I tried the A6000 under various conditions. In every way it was abetter camera than my current camera (Canon Rebel T3). However, it has some shortcomings I can’t overlook
- Ergonomics – It just felt clumsy in my hands. With it only having one control wheel shooting in manual mode was a chore. I found myself having to repeatedly search through menus to make adjustments to basic settings. If it had a touch screen, I think a lot of this could have been mitigated. I repeatedly found myself trying to adjust things by touching the screen. In a world where almost everyone has a touch screen smart phone, the lack of a touch screen really hurts a camera like this.
- Lens selection – I realize that Sony is working on increasing the lens selection for their E mount cameras. And, you can purchase adapters to use other lenses on the Sony E mount cameras. However, their just isn’t a wide range of affordable lenses made for the E mount yet. I am hoping this will be corrected soon.
- Image noise – I found that even at ISO 400 in brightly lit scenes I needed to process photos to reduce the amount of noise. For a camera this modern, I feel that should not be an issue.at ISO 400.
There are also some things I do like about this camera:
- The focus system – I took the camera to a hockey game and proceeded to fill a 32GB SD card with action shots. The vast majority of them are in focus and the camera was able to track the moving players.
- Battery life – At that same hockey game, I still had over 50% of my battery left after taking all of those pictures.
- It does take great pictures.
Unfortunately, I will have to pass on purchasing the A6000. I just don’t feel that it will fit my needs. However, if you are looking for a camera to take pictures of action (like kids plaaying sports) in good light, I can happily recommend this camera to you.
