Thinking of picking up Sony a6000

ShortWarning · 19 Jun 2020 at 10:36

Hi all,

I'm looking at replacing my Nikon d5100 with a Sony a6000.

There's a few reasons. 1. I do a little bit of streaming and am looking to make a few videos which the Nikon is not ideal for. I've pretty much stopped taking my Nikon out on days out because with the camera and lenses it's just too cumbersome. the a6000 can more or less fit in my pocket.

Now, my absolute favourite lens for my nikon is my Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G (I mostly take pictures of people). Is there a semi affordable lens that I could get for the Sony that is equivalent? I was looking at the 50mm which I know will not be the same focal range but would be hoping for similar results.

My last question is - is the a6000 still a good buy? I know it's pretty old now but if I also want to pick up a portrait lens I wouldn't want to spend too much more unless it made a massive difference. Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks all!

ShortWarning · 19 Jun 2020 at 16:23

Thanks for the feedback. How is the 16-50mm lens that comes with it?

ShortWarning · 26 Jun 2020 at 18:57

Nice pic!

I always bloody doing things like this. Was going to the cheap option and ended up with this:

Whoops.

Thanks for the advice guys.

ShortWarning · 7 Jul 2020 at 00:53

AshFU said:
How are you getting on with the a6400, I've been thinking about picking one up

I’m struggling with the menu system (coming from Nikon d5100) but other than that I’m loving it with the sigma lens.

I’m slowly getting used to the menus so it’s just a matter of time really.

ShortWarning · 7 Jul 2020 at 11:01

Although in saying that, I have been really struggling with overexposed sky. I seem to have a choice, properly exposed sky or properly exposed subject (I know things a trickier at the moment with cloudy skies). I'm not sure I remember having the same issue with my old camera.

ShortWarning · 7 Jul 2020 at 14:31

footman said:
How have you set the metering?
Don't worry about learning the menus, it only takes a few years to learn Sony menus....

Haha, there are quite a few menus!

I've got it set to multi. I need to learn about the different metering settings I think.