenses, firmware and accessories soon because it’s those things that make Canon/Nikon the stronger companies right now.
The reason why almost no pro switches to Sony is the bad color rendering. Sony sucks at the most important thing they should care about.
If you put the video to 1080p and full size screen it, then you’ll see the girl is out of focus when she gets close to the camera. Which is a shame because I really want this camera. Guess I’ll have to choose better lenses…
Has anyone tested if it’s able to do back button focusing?
well I’ve only seen that DOF was that deep that all scene was sharp. One should make such test with faster lens.
His full review is out http://www.alinpopescu.eu/blog/full-review-focus-tests-sony-a6000-beautiful-dream/
Discussed here http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3630084
I agree with most of the posts here. F4? Even a very crude camera could keep rudimentary focus at that generous a focal length. My low light conditions max out at 2.8 and usually hover around 1.4 and 2. Especially at the low frame rate I have no idea what this is supposed to prove.