AlphaMirrorless 036: The New Sony Alpha a6500 and More!

Sony recently announced the a6500, what appears to be their new flagship APC camera. In this episode of the Alpha Mirrorless podcast Juan and Andy discuss this new camera and the new features it brings, and we discuss what is different between it and it’s two predecessors, the a6300 and a6000. Plus we discuss a few more things like the new MacBook Pros recently announced and more.

Some of the new features are:

* In Body Image Stabilization (IBIS) offer up to 5 stop advantage

* HUUUGE Buffer: 233 JPGs (Extra Fine), 107 RAWs

* Faster Image Processor

* Touch Screen!!!

* Deeper Grip

* Continuous Live View/viewfinder with minimal lag

* New menus! (Juan complains STILL NO “MY” MENU

* Virtually same size as a6300 (RRS Plate should work)

* For Video Shooters

* Better Temperature control

* S-Gamut/S-Log

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Links mentioned on the episode

* Sony a6300

* Sony a6000

* Sony 55 f/1.8 ZA lens

Wishes of the Week

* Juan: MY MENU!

* Andy: FULLY functioning Touch Screen! (Navigate Menus, all of it)

Picks of the Week

* Juan: Sony a6500

* Andy: Sony 55 f/1.8

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