Sony announce the a6300

Mysterae_ · 3 Feb 2016 at 20:42

So not even a week after I getting my Sony a6000 and lenses (the 18-105 PZ just arrived in the post today

Available in a few weeks ($1,000 or $1,150 with kit lens, around £700 and £800 in our money) and it looks very nice.

I'm very happy with my newly acquired a6000, the price tag of the a6300 would have been too high after adding lenses and stuff.

The Verge review.

Anyone interested in the Sony a6300?

2StepSteve · 3 Feb 2016 at 20:48

No touchscreen and no IBIS, very surprising. Features and improvements seems to be focusing on the video side of things.

It makes the A6000 even more of a bargain in my eyes.

Mysterae_ · 3 Feb 2016 at 20:50

2StepSteve said:
No touchscreen and no IBIS, very surprising. Features and improvements seems to be focusing on the video side of things.

It makes the A6000 even more of a bargain in my eyes.

Totally agree, it's half the price but not half the camera.

Janesy B · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:00

Even though I just got my a6000, I'm happy to see new models come along as it means better lens support. Hopefully start doing some good mid range lenses as everything is either cheap or overly expensive atm.

Sighn · 3 Feb 2016 at 22:46

2StepSteve said:
No touchscreen and no IBIS, very surprising. Features and improvements seems to be focusing on the video side of things.

It makes the A6000 even more of a bargain in my eyes.

Agreed. Was hoping for touchscreen alongside the EVF.

Flibster · 3 Feb 2016 at 23:25

Well, I was tempted to replace my A6000 with the new camera with some of the rumours that were going around about this camera.

Well, not now. Far too much for not enough of a step forward.

Shame, the 120fps FullHD sounds fun and the focus speeds is barkingly speedy.

Spleen Sauce · 4 Feb 2016 at 07:41

Typical Sony really, incremental update and enormous price bump.

Should have sold my A6000 and not been lazy though, imagine the used market is going to fill up with them and as a result they'll probably drop in value.

traveyb · 4 Feb 2016 at 08:13

Love my A6000 however not looking to sell it for this. Quite disappointed that there is no IBIS, unless that's going to be reserved for the next "tier" of Axxx camera

StevenG · 4 Feb 2016 at 10:15

I've also just joined the Sony line-up with the same camera and lens as OP.

I'm not too fused about this release as it isn't enough of an upgrade to make me wish I'd waited.

IBIS would have been nice as it would have made using older lenses that much easier but otherwise for what I'll be using it for the a6000 will suite me fine.

MORE SPEED · 4 Feb 2016 at 10:48

Janesy B said:
Even though I just got my a6000, I'm happy to see new models come along as it means better lens support. Hopefully start doing some good mid range lenses as everything is either cheap or overly expensive atm.

Well they've also announced some new lenses, but I'd imagine they're going to be even more expensive than the current line up.

2StepSteve · 4 Feb 2016 at 11:06

MORE SPEED said:
Well they've also announced some new lenses, but I'd imagine they're going to be even more expensive than the current line up.

They are, I believe the new 85mm fast lens is like £1500. :eek:

Janesy B · 4 Feb 2016 at 13:12

The A6000 with kit lens was £700 when it came out, now you can get it for half that so the prices will come down.

Drollic · 5 Feb 2016 at 22:57

Perfectly happy with my a6000 and outside of the video and faster AF, probably not a large step up? Is the EVF and lcd display of better image quality?

SDK^ · 6 Feb 2016 at 09:19

4K video using all of the APS-C sensor pixels (no crop) for under £1k - wow

Columbo · 6 Feb 2016 at 09:38

SDK^ said:
4K video using all of the APS-C sensor pixels (no crop) for under £1k - wow

Yep tis indeed a big deal and it looks like they maybe aiming at the Gh3 / Gh4 crowd but with no official battery expansion available and the battery life on this being actually worse than the A6000, anyone hammering 4k on this better have a pocket full of spare batts.

AshFU · 6 Feb 2016 at 09:45

I'm guessing this will be £900+ when they finally get around to pricing the UK release

edgedemon · 6 Feb 2016 at 10:22

I only use old Pentax glass on my a6000 so this is a no go for me.
The two things I wanted were IBIS mostly and a better EVF would have been nice. So Im still happy, though will keep below 135mm unless I have a tripod. Long term will probably go for a A7rII in a few years once prices have come down as Id love to use my 55mm F1.2 at its natural FL

Schizo · 7 Feb 2016 at 15:07

Got my 6000 in december so will not be changing any time soon,the 6000 does everything i need and i love it.

matt_fsr · 8 Feb 2016 at 16:47

To those of you with the A6000, can I pick your brainz on how it performs? Specifically I'm interested in its' low-light capability, how well you feel it handles it on auto, as well as what its' burst mode and video are like?

Considering getting one, but I'd like some real-world opinions of it first

Cheers!

rhyswt · 8 Feb 2016 at 20:54

Was waiting for this to be released to (hopefully) drop the A6000 prices further. Don't really need the improvements, especially for the price difference...