The a6000 sits in the middle of Sony’s range of mirrorless cameras, just above the a5100 and aging NEX-7. The feature that makes it stand out from the crowd (and not just among Sony cameras) is its Hybrid AF system, which has phase detect points across 92% of the frame. To quote Chris Niccols, the a6000 is the camera of the year 2014 – class leading image quality, autofocus, ergonomics – and all that for a fair price.
All told, the Sony A6000 is a very versatile mid-level to advanced camera, able to handle everything from high-resolution landscape shooting to family vacations and fast-moving sports. It’s easy to carry, a strong performer, a pleasure to use, and, best of all, at around US$800 with a lens, it’s a pretty fantastic value.
Gary Fong teaches you how to unleash the power of the new Sony Alpha 6000 camera. Learn how to take full advantage of its unique and incredible features, such as instant sharing via smartphone with Wi-Fi and NFC, the world’s fastest auto focus with 179 AF points.
The a6000 sits in the middle of Sony’s range of mirrorless cameras, just above the a5100 and aging NEX-7. The feature that makes it stand out from the crowd (and not just among Sony cameras) is its Hybrid AF system, which
The Sony A6000 is a good solid interchangeable lens camera with one major advantage over rivals: effective continuous AF which works pretty much anywhere on the frame for stills or movies. If you’re shooting stills, it also works at the top continuous speed of 11fps, and if you’re filming movies you can even fine-tune the AF speed and response time.
Now, the NEX moniker is gone and both cameras have been replaced by the new A6000. Sony promises the world’s fastest autofocus and improved low-light performance, and TCSTV’s Chris Niccolls took the camera out to the Canmore Winter Festival to test those claims.
In this video Jason shows the amazing capabilities of the Sony A6000 and it’s ability to shoot 11 Frames Per Second. The video shows 3 examples of what 11 FPS looks like in real life and then slowed down frame by frame with the Sony A6000.
It seems like every 13 minutes, another mirrorless camera is announced that promises the ‘World’s Fastest Autofocus’. To really put these cameras through a stress test we went to Wildrose Motocross Park with a Fuji X-T1, Sony A6000, Olympus OMD E-M1 and Panasonic GH4!
