For the successor to its generally excellent Alpha NEX-6, Sony claims improved performance from an updated autofocus system, better image quality from a new sensor and bump to the latest Bionz X image-processing firmware, and a refined design over its predecessor. The latest ILC to get Sony’s ILCE rebranding, the Alpha ILCE-6000 (aka the A6000) seems to have been improved in every way except the way it most needed — shortening its startup time.
Sony A6000 debuts more streamlined, configurable design (pictures)
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The NEX-6, with its hybrid autofocus system, performs pretty well, but the A6000 finally offers a solid burst frame rate with continuous autofocus. The updated system provides phase-detection sensors covering more of the image area — 92 percent, according to Sony — which should help with focusing on off-center subjects and subjects moving across the frame. However, it remains to be seen if Sony has reduced the camera’s long startup time, a problem that continues to plague all of its mirrorless models; the boot time on the preproduction model we saw still seemed awfully slow.
The new sensor incorporates the latest gapless microlens technology that most modern sensors now use and coupled with the Bionz X processor I think we should see some pretty good photo and video quality. Sony also brings the feature set up-to-date by adding NFC for quick wireless pairing, clean HDMI output, and Zebra (tone-clipping indicator).
Sony will also be offering three new A6000-compatible apps in for its proprietary PlayMemories platform in the spring, StarTrail (for long-exposure sky photography), LiveView Grading (which despite using the term “grading” looks more like special effects), and Smooth Reflection (a digital neutral-density filter for long exposures). All will cost you extra bucks. The new Sync to Smartphone app (for simultaneously saving to mobile device and camera) will be gratis, however.
On the one-step-back front, Sony seems to have downgraded the EVF — it’s much lower-resolution and a hair smaller — though it remains competitive with those of the other cameras in its class.
Here’s the current landscape for some similar cameras:
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Nikon 1 V2
Olympus OM-D E-M10
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Sony Alpha ILCE-6000 (A6000)
Sony Alpha NEX-6
Sony Alpha NEX-7
Sensor (effective resolution)
14.2MP CMOS
12 bits
16.1MP Live MOS
12 bits
16.1MP Live MOS
12 bits
24.3MP Exmor HD CMOS
n/a
16.1MP Exmor HD CMOS
n/a
24.3MP Exmor HD CMOS
12 bits
13.2mm x 8.8mm
17.3mm x 13mm
17.3mm x 13mm
23.5mm x 15.6mm
23.5mm x 15.6mm
23.5mm x 15.6mm
Focal- length multiplier
2.7x
2.0x
2.0x
1.5x
1.5x
1.5x
Sensitivity range
ISO 160 – ISO 6400
ISO 100 (exp)/
200 – ISO 25600
ISO 200 – ISO 25600
ISO 100 – ISO 25600
ISO 100 – ISO 25600
ISO 100 – ISO 16000
Burst shooting
5fps (single AF, mechanical shutter); 60fps (electronic shutter)
n/a
3.5fps
unlimited JPEG/20 raw
(8fps with fixed focus and exposure)
4fps
17 JPEG/11 raw
(9fps with fixed focus, exposure and WB)
11fps
n/a
3fps
11 raw/15 JPEG
(10fps with fixed exposure and focus)
3fps
unlimited JPEG/6 raw
(10fps with fixed exposure and focus)
Viewfinder
0.47-inch TFT EVF
1.44 million dots
100% coverage
n/a
EVF
n/a-inch
1.44 million dots
100% coverage
1.01x – 1.15x/ 0.5 – 0.58x
EVF
n/a-inch
1.44 million dots
100% coverage
1.15x/ 0.58x
OLED EVF
0.4-inch
1.44 million dots
100% coverage
1.07x/ 0.71x
OLED EVF
0.5-inch
2.4 million dots
100% coverage
1.09x/ 0.73x
EVF
0.5-inch
2.4-million dots
100% coverage
1.09x/ 0.73x
Autofocus
73-point
phase detection, 135-area contrast AF
81-area contrast AF
35-area contrast AF
175-point phase detection, 25-area contrast AF
99-point phase detection, 25-area contrast AF
25-area contrast AF
AF sensitivity range
n/a
n/a
n/a
0 – 20 EV
0 – 20 EV
0 – 20 EV
Shutter speed
30 – 1/4,000 sec (1/16,000 sec electronic).; 1/250 sec x-sync
60 – 1/4,000 sec; bulb to 30 minutes; 1/250 sec x-sync (max)
60 – 1/4,000 sec; bulb to 8 minutes; 1/250 sec x-sync (max)
30-1/4,000 sec; bulb; 1/160 sec x-sync
30-1/4,000 sec; bulb; 1/160 sec x-sync
30-1/4,000 se.; bulb; 1/160 sec x-sync
Metering
n/a
324 area
324 area
1,200 zones
1,200 zones
1,200 zones
Metering range
n/a
-2 – 20 EV
0 – 20 EV
0 – 20 EV
0 – 20 EV
0 – 20 EV
Flash
Yes
Yes
Included add-on
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wireless flash
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Image stabilization
Optical
Sensor shift
Sensor shift
Optical
Optical
Optical
Best video
1080/30p; 720/60p H.264 MPEG-4 QuickTime MOV
1080/30p H.264 QuickTime MOV
(22 mins)
1080/60i QuickTime MOV @ 20, 17Mbps
AVCHD 1080/60p @ 28Mbps, 1080/24p @ 24Mbps
AVCHD 1080/60p @ 28Mbps, 1080/24p @ 24Mbps
AVCHD 1080/60p @ 28Mbps, 1080/24p @ 24Mbps
Audio
Stereo; mic input
Stereo
Stereo; mic input
Stereo; mic (via accessory shoe)
Stereo; mic input
Stereo; mic input
LCD size
3-inch fixed 920,000 dots
3-inch tilting touch screen
1.04 million dots
3-inch tilting touch-screen OLED
614,000 dots
3-inch tilting touch screen
921,600 dots
3-inch tilting touch screen
921,600 dots
3-inch tilting
921,600 dots
Wireless
Optional
(via WU-1b Wireless Mobile Adapter)
Wi-Fi
None
Wi-Fi, NFC
Wi-Fi
None
Battery life (CIPA rating)
310 shots
320 shots
330 shots
420 shots
270 shots
(VF); 360 shots (LCD)
430 shots
Dimensions (inches, WHD)
4.2 x 3.2 x 1.8
4.7 x 3.2 x 1.8
4.8 x 3.5 x 1.7
4.8 x 2.9 x 1.8
4.8 x 2.8 x 1.1
4.8 x 2.8 x 1.7
Body operating weight (ounces)
11 (est)
14 (est)
15.1
12.1 (est)
12.3
12.4
Mfr. price
$799.95 (body only)
$699 (body only)
$799.99 (body only)
n/a
$649.99 (body only)
$949.99 (body only)
$899.95 (with 10-30mm lens)
$799 (with 14-42mm lens)
$899.99 (with 14-42mm lens)
$799.99 (with 15-60mm PZ lens)
$799.99 (with 15-60mm PZ lens)
$1,049 (with 18-55mm lens)
$1,049.95 (with 10-30mm and 30-110mm lenses)
n/a
$1,099.99 (with 12-50mm lens)
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ship date
November 2012
March 2014
April 2012
April 2014
October 2012
November 2011
In related news, Sony shared pricing and availability for the full-frame FE-mount 70-200mm f4 lens announced around the time of the A7/A7R: it will ship in April for $1,499. Five more FE lenses are planned for this year and another five should arrive in 2015.
Article source: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/540087/fuji-launches-instax-mini-90-as-digital-age-antidote
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