In the market for another mirrorless camera yet don’t exactly have the money for full-outline? You should include the Sony A6600 and A6100 to your waitlist, which have both presently been affirmed after before holes.
As their names recommend, the two seem to sit on either side of the Sony Alpha A6400 that was declared toward the beginning of the year, with the A6600 taking the respect of the lead APS-C model in the line.
Both new models seem to share much practically speaking with the A6400, including a 24.2MP APS-C sensor and A9-level BIONZ X handling. They likewise both have a top blasted shooting pace of 11fps, with self-adjust and auto-presentation working all through.
The pair additionally coordinate the A6400 in donning a 3-inch tilting LCD touchscreen. This likewise supports contact following AF in films, whereby the subject can be keyed with the finger before the camera takes control and remains with it.
Regarding the matter of video, the new models both record 4K film with full pixel readout and no binning, with 30p and 24p alternatives accessible. Each likewise has an intervalometer for making timelapse motion pictures, while Full HD recordings can be caught at up to 120p for moderate movement yield.
The A6600 and A6100 additionally share a mixture AF framework that wires 425 stage distinguish AF focuses with 425 difference recognize focuses, and this spreads around 84% of the casing. Sony says the cameras can center in as meager as 0.02 seconds, and they join the A6400 in offering AI-controlled Real-time Tracking, Real-time Eye AF and Animal Eye AF, just as quiet shooting at up to 8fps.
That is the place the models are basically the equivalent – here’s the place they part from one another.
Sony A6600
The fundamental bit of leeway of the A6600 over the A6100 (and A6400) is that it’s fitted with a five-hub, sensor-based picture adjustment framework, instead of requiring this in the focal point. It likewise adds an earphone jack to the mouthpiece port that graces the other two models, just as HDR video and Real Time Eye AF for motion pictures – simply like the Alpha A7R IV that was declared as of late.
Like the A6400, yet not at all like the A6100, the A6600 has a 2.36 million-speck electronic viewfinder and a top affectability of ISO102,400, while it likewise acquires a Z-arrangement battery from its full-outline Alpha kin, as opposed to the W-arrangement battery utilized in the other two.
Here, this battery offers around 720 shots with the viewfinder and around 810 shots when utilizing the LCD (both CIPA figures), which isn’t solid for a mirrorless camera of this sort, yet in addition the most grounded among any Sony mirrorless camera – the A6400, for instance, has a CIPA rating of 410 pictures for each charge.
The body likewise seems, by all accounts, to be hardier than the A6100’s, with magnesium combination top, front and back spreads, just as a magnesium compound inward outline, and the guarantee of protection from residue and dampness. The grasp is likewise more significant than that of the A6100.
The child of the trio, the A6100 mirrors the A6400 in expecting to depend on focal point based picture adjustment as opposed to having this inside the camera, and it likewise has a lower-goals EVF, with 1.44 million spots.
While it includes Real-time Tracking AF innovation, it passes up Real Time Eye AF following for motion pictures. It likewise doesn’t have the HLG, S-Log3 and S-Log2 Picture Profiles of the A6400 and A6600.
With a load of 396g, be that as it may, it’s a touch lighter than the A6400 (403g) and essentially lighter than the A6600 (503g), which is no uncertainty partially because of the nonappearance of sensor-based adjustment and the distinctive body materials.
Two new lenses
Sony has likewise purchased out some crisp glass to go close by the new Alpha pair, to be specific the E 16-55mm f/2.8 G and the E 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS.
The two lenses are intended for APS-C models, for example, the new cameras above, yet will likewise accomplice will full-outline models in the line, with a yield factor and pictures yield at a lower goals.
The E 16-55mm f/2.8 G is depicted as the organization’s leader standard long range focal point, with a XD straight engine and a steady f/2.8 gap as its fundamental draws. Sony likewise guarantees high corner-to-corner sharpness over the edge.
Two Advanced aspherical (AA) components and two aspherical components join three extra-low scattering (ED) components within, while inner center keeps the focal point at a steady size and focal point of gravity while centering. Nano AR covering has additionally been utilized to smother flare and ghosting, while a nine-edge round gap is said to convey normal looking bokeh.
The E 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS likewise touches base with the case of high corner-to-corner sharpness and a XD direct engine within. It’s been built with a seven-sharp edge opening and a residue and dampness opposition, together with a center hold catch that can be tweaked to taste.
The group of four will be accessible from October. The A6100 will be accessible at a body-just cost of £830/AU$1,349 while the A6600 will be valued at £1,450/AU$2,399. Different pack alternatives will likewise be accessible. Costs for the US is as yet unverified.
The E 16-55mm f/2.8 G will be estimated at £1,200 in the UK while the E 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS will cost £830. Evaluating for lenses in different markets is still to be affirmed and we’ll refresh this page when we know more.
