Preview

Sony’s camera division has been growing rapidly since it inherited part of Minolta’s technology and know-how back in 2006. Despite having released many DSLRs, DSLTs and mirrorless cameras, nothing has quite drawn the attention of the photographic community like the A7 series, its full-frame mirrorless system, which was first introduced in late 2013.

Just recently Sony announced the A9, a third generation camera that positions itself above the A7 series and takes the title of the flagship E-mount camera. It offers the most complete mirrorless package for advanced and professional photographers seen thus far from Sony.

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Whatever your photographic or video-related needs – be they high resolution, excellent low-light performance, or speed and precision – you can be sure that as of 2017, there is a Sony full-frame E-mount camera to meet them.

Two of the most important models today are the flagship A9, which was announced in April 2017, and the 1 ½ year old A7s II. The former promises to be a game-changer for sports, action and wildlife thanks to its very quick continuous shooting speeds and advanced hybrid autofocus system, while the latter is what reviewers have called the ultimate “low-light beast” for stills and video recording.

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The full-frame Sony a9 was only announced yesterday, but with its vast number of autofocus points and impressive continuous shooting speeds, it is already being labelled a potential “game-changer” for the sports and action photography niche.

So, where does this leave Sony’s other action-oriented camera, the a6500? Given that the two models have a number of features in common including 24.2MP of resolution on the sensor, built-in 5-axis image stabilisation with 5 steps of compensation, and 4K movie recording with full pixel readout, it is natural to wonder where the differences lie.

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In a very short time, Sony went from being a promising yet relatively inexperienced manufacturer of digital cameras to a serious competitor on the digital imaging market. In fact, just recently Sony outclassed Nikon to become the second best seller of full-frame cameras in the US. This was a significant step forward for a brand that only became serious about digital photography 11 years ago.

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Today Canon announced a new consumer-oriented mirrorless model that sits between the high-end EOS M5 and the entry-level EOS M10: the EOS M6.

Although the M5 and M6 share a number of characteristics including the same 24 Megapixel APS-C sensor, Dual Pixel CMOS AF with 80% phase detection point coverage, DIGIC 7 processor, and Full HD video up to 60fps with electronic stabilisation for video recording, there are a few subtle ways in which they differ as we’ll discover in this (rather short) comparison preview!

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