New A6000 owner. Goodbye Canon

I wasn't sure I'd like a small camera, but holy cow, the A6000 is a great camera.

Very refreshing after years and years with SLR's and DSLR's.

No more boat anchors for me. Goodbye Canon, hello Sony!

I am still evaluating, but I think I will be doing the same...with 3 boys, I can't affort to lug anchors around my shoulder/neck.

The A6000 sure is tempting. Not sure you can get more new camera for the money right now. But every time I try to think about the system I'd put together with it the lenses trip me up.

napawino, I'm curious, if you don't mind sharing, what Canon gear are you coming from and what did you replace it with? What do you primarily shoot?

Thanks.

napawino wrote in post #17457738
I wasn't sure I'd like a small camera, but holy cow, the A6000 is a great camera.

Very refreshing after years and years with SLR's and DSLR's.

No more boat anchors for me. Goodbye Canon, hello Sony!

I hear you! If it wasn't for the need of long lenses at f/2.8, I would do the same thing. But for now I'm just using the Sony for my portraits and the Canon for my field sports. The last three for four basketball games I've covered, 90% of the shots are coming from the a6000.

I'm also really tempted to make the jump (although I'd still keep my Canon gear). Not sure if it would be the a6000 or maybe the a7ii. The main thing holding me back as well is the lenses and the fact that they don't have a 180 flip screen. I like to record video of my son while I'm holding him.

I'm seriously looking at this camera as well. I've been looking to upgrade my (quite long in the tooth) Canon 350d (rebelxt) for years now. I don't have much canon gear (a few lenses and a flash) but I thought I'd stick with Canon. But Canon's Rebel offerings have failed to impress me... notably lack of wifi.

Really liking everything I hear about the A6000. And I'm sure image quality will blow me away coming from such an old camera. Like many others, I do tend to find myself not bringing the dSLR with me... I think smaller, lightweight will get me out with it more often.

Only thing I'm wondering is if Sony will be refreshing it soon, like they have the A7? Touchscreen and IBIS would be a nice upgrade... and possibly the kit price might not rise much because they wouldn't have to include the OSS lenses. I, obviously, tend to keep my gear for awhile... I want to be sure I get something good.

The new Rebels do have wifi.

As far as a refresh, Sony refreshes cameras more frequently than other brands. People are expecting an a7000 announcement very soon.

napawino wrote in post #17457738
I wasn't sure I'd like a small camera, but holy cow, the A6000 is a great camera.

Very refreshing after years and years with SLR's and DSLR's.

No more boat anchors for me. Goodbye Canon, hello Sony!

I have the A6000 and I think it is a great little camera, at a great price, with some minor problems (no touch screen and a problematic liveview zoom aid, among others). I bought the Fotodiox EF to E adapter, which allows me to use all my Canon lenses. Unfortunately, the AF with my EF lenses feature is not really very good (with some lenses works like a charm, with others so, so). At the end I'm using it with a tripod and manual focus for landscape.

In my opinion, my Canons are still better cameras.

Miguel

I sold my 6D and all the lenses I had. Don't miss them one bit.

I have the Zeiss 16-70, the Sony 55-210 and the Sony 35mm 1.8 at the moment.

The A6000 takes photos that without any post processing look really great. Seems I always had to adjust something with the 6D.

The autofocus is superb on the A6000, and 11fps shutter speed. Oh yeah!

I have a Sony A6000 on it's way (won from a competition), not sure wether to keep it or sell it. Might be a good option to replace my 600D maybe, so long as I can use the Samyang lenses on it maybe?

Does the A6000 have a time-lapse feature?

NCHANT wrote in post #17460939
I have a Sony A6000 on it's way (won from a competition), not sure wether to keep it or sell it. Might be a good option to replace my 600D maybe, so long as I can use the Samyang lenses on it maybe?

Does the A6000 have a time-lapse feature?

The A6000 has better features than the 600D and, with an EF to E adapter, can be used with all your lenses, including the Samyang.

There is a time lapse application which can be loaded into the camera.

Check http://www.dpreview.co​m …19281#forum-post-54290546 for more details.

Miguel

paparios wrote in post #17462007
The A6000 has better features than the 600D and, with an EF to E adapter, can be used with all your lenses, including the Samyang.

There is a time lapse application which can be loaded into the camera.

Check http://www.dpreview.co​m …19281#forum-post-54290546 for more details.

Miguel

Oh cool! Thanks Miguel I'll do some more research when I receive the camera. I think I would mainly use it for underwater photography as housings are cheaper for smaller cameras too

tagnal wrote in post #17458755
I'm also really tempted to make the jump (although I'd still keep my Canon gear). Not sure if it would be the a6000 or maybe the a7ii. The main thing holding me back as well is the lenses and the fact that they don't have a 180 flip screen. I like to record video of my son while I'm holding him.

Sony has a PlayMemories app for smart phones that basically turns your smartphone into camera live view screen via WiFi. I don't use it much but I could set up the camera on a kitchen table & control it from another room (no zoom though).

tmalone893 wrote in post #17458713
I hear you! If it wasn't for the need of long lenses at f/2.8, I would do the same thing. But for now I'm just using the Sony for my portraits and the Canon for my field sports. The last three for four basketball games I've covered, 90% of the shots are coming from the a6000.

There's some choice - get a $250 or so LA-EA4 adapter and you can use Sony or Minolta A-mount (DSLR) f2.8 lenses, with full AF speed. They don't have as many as Canon, and none AFAIK are stabilized (Sony SLTs have IBIS) but they are nice lenses.

napawino wrote in post #17459469
I sold my 6D and all the lenses I had. Don't miss them one bit.

I have the Zeiss 16-70, the Sony 55-210 and the Sony 35mm 1.8 at the moment.

The A6000 takes photos that without any post processing look really great. Seems I always had to adjust something with the 6D.

The autofocus is superb on the A6000, and 11fps shutter speed. Oh yeah!

I am curious, what kind of photos are you normally taking ?

In my experience with Nex 6, the landscapes, animals and so on comes out great but I am constantly screwing around with skin tones. I think Canon produced more pleasing (if not more accurate) Caucasian skin tones straight out of camera. But A6000 is supposed to have a newer / better Jpeg engine.

It takes the most "fiddle free" pics I've had with any camera. 95% of what I have taken have been just fine with no post processing needed. But I'm not a professional. I take pics of everything. Landscapes, cityscapes, people, animals, junk objects and mechanical doodads.

I'll never go back to a big DSLR.

In my Nex 6, the caucasian skin tends to take on an orange hue under anything but the best of lighting.

Canon made it look "hot pink" which was much easier to fix in post by simply tuning down saturation.