Sony a6000 or a6300

mOdO · 7 Jan 2018 at 18:01

Looking for a travel camera but do I pay the difference of around £200 for the a6300?

It will also be used to take pictures and record sport.

Thanks

Spleen Sauce · 7 Jan 2018 at 22:48

I'd say yes, its worth the extra. The EVF is far superior and if you're shooting sport then the considerably higher number of AF points will make a difference.

Minstadave · 7 Jan 2018 at 22:52

I'd pay the extra too.

Drollic · 7 Jan 2018 at 23:06

Had an a6000 and whilst great to learn on ultimately sold due to lens choice. There's no way I'd pay a6300 money in the uk with the lack of good lenses.

Schizo · 8 Jan 2018 at 09:41

Drollic said:
Had an a6000 and whilst great to learn on ultimately sold due to lens choice. There's no way I'd pay a6300 money in the uk with the lack of good lenses.

This,i would get the A6000 and a good lens.

Drollic · 8 Jan 2018 at 10:59

Schizo said:
This,i would get the A6000 and a good lens.

There's some reasonable primes but no good general use zoom. They badly need an 18-55 that's good iq and faster than 3.5.

Schizo · 8 Jan 2018 at 11:24

I had the sigma 19mm prime,it was good but as you say they need some good zoom lens on the A6 range.

mOdO · 8 Jan 2018 at 21:12

Cheers guys, I went for the a6300 with kit lens!

Is the kit lens really that bad? I was thinking of trading it for the 19mm?

Drollic · 9 Jan 2018 at 18:14

It's like having a good hot hatch with the engine from a base spec/mid range fiesta. The 19mm is good for the money. It's just limiting sometimes and you have to be prepared to move around a lot and crop. You can say this about any prime, however it's different in this scenario in that you can get the same quality through a zoom in some cases - as in its not for shallow dof you have to make the sacrifice for as there's no zoom alternative. Except you can't get that quality, as nothing's available.

ddoubleep · 10 Jan 2018 at 09:51

When I had the A5100 I found the kit lens too soft and not really sharp. There is a lottery with them as some are sharper than others.

The Sigma stuff doesn't have all the focus points when using auto focus but should be better than the kit lens in almost every way.

mOdO · 10 Jan 2018 at 22:23

Arrived today, I'll have a play with the kit but coming from a 5dmkii it's so small!

Spleen Sauce · 11 Jan 2018 at 08:05

My copy of the 16-50 PZ kit lens that I had with my A6000 was actually pretty decent. Not that sharpest thing in the world but you can't beat it for portability.

rodders · 18 Jan 2018 at 18:19

Spleen Sauce said:
My copy of the 16-50 PZ kit lens that I had with my A6000 was actually pretty decent. Not that sharpest thing in the world but you can't beat it for portability.

my 1650 produces nice photos too, wouldn't complain about them.

stufflol · 19 Jan 2018 at 12:01

Just trying to get rid of my sigma 19mm for £70 as I cant really use it for video on my a6500, it is great for stills tho, only used it once and cant find a buyer for the life of me...

mOdO · 19 Jan 2018 at 19:23

stufflol said:
Just trying to get rid of my sigma 19mm for £70 as I cant really use it for video on my a6500, it is great for stills tho, only used it once and cant find a buyer for the life of me...

Can't seem to message you. Send me a message in trust.

stufflol · 19 Jan 2018 at 20:38

mOdO said:
Can't seem to message you. Send me a message in trust.

Think I PM'd you see if you can reply

Schizo · 19 Jan 2018 at 20:53

mOdO said:
Can't seem to message you. Send me a message in trust.

stufflol said:
Think I PM'd you see if you can reply

Are you guys serious,you do know trading outside of the members market is against the rules !

mOdO · 20 Jan 2018 at 07:46

Schizo said:
Are you guys serious,you do know trading outside of the members market is against the rules !

Apologies, happy to go through members market.

Schizo · 20 Jan 2018 at 08:12

mOdO said:
Apologies, happy to go through members market.

Then please do so,I'll be waiting in there.

aoaaron · 27 Jan 2018 at 15:30

Drollic said:
Had an a6000 and whilst great to learn on ultimately sold due to lens choice. There's no way I'd pay a6300 money in the uk with the lack of good lenses.

Sadly very true.

Unless you really need low light performance or great AF, the sony cameras are gimped by their lens lineup which they seem to not care about. Ultimately after owning a camera for 1-3 years, you will have invested 1-3x the money of the body in the lenses which will then last you 10 years.