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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...
The Best Prosumer camera is…Given how well the Nikon D500 performed in last year's test, this was a much closer result than we expected. However, the Fujifilm X-T2 consistently turned in better images with better detail and less noise in all the...
The Sony A6500 might cost a fair whack more than its A6300 cousin, but it's a powerhouse of a camera that, for the right user, will be worth the cash.Indeed, you'll struggle to find a mirrorless cameras with quicker autofocus. The A6500 is up there with...
Sony has gone a long way towards addressing the issues many reviewers identified with the α6300. The deepening of the buffer memory will please sports shooters as well as bird and animal photographers as will the improvements to the stabilisation...
The A6500 is one of the best compact system cameras around, and sits at the very top of the APS-C tree. Capable of producing superb images straight out of the camera, its raft of high-speed features make it a particularly good match for anyone who...
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...
The mirrorless Sony Alpha 6500 delivers excellent image quality and superb autofocus, but lacks some of the pro features of competing cameras in this price range.
As an updated version of the A6300, the Sony Alpha A6500 adds a number of new features, including 5-axis sensor based image stabilisation, as well as a much larger buffer so you can shoot hundreds more continuous shots at 11fps.There is also the welcome...
With an ability to produce fantastically high-quality images, to keep up with fast-moving subjects, and adding that long-awaited touchscreen, Sony delivers an exceptional camera for the price.
While professional Sony users who make a living from sports and wildlife photography are much more likely to opt for the full-frame A7 II or A99 II models, the APS-C equipped A6500 provides all the relevant tools required by enthusiasts looking to...
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