Hey it’s Andy from Digital Camera Warehouse,
and this.. is the Alpha 6600,
the new flagship APS-C camera from Sony.
Let’s find out what’s been improved and
how it compares to the popular A7 Mark III.
Can the new A6600 beat one of the most popular
cameras of 2018?
Yes it can…and no it can’t…
it’s kind of complicated. We’ll get into
that.
The A6600 now uses the FZ 100 battery,
as opposed to the FW 50 batteries that are used
in the rest of the A6000 series.
Which means longer shooting times, no need
to carry around as many batteries but more importantly
creates a much bigger, beefier grip that is
more comfortable and is better balanced when
shooting with longer lenses.
The camera also has Sony’s new….
MEOW…
Do you mind?
Oh okay.
The camera also has
Sony’s new Evolved Eye-AF and Animal Eye-AF
in the stills mode for sharp portraits of
people and pets. As you can see it’s pretty
good at following people.
Eye tracking has been improved compared to
the 6500 and now it can be activated by just
half-pressing the shutter rather than having
to hold a custom button.
A feature carried over from the A6400 is the
‘My Menu’ function. This allows you to
create a custom menu, saving you time trying
to find what page that setting is on.
If you’ve shot outside with the 6500 on
a bright day you would have noticed that you
can’t boost the brightness of the screen
when shooting 4K, but that’s not the case
with the new camera.
I don’t know if new battery or an improved
processor… to be honest I got no idea, but
they fixed it.
It looks like any overheating issues have
also been resolved. I shot 4K video continuously
for over an hour without the camera shutting
off.
I did see the overheat symbol at around 58
minutes, but the camera did keep recording.
The A6600 also adds a headphone jack for monitoring
as well as a customisable for a grand total
of four customisable buttons.
And while we’re talking buttons, they’re
now more tactile and they make this satisfying
clicking sound. Is that a weird thing for
me to notice? Sure…..but does it make it
any less satisfying…no.
Okay. So let’s talk about the elephant in
the room, and it’s this…..the Sony A7
Mark III. Sony’s ‘entry level‘, full
frame mirrorless.
The biggest difference between the two is
that the 6600 has an APS-C sized sensor whereas
the A7 III has a full frame image sensor.
In general, full frame sensors collect more
light because they’re physically bigger,
but APS-C sensors and lenses can be more compact
and more portable because they’re smaller.
Also generally speaking APS-C lenses are cheaper
than their full frame equivalents.
One competition the A7 III definitely wins,
is being able to record on two cards simultaneously.
Because the A6600, only has the one card slot.
Personally, dual cards slots have saved my
bacon on more than one occasion, so it’s
always nice to have the option.
The A7III has more controls with a joystick,
front and rear dials as well as a control
wheel on the back.
The A6600 has a rear dial and a control wheel.
But Sony have introduced a new ‘my dial’
function that allows you to set a custom button
like the C4 button for example to instantly
change what settings the rear dial and control
wheel adjust.
The A7III does has more phase detection points
with 693, where the A6600 only has 425.
So, at this point you may be thinking, the
A7 III is the clear winner here? But I told
you it’s not that simple.
The a6600 has some features that the A7 III
doesn’t… for example
The Flip Screen. The LCD screen flips around
180° which is perfect for selfies, for vloggers,
for youtubers, whereas the A7 III, that screen
doesn’t flip around at all
The screen on the 6600 also tilts down an
extra 30° allowing you to get better over
the head shots.
If you’ve seen our video on the Sony A7r
Mark IV you’ll know how impressed we were
with the real-time tracking autofocus, unfortunately
it’s isn’t available on the A7III and
also from what Sony tell us, it won’t be
coming in any firmware updates.
But it is on the A6600, and yes it does work
in the video mode.
All you have to do is touch the screen to
set a tracking point and the camera keeps
it in focus no matter whereabouts it moves
in your frame.
Just like the A7r Mark IV, the Eye-AF on the
A6600 can be used in the video mode, which
is great news for vloggers and youtubers.
It’s not just useful for taking selfie style
videos though, it’s also just great for
capturing sharp in-focus shots of people,
making the camera an excellent choice for
shooting weddings or events.
This is taking longer than I wanted it to.
Okay let’s just really quickly go through
the rest of the advantages you get when you
purchase the A6600.
One. It has an easier to understand custom
key setting menu which means you can actually
see the button that your changing as opposed
to looking at a list of buttons which is just
kinda confusing
Two. It has no recording limit.
Three. ….. I forgot the third one.
And the third one is that it has a new touch
shutter function which means you can touch
to focus and trigger the shutter release.
Okay so overall the A7III and the A6600 are
both incredibly capable cameras and they each
has their own list of Pros and Cons.
It’s hard to make a call on which one is
better because honestly they’re both good.
If you shoot more low-light sort of stuff,
enjoy more controls and dual card slots is
a must then I would lean towards recommending
the A7 III
but if you prefer more vloggy, youtubey style
things or your want to put the camera on a
gimbal that’s when I’d recommend something
more like the A6600.
I hope if nothing else this video helps to
explain some of the differences between the
two cameras.
If you have any questions leave a comment
below,
subscribe to our channel and check us out
on facebook and instagram.
That’s all from us here at Digital Camera
Warehouse, we’ll see you next time.
What a time to be alive
The new flagship model from…..
Ooooh this is a bad start
Hey
Hey it’s Andy from Digital Camera Warehouse
and this… was too low for me to pickup..let’s
try this again and this time I’m going to
hold it in my hand
