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Don’t let the name throw you. I’ve spent some serious time with the NEX-6 and a6000 feels and handles almost exactly the same. The design is a bit more angular and the buttons have been rearranged ever-so-slightly, but overall, it felt quite familiar.

One area where the NEX-6 occasionally left me wanting more was in low-light. Head toward the end of our sample image gallery to see for yourself how the a6000 did at progressively higher ISO’s. It seems there’s an overall improvement in noise performance. That being said, we will have to wait until we get it into the test lab to say just how much better it does in the dark than its predecessor.

The following images were all captured in RAW and converted to JPG’s using Lightroom 5.4.The majority of the photos were shot using the 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS kit lens, but some were shot using a Sony Ziess 24mm f/1.8 lens. No processing has been done other than a conversion from Adobe RGB to sRGB. Click the full-res preview in each slide for a closer look. And stay tuned for a full lab test coming your way soon.

stone cherub statue

Sony a6000 #2

Tech Specs: ISO 640, 1/640 sec, f/8.
Focal Length: 75mm
graffiti

Sony a6000 #3

Tech Specs: ISO 100, 1/125 sec, f/5.6.
Focal Length: 24mm (Zeiss 24mm f/1.8)
graffiti

Sony a6000 #4

Tech Specs: ISO 640, 1/320 sec, f/8.
Focal Length: 24mm
Sony a6000

Sony a6000 #5

Tech Specs: ISO 8000, 1/50 sec, f/3.5.
Focal Length: 24mm
small white flowers

Sony a6000 #6

Tech Specs: ISO 640, 1/1600 sec, f/8.
Focal Length: 24mm
road over red bridge

Sony a6000 #7

Tech Specs: ISO 400, 1/1000 sec, f/9.
Focal Length: 75mm
apples

Sony a6000 #8

Tech Specs: ISO 640, 1/125 sec, f/8.
Focal Length: 24mm
City port

Sony a6000 #9

Tech Specs: ISO 640, 1/2500 sec, f/8.
Focal Length: 62mm
graffiti

Sony a6000 #10

Tech Specs: ISO 400, 1/800 sec, f/9.
Focal Length: 24mm
girl sipping dr. pepper

Sony a6000 #11

Tech Specs: ISO 3200, 1/30 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
building photograph

Sony a6000 #12

Tech Specs: ISO 500, 1/3200 sec, f/3.5.
Focal Length: 24mm
two old men conversing

Sony a6000 #13

Tech Specs: ISO 3200, 1/80 sec, f/1.8.
Focal Length: 24mm (Zeiss 24mm f/1.8)
subway photo

Sony a6000 #14

Tech Specs: ISO 4000, 1/50 sec, f/5.6.
Focal Length: 75mm
ATM gas station cigarettes

Sony a6000 #15

Tech Specs: ISO 3200, 1/125 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
girl with helmet and cigarette

Sony a6000 #16

Tech Specs: ISO 25600, 1/800 sec, f/3.5.
Focal Length: 24mm
Sony a6000 #17

Sony a6000 #17

Tech Specs: ISO 100, 10 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
City at ISO 200 5 sec f/4

Sony a6000 #18

Tech Specs: ISO 200, 5 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
city at ISO 400, 2.5 sec

Sony a6000 #19

Tech Specs: ISO 400, 2.5 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
City at ISO 800, 1.3 sec

Sony a6000 #20

Tech Specs: ISO 800, 1.3 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
City at ISO 1600, 1/1.7 sec

Sony a6000 #21

Tech Specs: ISO 1600, 1/1.7 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
City at ISO 3200, 1/3 sec

Sony a6000 #22

Tech Specs: ISO 3200, 1/3 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
City at ISO 6400, 1/6 sec

Sony a6000 #23

Tech Specs: ISO 6400, 1/6 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
City at ISO 12800, 1/13 sec

Sony a6000 #24

Tech Specs: ISO 12800, 1/13 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
City at ISO 25600, 1/25 sec

Sony a6000 #25

Tech Specs: ISO 25600, 1/25 sec, f/4.
Focal Length: 32mm
Dan Bracaglia
Dan Bracaglia

Dan Bracaglia, the News & Features editor at Popular Photography, has been covering imaging and camera technology for 13 years, with work appearing—both written and photographic—in publications including American Photo magazine, Digital Photography Review, Popular Science magazine, the Star-Ledger, Sound & Vision magazine, and of course, Popular Photography. Contact the author here.

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