Product Comparison: Sony NEX6 vs Sony Alpha A6000

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Sony NEX6 Mirrorless Camera

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Sony Alpha A6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera

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General Specifications

Brand

Sony

Model

NEX6

Alpha a6000

Origin

Japan

About the Product

The NEX-6 features a wish list of features and still fits in your pocket. And it's fast, too. Make quick changes with a handy DSLR-like dial. Focus and track fast-moving subjects with the speed and accuracy of phase and contrast detection. It even shoots 16.1MP photos at a blistering up to 10fps.

Test the limits of your creativity with the premium mirrorless DSLR that’s focused on speed. Every artistic shot you take—from fast-action to candid—benefits from 24.3MP detail and the world’s fastest auto focus6. For capturing crucial moments that go by in a blink, the a6000 can shoot 11 photos in one second. It’s compact and easy to use, too. Two quick-access dials let you change settings on the fly. Very intuitive.

Key Specs

Sensor Resolution

16.1 MP

24.3 MP

Sensor Type

CMOS

Lens

E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS

Viewfinder

Electronic

Sensor Resolution

Sony NEX6

Sony Alpha A6000

Size & Weight

Height

2.64 in.

2.63 in.

Width

4.72 in.

Depth

1.69 in.

1.78 in.

Weight

12.17 oz.

12.13 oz.

Sony NEX6

Sony Alpha A6000

Sony NEX6

Sony Alpha A6000

Sony NEX6

Sony Alpha A6000

Sony NEX6

Sony Alpha A6000

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Sony NEX6 Mirrorless Camera

It is amazingly compact for the performance.
It is light to carry and takes really sharp photos.
Compact, minimalist, excellent build quality.
The camera is ergonomically excellent and great size.
The camera is compact. Amazing quality.

Sony Alpha A6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera

The power zoom that comes in the kit is by no means a bad option - takes adequate photos, and preserves the selling point of the tiny size of the camera.
I love the small camera size.

Imaging

ISO Settings

100 - 25600

Burst Mode

Yes

Low Light/High Sensitivity

Face Detection

Yes

Image File Format(s)

JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG

Digital Zoom

4 x

Low Light/High Sensitivity
Face Detection

What customers say about "Imaging"

Sony NEX6 Mirrorless Camera

The image quality is wonderful.
Picture quality is simply excellent, with very little effort.
It's great out of the box for both picture and video.
Flash works well, illuminates effectively, and is bendable, so you can bounce the flash.
Image quality outstanding. Nice compact size and weight.

Sony Alpha A6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera

With the proper settings of shutter speed, ISO, and aperture it gives great pictures.

Display

Display Type

LCD

Touch Screen

Screen Size

3 in.

Screen Resolution

921000 dots

921600 dots

Vari-angle Display

Yes

Sony NEX6

Sony Alpha A6000

Sony NEX6

Sony Alpha A6000

What customers say about "Display"

Sony NEX6 Mirrorless Camera

The actual screen can rotate 90 degrees up and around 30 degrees down.
The high-resolution viewfinder and tiltable screen are great.
The swivel screen has been very useful.
Very useful and quick. Great screen.
Built-in eye-level viewfinder and built-in display screen are amazing.

Features

Water Resistant

Shock Resistant

Panorama Mode

Yes

Shooting Modes

Auto, Aperture Priority, Manual, Program, Shutter Priority, Scene Selection

Programmed Auto, Manual, Aperture Priority, Scene Selection, Movie, Shutter Priority, Intelligent Auto

White Balance Modes

Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash, Auto

Fluorescent (Cool White), Cloudy, Fluorescent (Daylight), Fluorescent (Day White), Color Temperature Filter, Fluorescent (Warm White), Custom, Incandescent, Underwater, Daylight, Shade, Flash, Color Temperature, Auto

Shutter Speeds

30 - 1/4000

Water Resistant
Panorama Mode

What customers say about "Features"

Sony NEX6 Mirrorless Camera

The automatic settings are good enough for me most of the time.
Auto mode provides wonderful images.
It is very nice, works well, very clear, super quick autofocus.
Lots of flexibility with settings and features.
The camera image quality is awesome. Great features.

Connectivity

PictBridge Enabled

Yes

NFC Enabled

Integrated GPS

Output(s)

USB, Mini HDMI

HDMI D (Micro), USB 2.0

Number Of Memory Card Slots

Sony NEX6

Sony Alpha A6000

What customers say about "Connectivity"

Sony NEX6 Mirrorless Camera

The camera connects to most devices via Wi-Fi.
The picture quality is simply outstanding. Great connectivity.
Wi-Fi upload to mobile device works well, handy for sharing vacation shots.
Optional mobile device remote control with remote image preview works pretty well.
The battery actually depletes quite fast. Bad connection via USB.

Power

Battery Model

Rechargeable battery pack NP-FW50

Battery life

360 frames