A6000

How much flash will you use with the new camera?

The A6000 sensor is slightly better in most regards compared to the NEX7.
16mp is plenty for most uses.
I have no play memory app installed - YMMV.
I picked up a small (Godox TT350) flash for my APS-C cameras, anything bigger feels huge.

Edited by addy landzaat - 27 March 2021 at 11:43

Nooooo! You can't go off brand!

But if you do, a cheap Panasonic contemporary to the NEX-7 is the GX-1, and the 12-32 manual zoom is very compact.

I see no picture Howard - presumably because it is of a heathen brand? Does the GX1 have an EVF?

Addy - TBH I don't envisage a lot of flash use, the built-in flash will almost certainly do for most instances and my only multi-shoe flash (HVL-20M) would do for most other. I could also use iiso flashes with an adapter. It's not that I don't have options, just that I don't like the shoe. My A58 tells me every time I switch on that there is an incompatible accessory fitted to its empty shoe - the message goes away and has zero effect on use of the camera, flashes work fine, but it irritates me. The contacts are too flimsy, too exposed, seemingly designed to cause problems - the first being how to avoid losing the vital protective covers (not supplied with the A58). [rant over]

As for the Playmemories apps - blame Howard, he's got me intrigued. However, they come along with the wifi, which does interest me quite a bit - for remote control shooting, I'd like a lightweight camera for that.

Lee - I would consider other brands, but I am seduced by the ready availability of all those A mount lenses on my shelf, just an adapter away from full AF functionality. Are there any good AF adapters, even for SAM/SSM lenses, on other mounts? And 99% of my shots are handheld - the Olympus 40MP isn't going to help me much.

addy landzaat wrote: The OM-D E-M5 II (what is in a name) is bigger then the A6000 especially with the 20/2.8 and the OM-D E-M5 II with the panny 20/1.7 is only slightly smaller then the A6000 with the 35/1.8 OSS. Looking at reviews, it seems the OM-D E-M5 has nothing that makes it a better choice then the A6000 - but YMMV so make sure to read these reviews. Anyway, I know you're not looking for it, but Harrison Cameras has the Nex 3N for 70 GBP and the 16-50 for 75 GBP. Half your budget. They also have a brand spanking new A6000 with 16-50 for 469 GBP.

True YMMV. The size difference is a pleasurable EVF experience: the Olympus Model names actually make sense vs. Sony's random numbering. The reason i was going to stay out of this one is i don't like the a6000 period, full stop no caveats.
Sorry Phil, there are no AF adaptors for A-mount to Micro four thirds that i know of But if you're adapting a-mount lenses on the a6000 i have to ask "what's the point?"
   

Edited by LAbernethy - 27 March 2021 at 18:59

Um. so the a3000 is what? besides a piece of crap.
but it makes perfect sense the a6000 came out then the a6100 then the a6200 then the a6300 then the a6400 then the a6500 to where we are at the a6600. is that correct?

Edited by LAbernethy - 27 March 2021 at 20:52

Howard_S wrote: I’ll go ... OM is the SLR heritage as in OM-1, -2, etc. D is digital (not film) E is the digital SLR line Olympus had when it was just 4/3 rather than M4/3 M is probably the M4/3 line

Give credit where it's due, the OM stands for Olympus Maitani. Yoshihisa Maitani was chief designer for Olympus.

LAbernethy wrote: Howard_S wrote: I’ll go ... OM is the SLR heritage as in OM-1, -2, etc. D is digital (not film) E is the digital SLR line Olympus had when it was just 4/3 rather than M4/3 M is probably the M4/3 line Give credit where it's due, the OM stands for Olympus Maitani. Yoshihisa Maitani was chief designer for Olympus.

It still is a quite a random set of letters. it is named after both the film cameras (OM) and the digital SLR's (E) - so, it says first "SLR Digital" (OM-D) and then "DSLR-Micro" (E-M) - just E-M or just OM-D would have made more sense.... IMHO of course. The DSLR's were just plane E-1, E-300, E-620 - a bit like the Sony scheme.

Some more history: the Olympus OM-1 was originally called the M-1, but Leica was not amused and threatened to sue. So, it became the Olympus M-1 or OM-1.