WHICH SONY

[papasito]

Which Sony is the best to buy :

1- A6000

2- Nex 7.

They seem to be very similar, but they are different, or not?

[leemik]

A6000

[kryss]

Definitely a6000.

[thebbm]

sony a6000 is 3/4 years newer than nex 7.
both are APSC sensor but a6000 has a far more faster autofocus , better buffer for "rafale" shoot and other stuff like eye af ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4VB-LJSejM )

[papasito]

Thank you, very much to all of you.

I shall use it only with manual focus lenses.

Sony Nex 7 u$s 750

Sony a6000 u$s 1000

Worth the difference in money?

[kryss]

Most definitely,nothing else comes close.

[dnas]

Plus the NEX 7 doesn't have Playmemories Apps, which is useful, because you can tweak the Japanese domestic model, and add English menu.

[newst]

The A6000 is quite a bit better than the NEX-7 in many ways, most of which will not apply if you truly intend to shoot with only manual lenses. To me, if using only manual lenses, the only significant advantage of the A6000 over the NEX-7 is the A6000s increased ISO capability. You need to decide if that feature is worth the extra money. On the other hand I have heard many NEX-7 owners praise that camera's controls over those of the A6000. Never having had an NEX-7 I can't speak to that issue, but you might research it for yourself.

Compare the two yourself here: http://cameradecision.com/multi-compare/Sony-Alpha-a6000-vs-Sony-Alpha-NEX-6-vs-Sony-Alpha-NEX-7

[papasito]

[newst]

[supersignet]

I just bought the a6000 and the sigma 30 1.4 and the Sony Fe 50 1.8. I also have an older nex-5 and the a7k. the a6000 is really a great camera. I got it for my wife and she really loves it. The controls are customizable so you can set it up the way you want. I don't see much advantage in the controls in the nex-7. in comparison to my A7 the a6000 is a little smaller and lighter. Image quality is almost identical and the autofocus on the a6000 is miles ahead of the A7. the only issue I've had so far is the max shutter speed is only 1/4000th of a second which really isn't a big deal.

[thebbm]

[supersignet]

with my A7 the autofocus tends to hunt with the FE 50 1.8 and with the sigma 30 1.4. On the a6000 there is no hunting with either lens, however the sigma is noticeably quicker. It does an excellent job with continuous tracking as well.

[devinw]

I'm not sure where you're getting your pricing. The a6000 is only about $550. You can get an a6300 for $850.

[papasito]

[papasito]

[newst]

[papasito]

Ohhhh.....bad news.

Thanks Steve.

[leemik]

I have a NEX-7 .. shutter had to be repaired once due to a defect.. the camera was like 1 week out of warranty too and they wouldn't give it to me..

I have two NEX-5's, one NEX-3 and an A7R but there's something about the sensor in the NEX-7 that I dislike the most out of all the NEX cameras I currently own. I don't know if it's the pixel density or a thicker sensor stack? but wide angle rangefinder lenses reputed to smear and have a magenta cast ALWAYS do it on my NEX-7.. All the other Sony cameras I own seem to behave better in this regard. Even my Minolta 40/2 CLE which is reputed to magenta cast sometimes is completely unusable on the NEX-7 because eveything is shaded magenta.. but on all my other Sony e-mount cameras it's great.. So I'm just not a big fan of that sensor.

--mike

[simbon4o]

For manual focus - NEX6 for latest AF and sensor - A6000. NEX7 is too old and if you use the AF it is useless compared to the later NEX6. The A6000 viewfinder is worse than those of the previous models, still usable but worse.

[papasito]

Thank you, very much guys.

I really think that for my use (hobbist one and manual focus only and exclusively), my fixed 5N is not so bad.

I like the finder in the others three, the Nex 6, 7 and A6000. But I can live without it.

The money perhaps will be better used to buy another lenses (an old 28/2,8 Leica R)

My lenses today are

Leica R

90/2 not AA

180/3,4 APO

Canon R

35/2,5 - very good old lens

Minolta SR

MC 50/3,5 macro

I can't beleave that, but the rest was sold.

[Layer-cake]

The A6000 definitely, the ISO capabilities are better than the Nex 6 or 7. Even though the viewfinder has a lower resolution because of the higher refresh rate it works better than the Nex 6 viewfinder IMO.

If you go for a model that doesn't have the viewfinder make sure you get one with the additional dial controls as it makes things alot easier, that being said, there is quite a big copy variation on the sensor, I got lucky with mine but alot of them have severe banding across the sensor, so if you do get one, buy it brand new so you can return it if it has this issue. It actually seems to affect quite a few different models.

https://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&client=firefox-b&q=sony+a6000+banding+across+sensor&oq=sony+a6000+banding+across+sensor&gs_l=serp.3...29184.30709.0.30970.7.7.0.0.0.0.392.1860.2-3j3.6.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..6.0.0.doQwDQGzEBc&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.&bvm=bv.148073327,d.ZGg&biw=1760&bih=845&ech=1&psi=iWyyWI3INM2ogAbMl46wCA.1488088203642.3&ei=iWyyWI3INM2ogAbMl46wCA&emsg=NCSR&noj=1&gfe_rd=cr

[Lightshow]

Stick with the 5N and save up for an A7 series, I love my NEX-7 but I much prefer the FF sensor of my A7r.