Category Archives: Sony a6500

Gary Fong Bounce Panel Set for Sony a6000, a6300, and a6500

The Gary Fong Bounce Panel is a very interesting bounce flash add-on for the Sony A6xxx series of cameras. Compact and versatile, the unique hot-shoe mounted diffuser elevates and disperses the pop-up flash in a unique and powerful way. As a bounce panel, the compact pop-up flash becomes exponentially larger, resulting in softer light on […]

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Philip Bloom Video Auto-Focus Mega Test Part 1

Philip Bloom started a pretty big video auto focus shoot out between 10 cameras. In Part one Bloom starts off with some pretty typical tests, before trying an impossible test and giving up. The Sony’s all do very well, but so do the dual pixel focus Canon’s. In this video Philip Bloom tests the Sony a7RII […]

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CameraStoreTV Sony a6500 Hands-on

The Camera Store TV didn’t seem very impressed by the Sony a6500 calling it a a6300S in Apple terminology. It works well, but the touch screen is a let down and there seems to be a lot of sample variation. Sony a6500 B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

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Sony Setup for DSLR Users: 5 Custom Settings

Sony alpha universe published an article recommending 5 customizations to make DSLR users feel more at home when moving to Sony. I have never been a big fan of DSLR’s so I am not sure how much they will help switchers, but I know that all of the mirrorless companies are making more of an effort […]

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Affinity Photo for Windows is Now Available!

The Affinity Photo for Windows beta is now available. You can get a copy here. There is a list of supported cameras below and here are some tutorial videos to get you started.

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Sony Released New a6500 Marketing Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJDdRc8qbHA Sony produced some videos to show off the features of the new Sony a6500. Many think the a6500 simply fixes the problems with the a6300, but it’s in line with the release schedule that we previously shared, so it’s probably accurate to call it an incremental upgrade than anything else. I think many camera manufactures are focusing […]

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