Cosinaphile, I hate narcisitic people, I hate this "Genaration Me", but I need a fully articulated LCD to make my own videos, to frame myself in picture, to watch the exposure, etc, and also to protect the LCD from scratches, for instances... All professional video cameras for video have a fully articulated LCD. Cropped from Sony A6400, Sony 18-135mm at 135mm, wide-open at f/5.6 at 1/640 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. In this Sony A6400 mirrorless camera review I will go over everything you need to know with a real world perspective using tons of sample photos, 4k video, and much more. I'd pass on the more expensive A6500 unless you're addicted to in-camera stabilization or something particular like having the M2 setting on the top dial instead of S&Q. Links The Sony A6400 is an advanced mirrorless camera designed for both enthusiasts and professionals, so it has many complex functions and features. If you need an external app to configure a camera to your liking, you’ve already lost the battle. That is certainly not the case with Sony's mirrorless system. @FlyinDoc,Rolling shutter reported with those lenses on the A6500. It's a "tool", and a damned good one, too, but I never looked forward to picking it up and it did not inspire me to be creative and trying to make photographs instead of snapshots. One SD slot for an SD, SDHC or SDXC card (regular or micro), or Memory Stick Pro Duo, PRO HG-Duo or Micro (M2). The words 'Real-Time' don't even appear in the camera's menu. What a bunch of babies. The a6400 takes some fantastic photographs, and in particular, has some welcome tweaks to its JPEG engine. Reduces the usefulness of the flip up screen in that situation. bigger or full-resolution. Sony Alpha A6400 - 11fps Continuous Shooting, with C-AF - Visit http://www.ephotozine.com for sample photos, reviews, specifications, discussion and more. Today we program our cameras to do it for us automatically based on our preferences and subjects. AC3, 2-channel Dolby Digital or linear PCM. It can be that you are looking at the screen more then normal (I take a picture, look at the screen just to see if it is right and I switch of the camera). Now Sony is simply applying that successful business model to the MILC world. The new processor seems to give much better range of light and dark areas, sort of lightening the dark areas and darkening the bright ones. Sony's menu system is the worst in the business. In your spec summary, you show both the A6400 and A6300 as having Bluetooth. Excellent photos from such cheap lenses. I use custom Fn settings and reassign buttons too, and "My Menu" for the items that I sometimes use but not enough to put in Fn, and also for the items that are impossible to put in Fn, such as compressed/uncompressed raw. @cosinaphile - "i would sensibly use my fujis camera remote to frame and fire, and while connected could instantly transfer said selfie to post to instaface or selfbook". I never use my 18-135mm switch and just hit the body button. I don't know how it works but that doesn't sound right. > good UI means you have sensible defaults to begin with, > If you need an external app to configure a camera> to your liking, you’ve already lost the battle. Now I set my A6400 for my styles of shooting, and set each into the Memory positions for easy recall. I have a NEX 7.I use manual focus and manual exposure.I shoot raw.My prime lens has no stabilization.So if I ignore all the shooting features added to this new camera, is the raw image from its 24mp sensor any better than the raw image from my NEX 7 24mp sensor? I am happy with Olympus for most things. Welcome to the Sony merry-go-round. It comes in several kit versions at Adorama, at Amazon, at B&H and at Crutchfield. Fujifilm's latest X-S10 is a likeable mirrorless camera with some of the company's best tech packed inside, and it doesn't cost the earth. )- Also, focus hold doesn’t seem to be possible in Continuous Focus mode. The sound of the aperture and autofocus motor may still be heard when the Silent Shooting feature is on. Just to make myself clear, I am a Canon user and think its UI is, at best, only slightly less horrific than Sony’s. One step further tho..what damage, if any, would I provoke if i were to manually adjust the focus ring in AF mode? If you haven't helped yet, please do, and consider helping me with a gift of $5.00. @captura - "Why should Sony waste resources developing new APSC lenses when Sigma and others are doing it for them?". For better or for worse, the a6400 handles just like the a6300 before it. I've ordered the a6400 with the 18-135 zoom but also need a very sharp and fast fixed lens. I pressed the back button customized to be "AF on," let go, and recomposed. I like to add Auto ISO Minimum Shutter Speed and Silent Mode to these options instead of some of the defaults. The Sony Alpha a6400 camera has a new processor that enables 'real-time tracking' autofocus. We've combed through the options and selected our two favorite cameras in this class. This lens lets you shoot anything, anywhere with no need to change lenses. You have issues with people wanting to capture memories of themselves in photos? "Default JPEG colors aren't our favorite"You guys are so kind, thanks for the excellent review! I don't want to start anything that causes arguments. Bad/dumb Sony. Better sell under-engineered stuff that you will want to replace in couple of months. No In-finder live-view RGB color histogram (no Sony has this while shooting; you have to stop and play back to see a full RGB histogram.). (Review of the Sony A6400 here.) The best high-end camera costing more than $2000 should have plenty of resolution, exceptional build quality, good 4K video capture and top-notch autofocus for advanced and professional users. The T8i is a DSLR, while the A6400 is a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. There is total compatibility between all E-mount APS-C and FF lenses, because they all use a common mount. Two of the 12 lenses have already been launched; the 24/1.4 and 135/1.8. The Sony α6400 is a compact and lightweight 24.2 megapixel, high-spreed Mirrorless Camera with a range features you’d expect from a full-frame model.The A6400 includes a 24.2-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor, super-fast 0.02 sec. Here's a couple of tips which may help to conserve battery life in some Sony cameras.1 - Take the Finder/Monitor setting off Auto.2 - Use the Airplane Mode ON setting. Just because you can get used to and learn to live with something, doesn't mean that you're comfortable eith it. I just checked, and it works as I described. Give it a watch, then try it yourself! I prefer my images be tagged with "© KenRockwell.com." Or maybe it will the other way round -- now that the market is in quite some turmoil... Until then, we'll just keep seeing that constant stream of bad market news, and constant moaning of how mobile phones eat everyone's cake. I mean, I was told to expect approx 300 shots per charge with the A6000. "We generally keep AF-C enabled, enable face and eye detection in the menus, then select the Tracking: Flexible Spot M focus area. My Nikon was pretty old, so I expected it to be a learning curve. I don't know what it is that you can only take about 100 pictures on one charge with your A6000. Sony released the 16 MP EXMOR APSC sensor around 2010 as I recall. Pick the focal length you need. Gone are the days when poor C-AF is acceptable in any mirrorless camera. These include: 1. electronic shutter for silent shooting 2. more creative styles such as Autumn Leaves, Night Scene, etc. With this setup, you can move the Flexible Spot around using the touchscreen, and once you half-press, the camera will begin tracking whatever is underneath it. Reviews You'd be hard-pressed to ever encounter a situation where you'd see a difference between lossless and uncompressed RAW. (405.85g) actual measured weight with battery and card. Had a Sony A6300 and ditched it for the same cons mentioned here. I still use the NEX-7 with it's wonderful Tri-Navi controls. The rear LCD is tiny. The only thing that matters at this point in the history of new camera tech, is IS (In Body).So, as this is one more $1000 obo device without it, lets put it back on the shelf and reach for a real camera.Fuji X-H1.Why settle for less?No one should.And if your argument against the X-H1 is...."does not let me take selfies", then plz just remain quiet, as that kind of logic is embarrassing to have to endure. Not quite as much reach, but I prefer the wider angle (24mm vs 27mm equivalent). I'm speaking about Sony here, but that's just because it's what I (currently) use and thus know well. For example: the entire menu structure should be described by an XML (or JSON, or whatever) file. The a6500 has been out for ages, so why just consider Sony now? Watch our video to learn more. There is not any objective consensus in anything you said. The a6400 scored neck-and-neck with the X-T30 and both received the Gold Award. museums). Charges via USB in-camera. Gallery Extra batteries is NOT an answer, it's an extra expense. It would probably be some very small niche hobby, like landscape painting! Canon puts all the autofocus settings in an Autofocus menu, while Sony has no Autofocus menu and instead throws the autofocus controls in many random places around the menu system. Thanks. However, I never said "user-editable" [XML/JSON]. Playback is nicer than usual for Sony because you can use the rear touch screen to navigate around a zoomed image as you view it through the electronic finder. Is this a professional feature, this so called narcisitic feature? How long can it continues shooting video without hit issue or the issue still exists. BUT WHERE the heck is IBIS??? About Sony's a6x00 series (especially the most recent ones) are very good cameras. The time from start-up until you can shoot takes approximately 0.5 seconds longer than usual. If moving over to an A7 design style with central EVF, it will be named an A7000. Yes the three Sigma DC DN lenses, 16, 30 and 56 mm are available with both e and M43 mounts. The A6400 is a tiny little camera that produces big-camera professional results. The same for Fuji X-T3 and X-H1. Click any for the camera-original © files to explore on your computer (mobile devices rarely show the full resolution files properly): High ISOs only tend to look bad when you're greatly enlarging images. People that hate video should be able to completely disable entire sections so that they do not show up in the menu. sony 6400 bagged both EISA and tips awards. Complaining about the flip-up screen being in the way of your hot-shoe mic is about the whiniest thing I’ve thing I’ve ever read. Assign "AF on" to a customizable button and set the camera to AF-C. Then, when you hold the customized button down the focus will track and when you release the button it will stop. I set 1/125 as the minimum shutter speed for people photos. They were smart enough to open up E mount protocol, but their wisdom ended there, alas. LCD flips-up 180º for self-portraits (A6300 only flipped-up 90º). Continuous Video Tracking is now becoming the benchmark of any camera, and those won't can't do C-AF reliably will died. © Ken Rockwell. I am a micro 43 shooter. All of the A6000 series offer super-fast autofocus, fast operation and great pictures. It's like dinging a camera for having annoying packaging. [For those that don’t know, aps-c is a sensor size smaller than “full frame,” which is equivalent to the size of old 35mm film. You should set the camera to allow you to use the touch screen to move around a selected AF zone, but watch out if your nose hits the LCD, especially when you turn the camera to vertical. Workshops Sony offers 17 APS-C mirrorless lenses and has 3rd party support (because they allow it). "Question: Will it track the face once it moves away from the Flexible Spot? The a6400 is pitched as a vlogging camera, but it has some video capture shortcomings. It comes as a kit with the small and weightless do-everything 18-135mm lens at Adorama, at Amazon, at B&H and at Crutchfield. However when i bought the 55-210 OSS lens (which is indeed cheap by that price rate) it is quite a let down. I briefly had the rx100 va, and one thing I noticed was that the burst speeds were amazing, but then the camera would sit there for literally 30 seconds clearing the buffer, unusable. So Sony don't charge anything to other lens manufacturers, so they can develop and sell E-mount lenses? Sure, the 'A6700,' but no mention by Sony of any new APS-C lenses, which we badly need. Books Close enough to Fuji's classic chrome :) Have seen settings to mimic portra/astria/velvia films via this route too. There is a simple switch to turn on the silent shooting mode and you’ll find it under the purple tab with the camera icon and the number 2. Golden Light on Barrio Logan. Since then there have been improvements around the edges, like BSI, readout speed, OSPDAF, and so on, but relatively tiny improvements in IQ. ISO goes to ISO 102,400 (A6300 only went to ISO 51,200). Unless you need better AF, better EVFs and faster operation, there isn't a whole lot of incentive to upgrade your camera. It’s also light, compact, and very easy to travel with. I only hope it's much better with this A6400. For all normal uses at reasonable sizes as you can see below, the A6400 gives perfectly wonderful images at up to ISO 32,000, with just a little bit of color mottling at ISO 32,000. Sony A6400 vs A6000. New advanced real-time eye AF system with even better tracking has the same functions as the state-of-the-art professional Sony A9. The goal is obviously to make it one continuous system that caters to all levels of users, regardless of which format they choose to use. 'What's the best mirrorless camera?' I recommend them all personally. And by repeating this ergonomics myth they have given an excuse to brand bashers to base their attack on it. Is there a price range you're thinking of? The only real difference with full-frame is less depth-of-field; otherwise these glorious little APS-C cameras do the same things and take the same pictures but cost only half as much, and even at the same price these APS-C cameras and lenses weigh half of what full-frame cameras and lenses do. Hmm, X-H1 vs A6400, X-H1 seems to be an abandoned line by Fuji, Very disappointing that Fuji didn't add IBIS to X-T3, totally confusing what Fuji is doing. The overall result is a rather confusing mashup of options, with little appreciable semblance of organization. It's a matter of managing your resources, putting those limited resources towards specific goals at specific times. Both go to 11 FPS in regular mode). If this happens, just tap the rear center button which reverts back to auto AF area select. They don't make money off of Sigma lens sales. Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23MP), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12MP). Why to have this kind of discussion? I can't recall ever getting less than 400 on any battery. Also tried Sony A7ii and end up buying A7ii as the price was the same as with Sony 6400 and for sure in my book A7ii is better camera(minus AF of course). bigger or full-resolution. I went back to apsc, sony in particular because I want great value per dollar spent. It may have remained a side stream range, not to be taken too seriously. Want the full list of specifications for the a6400? "Sony is still the biggest sponsor of dpreview I see.". The Nikon Z7 II has the same great ergonomics as its predecessor, but has more processing power, dual card slots, 4K/60p video, improved autofocus and more. True, the ergonomics could be better, but even then I know my settings and button layout so well that any changes I need to make are relatively fast. But as mgreenfield has suggested, you could always swap to back-button focus, but I find that AF button a bit fiddly myself. How-To It comes in several kit versions at Adorama, at Amazon, at B&H and at Crutchfield. Actually, all the A6000 series have remarkable autofocus, and Sony tells us that the A6400 is even more advanced than the others, now with the ability to track individual eyes with its new advanced real-time eye AF system with even better tracking. All content, design, and layout are Copyright © 1998 - 2021 Digital Photography Review All Rights Reserved. Southwest Airliner and Moon. The primes from Zeiss are very good, but very expensive compared to the very good and less expensive primes from Fuji and m 4/3. I'll try it again, but it seems the only way to lock focus (and recompose) while avoiding it automatically changing to tracking (not only people but moving leaves, anything moving) is to toggle back and forth between Single Focus mode and Continuous which is an extra step. Exposure X6 is the latest Adobe Lightroom competitor from Exposure Software. Same with high speed video shooting. ), You’re right that the emount doesn’t have 2,8 zooms for apsc, but a 2.8 zoom on apsc doesn’t makes sense to me, when you could use full frame anyway. What would make me buy another Sony APS-C is a6400 (AF) with IBIS, GPS, Z battery (2x the juice), and great mobile integration -- current Imaging Edge is just as horrendously lame as Play Memories Mobile before it. Sony A6400, Sony 10-18mm at 18mm, f/18 hand-held at 1/8 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. To change the frame rate, press the Fn button, select the advance mode icon which is usually at the left, select the continuous mode (usually a bearded rectangle icon) and that's where you can select among LO, MID, HI and HI+. The Electronic Shutter is useful for silent shooting as it produces no sound or vibration. It works fine, although the finder seems a little jumpy. Does anyone know if the phase detection AF uses cross sensors, in order to focus on subjects with horizontal lines? Most importantly, I remove lots of pre-installed apps, and heavily rearrange the rest. (I do not like to use the screen to initiate tracking. Can you explain me why? FW updates must be OTA (WLAN), available with a single press of a button. But they obviously want to make money from their own lens sales as well. The full-frame e-mount lenses work beautifully on the A6400 and other APS-C bodies, and some are sufficiently small-sized. But nope, same old horrendous Play Memories Mobile, just re-branded. Auto White Balance is excellent. Like all of the most recent Sony cameras, the a6400 includes an electronic shutter option that allows you to shoot silently in situations where discretion is paramount. I've had my A6000 for almost 3 years ( or is it 4) and it's next to brand new because I just could not handle the rate at which it chews through batteries so I just leave it in the cupboard, I mean "it's horrifying" to see those battery life percentage numbers tumble downward so fast. Sony has a great focus tracking system but stupidly has not provided quick/easy implementation. This week Chris and Jordan compare four popular mid-range APS-C mirrorless cameras: the Canon M6 II, Nikon Z50, Sony a6400 and the Fujifilm X-T30. Price Match Guarantee. US manufacturer Really Right Stuff just released a new lightweight travel tripod, aimed at active and weight-conscious photographers that don't want to compromise on quality. Building upon its GPT-3 language model, OpenAI's new AI creation, DALL-E, can create images of anything you can describe with varying levels of success. It either works or it doesn't. Both cameras are equipped with an APS-C sensor. They could have done better....... for years now. Bathing Beauty. Thanks again Cosmar. Anyone still have a NEX-3? Now, the Sony FE cameras are a different story but boy, the lenses are expensive. Not the best IBIS, blown away by M43, especially Olympus. Sure, you can pay a lot more for a full-frame system, but here's a secret: the pictures look the same! As a current a6x00 fan, I have a6000, a6300 (bought for my son), and a6500. Press Fn, and 12 settings appear across the bottom of your screen. That's a great lens: compact, fast, sharp. We're glad you asked. Find out in our initial review. Sony's a6400 has an awful lot of refinements on the inside - take a look. And the a6000 before that. bigger. yeah, who cares if your x-h1 photos are blurry because the af is weak sauce. They've secured their position in FF MILC in preparation for Canon and Nikon's FF MILC releases. @captura - "why should this suddenly happen now? You may prefer to use your own name, like KEN, instead. Using remote on iPhone is a joke. I can understand Sony's thinking about APS-c lenses. All about tech, not IQ. So don't belittle people's desire to capture themselves in photos. The a6400 also has a silent shooting mode which stops any noise which might distract the subject from their natural behavior. In the Canon mirrorless world, they are too different, incompatible systems. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm sure it will sell like the hot cakes though. But then, if someone walks into a static scene and you quickly want to track them, you have to use a custom button set to Focus Mode and change it back to Continuous, and then use another custom button to initiate Face Priority. Most companies can't do everything all at once. So if you must have dual card slots (and uncompresssed RAW), I would just wait until Sony releases their "enthusiast" APS-C body. So, these are very different strategies! We look at common photographic use-cases and see how the a6400 measures up. @captura - https://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2018/09/27/sony-strategy-12-new-lenses-coming-soon, https://www.techradar.com/news/sony-to-launch-12-more-lenses-in-2019, I'm pretty sure that out of the 12 new lenses coming for E-mount, some of them will be for APS-C. And it would seem appropriate that Sony would release "enthusiast" APS-C lenses (ie, f/2.8 zooms) to go with their new "enthusiast" APS-C body. We've broken down the differences and how they compare to their rivals. You simple want back button focusing, don’t you? Know? bigger or full-resolution. Inconvenient, possibly.. Unusable? sigh! I prefer my files name the camera instead of being generic. Well, guess what, "primary function of mobile phones" used to be phone calls, until Apple showed everyone how it's done. Canon introduced an 18-150 zoom for their EOS M system a couple years ago. Nikon rules. I picked up a Canon 7D MkII and I had to figure out where stuff was.. there is no magic... and honestly the menus looked paged in quite similar fashion to my A9.. (and the a6400 is basically the same).. so.. yeah. You have to turn off all of Silent mode, HDR, Smile Shutter, Multi-Frame NR, the self timer, continuous bracketing and continuous shooting. Or are professional videographers more narcisistic than consumers? What's the best camera for shooting landscapes? In real life, on vacation I can see 400-500 shots per charge on my A6300 with walkaround general photography, or up to 1,400 shots per battery when doing heavy burst shooting while out birding or wildlife shooting. I believe that a year or 5 ago (or longer) the old NEX GUI was replaced for the same kind of GUI as can be found in the A-mount camera's. Real world images from the Sony A6400: The Sony A6400 (See on Amazon) is Sony’s first aps-c camera in over two years. This does not sound like a “quantum leap”. In the real world, the A6400 works fast and sure. I just bought the sigma dn 19mm f2.8 lens for $137, try finding a similar prime that cheap for x mount or fe mount. I set M2 for photos of people: moderate resolution and saturation, and set Auto ISO to a slowest speed of 1/125 to stop motion. The A6400 is ultra-fast and I can't find anything to shoot that it can't track. Chris and Jordan tell us why it's a solid choice for many shooters. But if a menu system requires you to figure it out, then I'd say there *is* something wrong with it. Grab this tiny jewel with the collapsible 16-50mm PZ lens and it gives pro results while fitting in a pocket, and with the 18-135mm lens still weighs next to nothing, goes everywhere and can shoot anything. Is it a good fit for you? I have an A6000, my brother 'had' an A6300 and they are both horrible on battery life. It is financially unfavorable for camera manufacturers to give you one single camera that lasts 5 years, and so is it physically impossible to implement M43 IBIS in a full-frame body. I will say, that's a -deep- menu system they have, haha. The A6400 has superb high ISO performance. As Rishi wrote, it becomes more of a point-and-shoot - and I do believe, actually, that that's a bad thing, at this price point. You find the subject, lock the subject, and play around with composition. Included Sony AC-UUD12 universal USB power adapter. TO recall, set the top dial to MR, then either press MENU > CAMERA 1 > page 4 (Shoot Mode/Drive2) > MR Cam1/Cam2 Recall > move the cursor left or right to select, then press the big rear central ● button to recall that setting, or more simply, just set the top dial away from and then return it to the MR setting, move the selection left or right, and then press the big rear central ● button to recall them. The Rokinon primes have opened my eyes to the quality that my NEX is capable of with a sharp lens and I think I will get more bang for my buck getting better lenses than I would getting a newer body. I let the camera go to ISO 102,400. The buffer capacity has been improved too, so that the A6400 can now capture up to 116 JPEGs or 46 compressed raw files in a burst. Consumer camera needs a good consumer lens. I have other camera's to use and they don't have such an issue.. A great pleasure to use if you don't need connectivity, fast subject tracking or animal eye-focus. This is what he suggested. The fundamental problem with Sony, and especially the E mount still remains. Do you have any advise on this? What's the best camera for travel? These places always have the best prices and service, which is why I've used them since before this website existed. Unfortunately though tracking AF can't compete with the A6400. Again, very different strategies! The A6500 and A7 II can´t! Can it successfully merge the two? The A7-lll & A9 has done the same for FF mirrorless world. I can't find any flaws with the A6400's autofocus, it's an amazing system. Built-in GN 6 (meters at ISO 100) flash with 4-second recycling time. Rangefinder-ish body is great for compact primes (of which I have... plenty), too. bigger. Cards are not titled properly, and show up as "Untitled" when seen in your computer, rather than something that makes sense like "SONY A6400.". Ergonomics is quite subjective otherwise since i am good with sony's ergo everyone else has to be. As Nikon and Canon have concentrated on full frame mirrorless recently, the Sony A6400 is … New However, despite the noise, the A6400 stills pulls out more details in the shadows anyway - https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/image-comparison/fullscreen?attr144_0=sony_a6400&attr144_1=sony_a6400&attr144_2=fujifilm_xt30&attr144_3=fujifilm_xt30&attr146_0=100_5&attr146_1=100_6&attr146_2=160_6&attr146_3=160_7&attr177_0=off&attr177_1=off&attr177_2=off&attr177_3=off&normalization=compare&widget=665&x=-1.0234575652074653&y=-0.5278862923540646. It's just like DSLR systems: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sDkcvPL35PA/UsH9xlti3hI/AAAAAAAAIB8/YjYUQX2hWJs/s1600/Canon-DSLR-Lineup.jpg, https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wubgBRa2PVo/Vrxfc61lUHI/AAAAAAAAACw/yZ-re6FnUPI/s1600/Nikon-Line-up.jpg. Sony's a6400 is a compact 24MP mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with an APS-C sensor that will serve plenty of photographers from family documentarians to pro shooters looking for a lightweight second body. 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