Sony ILCE-6000L Alpha A6000 Digital Camera

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Would anyone here have the new Sony ILCE-6000L Alpha A6000 Digital Camera as I am very interested in buying this but would like some feedback first before I jump in and hit the Buy Now button.
 
Do you need the faster autofocus? Better video? or extra megapixels? Because the Sony Nex 6 is going for £320 body only at the moment, which is about £230 less than the a6000. I'm looking for an e-mount camera for my bigger lenses and I think I'd take the Nex 6 over it and use the extra money for a lens or two.
 
Hi Chris, all you have mentioned made me look at the Sony a6000 as it is newer technology than the older Nex 6 . I would buy the a6000 from Panamoz with the 16-50 lens for a very realistic price of £550 delivered.

My mate has a Metabones Mk3 adapter which he is selling and I was thinking of some nice l glass would make it a superb camera and early reviews look very promising especially when Sony make a bold statement to say it is the fastest focussing camera in the world and the 179 focus points and 11 fps are really is drawing me in.
 
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n0chex said:
Hi Chris, all you have mentioned made me look at the Sony a6000 as it is newer technology than the older Nex 6 . I would buy the a6000 from Panamoz with the 16-50 lens for a very realistic price of £550 delivered.

My mate has a Metabones Mk3 adapter which he is selling and I was thinking of some nice l glass would make it a superb camera and early reviews look very promising especially when Sony make a bold statement to say it is the fastest focussing camera in the world and the 179 focus points and 11 fps are really is drawing me in.
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That's a really good price for the a6000, that makes the price difference about £100. For that, i'd go with the a6000.

This time the 11fps can auto focus between shots, instead of being fixed focus on the NEX6 at 10fps. The a6000 also has a far superior buffer, even outperforming the £2k Sony a99. The Metabones won't use the 179 phase detect points, though. The Metabones can only use the 25 contrast detect focus points. Only specific E-mount lenses at this time can use contrast and phase.
 
I think I will give the metabones adapter a miss and try the kit lens what comes with it as it keeps the camera nice and compact ideal for my holiday.
Just had a quick look on YouTube and the speed of the 6000 nothing but amazing and the sound of 11fps is brilliant with auto track makes it even better.

I believe the a6000 has a full magnesium body also and feels a little better than the Nex6 and not saying that felt cheap as it didn't and more so I could use cheap adapters if I wanted to use legacy lenses in manual mode of course but that's where focus peaking comes into it I suppose.

As you have stated for the money Panamoz are asking with the kit lens I am seriously with a capital S thinking of buying the Sony a6000.
 
I have a nex6 & 16-50 lens. The nex6 is a great little camera, the 16-50 is a decent (no more) kit lens, the small form factor is it's biggest plus. This lens has big distortion at 16mm. Corrected in camera if shooting JPEG. I shoot mostly raw and use the excellent Dxo Optics 9 to handle the raw files and automatically correct the distortions.
 
I am very tempted by one of these bad boys. I'm not sure I'd want the kit lens though, but know virtually nowt about this system. What lenses are compatible? What are the decent low light bargains?
 
Sigma 19mm, 30mm and 60mm f2.8 lenses would be the bargains if f2.8 is good enough (£99 to £125 each, new). http://sonyalphalab.com/product-rev...ing-review-19mm-30mm-and-60mm-f2-8-dn-lenses/ There are also Sony 35mm (£350) and 50mm f1.8 (£200) lenses with IS.

These are are all native mount Sony lenses: http://sonyalphalab.com/sony-alpha-...utorial-guides/nex-lens-e-mount-buying-guide/

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/these-are-the-first-lenses-you-should-buy-for-a-sony-nex/


http://itsnotthecamera.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/sony-a6000-very-first-impressions/

http://itsnotthecamera.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/sony-a6000-take-2/
 
I understand that you can get adaptors to allow other system lens to be used too, right? Even old FD and MF lenses? Had anyone tried the lens booster adaptors?

Sorry, this is a massive hijack. I'll start a new thread.
 
stevelmx5 said:
Yes, you can mount pretty much anything to the all of the NEX (alpha-NEX) bodies due to their very shallow sensor depth. I've used various Olympus OM/Minolta/Jupiter lenses on my NEX5 and mainly shoot with full manual lenses now.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevelloyd/sets/72157633495718695/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevelloyd/sets/72157630207720708/

I shot this one yesterday with a Jupiter-9 85mm F2

https://www.dropbox.com/s/touzdurag0etmvx/ChesterZoo-6.jpg

Cheers
Steve
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That sounds like a lot of fun. I'd like a fast shortish prime for shooting my son indoors, but other than that a few old lenses sounds great fun.
 
you can get the 16mm pancake for fairly cheap, cant remmber how good or not it is, my mum has one but rarely uses it, prefers her macro stuff :)
 
This is the reason I like the Nex cameras you can use basically any lens with the appropriate adapter.
 
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I think I will give the metabones adapter a miss and try the kit lens what comes with it as it keeps the camera nice and compact ideal for my holiday.
Just had a quick look on YouTube and the speed of the 6000 nothing but amazing and the sound of 11fps is brilliant with auto track makes it even better.

I believe the a6000 has a full magnesium body also and feels a little better than the Nex6 and not saying that felt cheap as it didn't and more so I could use cheap adapters if I wanted to use legacy lenses in manual mode of course but that's where focus peaking comes into it I suppose.

As you have stated for the money Panamoz are asking with the kit lens I am seriously with a capital S thinking of buying the Sony a6000.
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I got an a6000 a week ago. It's a great little camera, but the body isn't all magnesium. The top plate and subframe are, but the rest is plastic.

The kit lens is nowhere near as bad as some say. Stop it down a bit, avoid both extremes of the zoom range and it's pretty good.
 
I must have read wrong that the a6000 was all magnesium unlike the Nex 6 .How is the picture quality as in sharpness in the extreme corners and anything to compare it against.
 
n0chex said:
I must have read wrong that the a6000 was all magnesium unlike the Nex 6 .How is the picture quality as in sharpness in the extreme corners and anything to compare it against.
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I've been a Sony user for years. Currently have an a99, a57 and I just sold my old a850 to fund the a6000. I needed a compact travel cam for some business trips I have planned this year.

The sensor is great. I've used the NEX7 and the a77 and I'd say it's better than both at high-ish ISO levels.

Lens-wise, I've only used the kit lens and an old Minolta 45/2 (which was on my first SLR back in the mid-70's). The kit is rather good in good light, particularly between 24-40mm. Extreme corners are a bit soft, but it's rare that I don't crop a bit, so it's not a problem for me. As kit lenses go, it's much better than the 18-55 that sony DSLRs tend to come with. I particularly like the OSS and the silent focussing, which are very effective for video.

The OSPDAF is a little limited, as it only works in AF-C and only with wide or group/zone AF points. If you want a tighter target, it's CDAF. However, in practice I'm using AF-C/Wide pretty much all the time and it's very good at picking the right area to focus. Used this way, AF feels just like a DSLR.

I tried a Nex7 at a Sony event a couple of years ago and wasn't convinced. The IQ was great at low ISO's, but it got too grainy too quickly for my taste, plus the software interface and AF speed were horrible (coming from an SLT). The a6000 fixes all these issues, IMO.

Some completely boring snaps, from a local park here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jd_shotz/sets/72157643957013123/
 
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Pictures look fantastic John and I have a chance at the Canon 1D mk4 but I think I may get the Sony a6000 as I personally think it is a bargain for £550 delivered 2 years warranty including the 16-50 lens.

Sony seam to be upping the game a little here as I have read but good reports on the a6000.
 
Andrew this may seem a little out of turn, but what do you actually want and/or expect from a camera, this is a genuine question as over the last few months I've seen you work your was through several cameras and I assume you've never been satisfied and here now your even mentioning a 1D4 a very different beast to the A6000

I cannot help but wonder maybe you need to think less about what the camera can do, and more about what you want to do with it
 
Fine. I find it much easier to MF on an EVF, particularly with focus peaking. Can't focus for toffee, with a modern optical VF and standard focussing screen.

I was chuffed to be able to use that old Minolta again. It's nothing special (was just a kit lens in its day) but I kind of grew up with it, so it has a certain sentimental value.
 
MWHCVT said:
Andrew this may seem a little out of turn, but what do you actually want and/or expect from a camera, this is a genuine question as over the last few months I've seen you work your was through several cameras and I assume you've never been satisfied and here now your even mentioning a 1D4 a very different beast to the A6000

I cannot help but wonder maybe you need to think less about what the camera can do, and more about what you want to do with it
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Do you know what Mathew I agree totally I must need help :)
 
n0chex said:
Do you know what Mathew I agree totally I must need help :)
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So I guess we need to ask what do you really want from your camera? Lets have a list from you :thumbs:
 
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