Sony Alpha A6000 Revisited: Best Mirrorless APS-C ILC 2014
Sigma Art on the A7r at Soundimagesplus.
First impressions of the 16-35 at Brianmatiash.com.
10 ways to optimize your gear for awesome Travel Photography (Inmybag).
Loxia 2/35 und 2/50 Flickr Album.
Spanish Zeiss Otus review at DSLRmagzine.
Michael: “Now I can feel the Full-Frame on my APS-C camera SONY A6000 with Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm F/0.95. Full album @ http://goo.gl/x7wuJz
Pros:
– The build quality of lens is excellent, solid and HEAVY (in good way!)
– The box that made by leather do feel good too!
– The focus ring do turn smoothly.
– The aperture ring a bit hard to turn, but I personally take that as good to avoid change the aperture accidentally.
– Do feel nice on hand with the A6000 for the size and the look.
Cons:
– The plastic hood do feel “cheap” (just a little bit), therefore I get a metal one.
– The weight made it a bit hard to manual focus, because the hand must support the lens more than the body.“
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i own one.. my only complains are; No level guide, the std. hot shoe is a pain, won’t simply connect to most flashes and triggers and pop-up flash cannot function as trigger/master. and worst is very less lens choices, zeiss lens are very expensive. Sony needs to make lenses cheaper and better. I more on portraits ans landscapes, i want lens same as fuji like 56mm f1.2 or 1.4, the 10-18 f4 is still OK for landscapes, and a 50~150mm f2.8.
the nex-6 i had connected with every flash i tried so its strange that your having problem but i did read that the paint on the hot shoe prevents it from firing certain triggers/receivers but if you scrape it off it fixes the problem.
No level gauge is maybe the one really big cons…. I wonder why you don’t like the sigma or Sony portrait lenses like Sony 50 mm 1.8. BTW did anyone test the 10-18 mm f/4 and sigma 19mm 2.8? Which is the more performant for landscapes and astrophotography ?
I have this cam and can’t complain. Completely satisfied. Works pretty well with Sony HVL-F60M and so I am about to purchase two more for use in Chimera LB.
I hate that article about Sigma Art on A7R. Damn lens-lust again…
Agreed. No real criticisms and it doesn’t even sound like he used the focus peaking.
The travel piece was odd. Travel with the lightest kit possible but take a 27″ monitor?! Still very tempted to switch to an a7 and a 55/1.8 once the macro’s released…
I’begging sony for an external mic input. I can live without a headphone jack……
Wow that video is badly underexposed!
If I didn’t already own Olympus I’d probably try this A6000 out. But, I’ve already got the small stuff covered and wish Sony well. Now A mount stuff- different story. Give me that SSM 135mm 1.8 please.
Funny how he didn’t mention the name “Fuji” as competitors. I own the X-E2 and LOVE it. The downside is the video is unusable so the Sony wins there, but the look of the stills coming out of the Fuji and their lenses is what got my to buy Fuji over Sony. Not sure why he left out the 800 pound gorilla that is Fuji when comparing small mirror less? I’ve been thinking of switching to the Sony for the video option which I need but the images that come out of the Fuji have a wow-factor that make me want to shoot every-day all the time. I have full frame cams and M 4/3rds and Fuji is not logical for me but sometimes the thing you love is not logical.
They are all rubbish. If you want small and you are prepared to compromise on quality, get a Sony and throw the rest. Otherwise, there are still only two proper camera companies, and that is not going to change. And again, throw the rest, particularly that crummy overpriced nano 43 joke.
I’ve looked at this camera several times and just can’t cotton to the way it feels in my hand. If this sensor was in a Fuji X-T1 like body …. DONE DEAL!!! Though … the Fuji sensor is a kick-ass sensor in its own right.