Sony A6000 Hands On First Look

Yesterday, Sony announced its new mirrorless camera – the A6000. This new model is a replacement for the popular NEX 6 camera introduced in 2012.

Externally the A6000 looks pretty similar to the older version, however there are some very interesting internal changes to the camera including:

Sensor: 24 Megapixel APS-C.
Image processor: New Bionz X fast processor.
Sensitivity: 100-25,600 ISO.
Shutter speed: 60- 1/8000 seconds.
Viewfinder: digital – 1.4M-Dot OLED (down from the NEX 6 – 2.36M dot EVF).
LCD: 90 degree tilting 3.0″ 921k dot.
Wireless Connectivity: Wi-Fi/NFC + Sony apps.
Advanced features: Focus Peaking, clean HDMI output and zebras.
Shooting speed: up to 11fps burst shooting (AF-S) with AF.
AF: new Hybrid AF system with 25 contrast-detect and 179 phase-detect points and 92% coverage (compared to 50% in the NEX 6).
Flash: Built-in/external flash.
Video: Full HD video recording at 1080/60p and 24p
Price: Just under $650 body only (on pre-order at B&H) or just under $800 (on pre order at B&H).

On the video above you can see Andrew Hoyle from CNET taking a first look at the A6000 and some of its changes.

Sony A6000 official video

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Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.