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Sony Alpha a6500

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Alpha a6500

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Lowest Price: £1,448.99

New Flagship APS-C Sensor Camera Combines World’s Fastest AF speedand Highest Number of AF pointswith In-camera 5-axis image stabilisation, Touchscreen AF Operation, 24.2 MP Exmor® CMOS sensor and more
Availability
Discontinued No Edit
Year announced 2016 Edit
General
Lens Mounts
  • Sony E Mount
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Lens
Effective Magnification 1.5x Edit
Image Sensor
Pixels 24.2Mp (Megapixels) Edit
Pixels (W) 6000 Edit
Pixels (H) 4000 Edit
Sensor Type CMOS Edit
Sensor Size APS-C Edit
Sensor Size (width) 23.5mm Edit
Sensor Size (height) 15.6mm Edit
Aspect Ratio
  • 3:2
  • 16:9
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Pixel pitch No Data Edit
LCD Monitor
LCD Monitor 3in Edit
Brightness adjust Yes Edit
Tilting screen Yes Edit
Live view Yes Edit
Screen resolution 921,600 dots Edit
Touch Screen Yes Edit
Focusing
Focusing modes
  • Autofocus
  • AF Fine Tuning (Micro Adjustment)
  • Touch AF
  • Centre
  • Multi
  • AF Tracking
  • Face Detection
  • Spot
  • Manual
  • Eye Detection
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Focusing Points 425 Edit
Auto Focus Sensitivity -1EV - 20EV Edit
Construction
Waterproof No Edit
Waterproof Depth No Data Edit
Weather-sealed Yes (when used with weather-sealed lens) Edit
Exposure Control
Shutter speeds shortest 1/4000sec Edit
Shutter speeds longest 30sec Edit
Bulb mode Yes Edit
Self Timer Yes Edit
Exp modes
  • Program
  • Aperture-Priority
  • Shutter-Priority
  • Manual
  • Scene modes
  • Program Variable
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AE lock Yes Edit
Metering
  • Centre-weighted - Average
  • Multi Pattern
  • Spot
  • Centre Spot
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ISO sensitivity 100 - 51200 Edit
White balance
  • Auto
  • Manual
  • Bracket
  • Outdoors/Daylight
  • Cloudy
  • Incandescent
  • Fluorescent
  • Shade
  • Underwater
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Digital filter Yes Edit
Exposure Comp +/-5 Edit
Auto Exposure Bracketing No Data Edit
Viewfinder
Viewfinder field of view 100% Edit
Depth of field preview No Data Edit
Viewfinder Resolution 2,359,296 dots Edit
Magnification 0.7x Edit
Shooting Options
Continuous shooting 11fps Edit
Multiple exposure No Data Edit
Sound recording Yes Edit
Video
Movie mode Yes Edit
Video Resolution
  • 1920x1080 FullHD
  • 4K
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Video FPS No Data Edit
Stereo Sound Yes Edit
Optical Zoom with Video Yes Edit
Flash
Flash Guide Number (ISO100/m) No Data Edit
Flash sync speed No Data Edit
Flash modes
    		Edit
    Flash compensation No Data Edit
    Hot Shoe Yes Edit
    Shooting Performance
    Shutter response No Data Edit
    Focus speed - Wide No Data Edit
    Focus speed - Telephoto No Data Edit
    Switch on time to first photo No Data Edit
    Shot to shot speed No Data Edit
    Shot to shot speed - flash No Data Edit
    Continuous shooting - JPEG No Data Edit
    Continuous shooting - Flash No Data Edit
    Continuous shooting - RAW No Data Edit
    Other Features
    Number of Custom Functions No Data Edit
    Dust removal Yes Edit
    Image Stabilisation Yes Edit
    Histogram Yes Edit
    Thumbnail / Index view No Data Edit
    Video out No Data Edit
    Slide show mode No Data Edit
    Zoom playback No Data Edit
    GPS enabled No Data Edit
    Interface
    HDMI Yes Edit
    USB USB 2 Edit
    Firewire No Data Edit
    Platform
      		Edit
      Wi-Fi Yes Edit
      Ethernet No Edit
      NFC Yes Edit
      Bluetooth Yes Edit
      Microphone Socket Yes Edit
      Headphone Socket No Edit
      Storage
      Card Type
      • SD
      • SDHC
      • Memory Stick (Sony)
      • SDXC
      		 Edit
      File Type
      • RAW
      • JPG
      • RAW + JPG
      		 Edit
      Internal Memory No Data Edit
      Power Source
      Battery Type W-Series Lithium-Ion Edit
      Battery Life (CIPA rating) 350shots Edit
      Movie recording time No Data Edit
      Box Contents
      Box Contents No Data Edit
      Dimensions
      Weight 453g Edit
      Width 120mm Edit
      Height 66.9mm Edit
      Depth 53.3mm Edit

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