Kisaha Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 This is a normal practice of Sony. I remember since the EX-1 and EX-3 days, and before that with the camcorders we were buying for 4-7000€, one week a camera was 6700, the next was like a bit under 5000 (true story!). Same with A7s/r I and II. I have a specific friend that bought a6000 just before the announcement of the a6300, and bought the a6300 2 weeks before the announcement of the a6500! I am not sure if he is going to buy the 6500 now.. The funny thing is, that to buy the a6300, he sold a Canon 6D and a 24-105, which the Canon after so many years had lost as much value as the a6300 in 7 months. Mirrorless cameras are considered as mass production items, with small life cycle, and so they are priced as such, Canon seems to follow this with their M series, (Sony/Samsung/Panasonic which are elecyronics companies are doing that for years) but not with their dSLRs that they consider pro cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugela Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 They don't have short life cycles. A product cycle is not a life cycle. I have 9 cameras of various ages. They all work fine, if I chose to use them. But right now the only ones that see use are my NX1, P900 and RX100M3. NX1 for most photography/video, P900 for long range stills (video on it is crap), and the RX100M3 as a travel camera (I will likely replace it with a RX100M5 next year in March). Based on what has been announced so far, and what might be anticipated in 2017, I don't see the need to replace the other two in the foreseeable future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddoman Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Demonstration of hybrid AF in 4K video of A6300 and A6500 Low light, wide dynamic range A6500: A6500 slo mo, same conditions: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasiliskFilm Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 21 hours ago, teddoman said: Demonstration of hybrid AF in 4K video of A6300 and A6500 Not the most challenging subject to shoot, in bright light. Let's see a small fast dog running towards the camera in low light... I want to believe that the AF is excellent, but a lot of cameras could cope with shooting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liork Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Isn't the auto focus same as A6300? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasiliskFilm Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 2 hours ago, liork said: Isn't the auto focus same as A6300? Couple of things: when the PDAF is on the sensor, sensor-based stabilisation is good for object tracking, especially at long FLs. This camera has some extra processing power, don't know if any of it goes to helping with AF though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexO Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 It seems NDA period is over. Weird review by videomaker. Rolling shutter looks the same to me, it seems they just picked the worse frame for a6300 than for a6500. Another one by cameralabs with samples: http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Sony_Alpha_A6500/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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