Sony A6500 Hands-On Field Test in Austin, Texas

The Sony A6300 is one of our favourite APSC cameras, so we were surprised when an update was announced after less than a year. Boasting in-body stabilization, a touch screen and a hugely enhanced buffer, are the A6500 upgrades worth the extra money? Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake went to the A6500 press event in Austin Texas to find out.

Special thanks to Max Yuryev
Check out Max's A6500 review featuring Jordan and Chris:

Shot and edited by Jordan Drake
Shot on the Sony A6500

[DustinAbbottTWI]

Well done, guys. It's very clear that the Sony "perks" didn't rob you of your journalistic integrity. This is a well balanced look at a camera that maybe should have come out six months to a year later with deeper refinements. This is the Sony way, though, for good or bad.

[AkwaArifin]

Hahaha Jordan looks like you forgot to zipped you pants at 8:06 .

[tallaganda]

Hands down the best reviews on YouTube

[sylnyc]

Thank you for shooting your video with the product you're actually talking about. Thank you much (esp. for 4K option). Job well done.

[StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

Best test photos that you guys have used/featured to date... BRAVO, fellow Canadians!

[scbscb]

I like your reviews and most of the better reviewers seem to follow the same logic. What i don't really understand is why all focus on 1 or 2 features to decide if to upgrade or not. I own all 3 of these camera's soon and to me the differences between them come in small steps but many of them. Sure in this case IBIS is the biggie and touchscreen for most the second but there are about 20? other updates from bluetooth gps, image from video, better grip. better dial, better buttons, extra button, better heat control, buffer depth, no locking when preview etc etc that add all up to the value for a update. Not saying the review is bad but for owners these small things add up and just like with your phone they add up quickly over multiple versions the 6500 probably has close to 50 changes compared to the 6000.

[kabayansangpresiden]

always love your reviews, very throughly and detail, and i love how you tell how you feel using the camera instead of just informing the specs and performance.

[HughWalker]

Great reviews, I like the honesty of your reporting .

[theosphilusthistler]

you guys always get some worthwhile shots, not always the case with reviewers.

[ChrisProuse]

Great review guys! Thanks for sharing! 17:07 - if The Camera Store is selling the a6500 for $400, I'll take two ;)

[cweb]

man. Your shots are really good. Captures the action so good.

[Randuski]

You got some really awesome shots of those skaters. Really nice work 👍

[kaisharperwez]

I like your genuine comments, therefore
I always watch your videos to know about camer gears.

[artlessbene]

I wonder why they didn't work a few months more to give people a truly refined version of the 6300. The sensor has so much potential, but all the little quirks make this camera kind of unattractive (imo)...

[travisbroyles]

This camera consistently blows me away

[ShigeruKai]

Hi Chris and Jordan. Tanks for your great and honest review - as always. I have just got my pre-ordered A6500 today in Germany. I share a lot of your findings and opinions so far. I've only tried it for a few minutes in bad lighting.
Yes, the touch screen could be more responsive but I think it's a great addition. Contrary to your findings the tracking in movie-mode works really great in my opinion. Just put Center-Lock-On AF on a custom key and chose your subject. It will stick on it like glue. You can then change your subject by tapping the touch screen. Thus you can keep on changing and chasing various subjects. I don't know if it does as well as the 80D, but I really love this function. So much better than A6300 in usability. A6500 and the E PZ 18-105 are a great combo, by the way. Thanks again for your efforts!

[thephotovideoshow]

I've come to the conclusion that the darker screen in 4K on the A6500 has to be the extra touch layer for the AF. That's the only real answer unless they have purposely reduced screen brightness to accommodate the extra moving parts i.e. sensor stabilization.

Anyway, great meeting you guys. Great review as always! Hope to see you at the next one!

[scdobserver]

Finally you posted the review of this camera! We saw you in Max' video and the other guy whose name I can't remember...

[junco]

People hold on, the A6700 will be announced in a month !

[DavidDatura]

Another great 'matter of fact' review by this channel. To be honest I thought the a6500 would be bigger improvement over the a6300 than it turned out to be.