Sony A6000 Review And Af Testing First Look

This is the new a6000, the world's fastest Auto focusing camera and the spiritual successor to the NEX 6 and 7. There's 179 phase detect AF points spread across the entire sensor along with an additional 25 contrast detection points which combine to produce the fastest AF system in the world. The shutter caps at 1/4000th of a second and can continually shoot at 11FPS so a SDXC card with Class 10 or greater is recommended. I bribed my pet parrot to fly to the ground for her favourite food and the burst shots auto focused and captured each image in focus, even whilst shooting at f1.8. The series was shot with auto ISO between 1600 and 2000 and the image quality at such high ISO was quite impressive. Constant Auto Focus whilst shooting video is smooth even whilst filming at 1.8 and the AF system was smart enough to track the bird rather than the leaves or the background. Sony has included a feature they call Fast Hybrid AF tracking and that prioritises moving subjects and ensures smooth auto focusing. The EVF contains 1.4 million dots and was decently fast with no streaking and like the NEX 6 and 7, the EVF sits inside the body of the camera rather than poking out like the A7. Size wise, the a6000 is comparable to the dimensions of the a7 without the EVF hump and as both are e-mount, you can use FE lenses with a crop factor of 1.5, great if you are looking at upgrading in the future. The overall feel of the a6000 is quite close to the feel of the A7 with almost identical grips, NFC and Video recording locations. The swivel screen operates on the same angles as the A7 and there's a custom button and dedicated dial for the shutter speed. On the top there's another custom button, on off switch and PASM dial, aperture dial, pop up flash and a multi-interface hotshoe. Around the side there's a multiport micro usb and a hdmi port that can output 4K still images to a 4K TV. The multiport means that accessories such as the RM-VPR1 shutter release cable work straight off the bat. Moving onto ISO testing and we've got an incredibly unscientific test of my kitchen without lights on. The ISO range goes from 100 to 25600 and the results are absolutely encouraging considering that these are JPEGs straight off the camera. RAW will be working with lightroom when the a6000 gets released. Onto some sample images and I've got my bird showering with some parrot wash in my sink, this particular caique parrot has oil gland based feathers and that makes her fairly waterproof immersion baths are the best way to keep them clean. This one of her jumping off my tripod is also a favourite of mine. I only had a few hours with the camera in the evening so I do apologise if I couldn't cover absolutely everything but hopefully this review gives you a good idea of the performance of the a6000. Be sure to subscribe to my channel and if you enjoyed the video, hit that like button! I've also got two relational videos that you can click on and they will open in a new tab. Check out our Facebook to join