Sony A6500 Mirrorless Camera Gets Silver Award at DPReview
DPReview published their Sony a6500 review and the new Sony a6500 mirrorless camera achieved an impressive 85% overall score and Silver Award from the experts at DPReview.
Pros:
- Excellent stills image quality in both JPEG and Raw
- Impressive buffer depth with buffer countdown
- In-body image stablization averages 2.5 stops of added stability
- One of the best APS-C cameras at high ISO
- Flexible Raw files with plenty of dynamic range
- Impressive autofocus performance and frame coverage
- Superb video quality
- Extensive video support features
- Solid construction
- Good degree of customization
- USB charging is convenient
- 14-bit Raw in most shooting modes
- 3rd party lens support for phase-detect AF
- New menus are less cluttered than previous generations’
- New highlight-weighted metering mode
- Eye sensor disengages when the screen is pulled out, EVF won’t switch on
- Redesigned eyecup slides on and locks in place, no longer prone to falling off
Cons:
- Touchscreen operation is laggy, feels unrefined
- Still no “My Menu” option for clustering most-used menu options
- Only one top plate control dial
- Rolling shutter can be distracting in 4K/24p video
- No Lock-on AF area modes when shooting video
- Lock-on AF can be erratic (failing to distinguish chosen target)
- ‘Live View’ in 8 fps mode shows only static image between captures
- Cool greens and green yellows can yield displeasing JPEG colors, especially skintones
- No in-camera Raw conversion option
- Lack of headphone socket for audio monitoring
- Drops to 12-bit mode in various modes inc. continuous shooting and silent shutter
- Risk of overheating limits use for extended recording periods
- Screen automatically dims when shooting 4K video
- Lack of included charger makes it hard to keep a spare battery charged
- Lossy compression of Raw risks occasional artifacts
The Sony a6500 features the world’s fastest AF speed and highest humber of AF points with in-camera 5-axis image stabilization, touchscreen with AF operation, 24.2 MP Exmor CMOS sensor and more.
Sony a6500: $1,398 at Amazon, B&H, Adorama.
You can read the full review at DPReview.
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