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February 2017
(84%)
123 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(92%)
1593 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Fast and accurate AF system
5axis image stabilizer
Improved build quality
Highly customizable
Excellent continuous shooting
Great still and video quality
In-body stabilisation (at last!)
Highly sophisticated AF system
Great buffer depth in burst mode
Comfortable
Premium body with good controls
Touch-screen for subject selection
Hybrid image stabilization system
Excellent image quality
Better high ISO JPEGs than the A6300
Extremely fast 11.1 fps burst capture
Very deep buffers for raw and JPEG a
Image quality
Feel
In body image stabilization that was previously only available in the Alpha 7 line
Fast and accurate AF system with especially great eye AF
Small
Easy-to-handle camera body that improves on overheating issues found in previous models
Class-leading detail retention and noise reduction in JPEG
Impressive buffer depth with buffer countdown
In-body image stabilization averages 2.5 stops of added stability
One of the best APS-C cameras at high ISO
Flexible Raw files with plenty of dyna
The editors didn't like
Poor battery life
Missing headphone jack
Single memory card slot
PRICE
$1
400
Exterior controls could be better
8fps now rather average
Awkward handling with big lenses
Pretty much everything I said in the pros and cons
The Sony a6500 is a really solid camera. I can't sit here and deny that. But if you're a Sony a7 series camera owner
You'll see just how much better that is. In fact
I feel like the Sony a6500 was rush
LCD screen is often too slow to be useful
No headphone jack for monitoring sound during video recording
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
In body image stabilization that was previously only available in the Alpha 7 line, Fast and accurate AF system with especially great eye AF, Small, easy-to-handle camera body that improves on overheating issues found in previous models
LCD screen is often too slow to be useful, No headphone jack for monitoring sound during video recording
The Sony Alpha A6500 Mirrorless digital camera is good, just not great. The video features on this camera are good enough, but the missing headphone jack and unresponsive LCD screen makes this camera obsolete for any serious filmmaker. The in body image s...
In-body stabilisation (at last!), Highly sophisticated AF system, Great buffer depth in burst mode
Exterior controls could be better, 8fps now rather average, Awkward handling with big lenses
The A6500 is an oddity. It's a street-style camera with sports-camera performance and high-end 4K video capabilities, and it just feels the wrong shape for the things it's designed to do well. Worse still, it's been overtaken by recent rivals, and it's st...
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Abstract: Last updated: November 21, 2017If you're getting serious about photography and don't mind spending a bit more money, you'll find some amazing cameras in the $1000-1500 price range. These cameras have excellent sensors (some full-frame), advanced autofocus...
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Abstract: The Sony A6500 is a mid-range, prosumer mirrorless camera. It follows an established line of products that go back to the NEX-6 model when Sony separated the Alpha branding for A-mount SLT cameras from its E-mount mirrorless cameras. The A6500's two prede...
Fast and accurate AF system, 5axis image stabilizer, improved build quality, highly customizable, excellent continuous shooting, great still and video quality
Sony's a6500 is an incredibly versatile, impeccably designed camera. Price-wise, it sits in a kind of gray zone. It's cheaper than flagship cameras like Fuji's X-T2, the Panasonic GH5 and Olympus' E-M1 Mark II while offering a very competitive feature set...
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Published: 2017-04-28, Author: George , review by: shutterbug.com
Abstract: The Sony A6500 is a mirrorless camera with professional features that offers an extremely fast AF system, a 24MP sensor in APS-C format, and is the first A6-series camera with an integrated 5-axis image stabilizer. ( Editor's Note: Lab Review lab tests...
The Sony A6500 has quite a lot in common with the A6300 introduced in February this year and Sony A6300 owners are likely to be frustrated that the newer camera has Sony's stabilisation system while their's does not.While having a touch-screen really spee...
