Pros & Cons
Pros
I'm a photographer that uses canon. The camera is great for beginning photography. You need to learn what settings you need, and then plan & configure them *before* you start shooting.
If you're a streamer on twitch or youtube or want to make youtube videos, this is a great mirrorless camera at it's price point. With a * battery, this thing works great as webcam/stream cam and has a 100% clean hdmi output, so you don't have to worry... Read More
It's a good thing i got this before the upped the price (wow) the photos come out a lot sharper on the computer than the pictures from my phone. The image quality is stunning and it’s very easy to navigate!
Cons
Sony's troubleshooting articles on this are insultingly trivial. The software is really poor and is incompatible with a number of other programs. What a complete scam.
The sony a6000 takes beautiful pictures and is relatively easy to learn, but it * and i don't recommend it. There are plenty of similar cameras out there that actually function properly.
While recording the, camera overheats and shuts down. I have to remember to stop it every so often so that it saves and re-record. It overheats after recording for 7-9 minutes if you aren't on airplane mode and sometimes doesn't save your videos. Howe... Read More
Highlights
Quality
The picture quality is beautiful, and the battery lasts a fairly decent amount of time.
Love the quality of my videos and the fact that is light weight.
Pictures quality even with standard lens is very decent, nothing to compare with mobile phone camera
The sound quality is decent as well.
Price
Great purchase for me glad i got it at the price i did too.
Packaging/appearance
I can’t give a review on the lens it comes with because i had ordered a sigma 16mm one and put that one in immediately upon ope... Read More
Competitiveness
All of sony's mirrorless cameras have the exact same hello!
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Now i just have to figure out how to use it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The best part about it is how you can flip the screen up which makes it easier to take selfies
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Positives a6000 quality sensor accepts e mount lenses
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I bought this because the sony a5100 is one of the most recommended mirrorless cameras for streamers
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One place where i think this camera fails is it doesnt allow for connecting an external microphone to it
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Now for streamers this isnt such a big issue since most streamers are using a dedicated microphone going to their streaming pc already
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This is also a popular camera for vloggers as well though despite this lack of external microphone input
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Depending on your light setup autofocus can be great or terrible