Buying Guide (a6300 or a6500)

[Shaun13299]

So I'm shifting from Canon to Sony from the t3i to either the a6300 or the a6500. Considering costs, if i choose the a6300 over the a6500 I'd be saving a ton of money probably enough to buy another extra lens.

 

I need opinions whether I should pay the extra $500 just for the touch AF and the 5 axis stabilisation or just buy OSS lenses in the future and stick to the a6300 for another 2 or 3 years?

 

What's the better option and is the $500 upgrade really worth it?

 

Thankyou   

[idsurfer]

you're best to just google the question "a6300 vs a6500"and decide for yourself. I have an a6500. I wouldn't pay $500 more the the touch screen. It's really only good for switching AF points. It would be a lot nicer if you could use it to scroll through the menu and pics when reviewing. The IBIS is nice, but again, not mind blowing. Might be better for long lenses. 50mm is as long as I go. One thing that I didn't pay much attention to to start was the better buffering when shooting continuous action. I guess the 6300 stops to write to the card A LOT faster....like somewhere around after ~50 shots with the 6300 vs ~430 with the a6500. For action shooters this is pretty huge. I have grown to appreciate this upgraded function when shooting skiing. In the end, for everyday shooting I think I would have been just as happy with the a6300. Again, google the differences. 

[Username]

While the above "YMMV" cogitations are quite true, 

another much simpler truth is that IBIS is absolutely 

worth $500. Any other benefits of the top model are 

just gravy :-) Screw the google. Just DO IT !    

   

In some parallel universe, you could skip the IBIS,  

and then waste the $500 you think you're saving by

buying only OSS lenses. Acoarst that would be a 

somewhat less happy universe.    

  

You also don't mention whether you intend to keep 

using the lenses from the Canon, nor whether those 

are IS lenses. Reading between the lines, I doubt if 

you're currently intrigued by adapting classic lenses,

but if that bug ever bites you, you'll be saying IBIS is

worth $1000 :-)  

[idsurfer]

I'll chime back in......IBIS is very nice with longer than 50mm APS-c (75mm on 35 equiv), for video, and low light handheld stuff. With shorter FL's it's not necessary. So depends on what you shoot. Video, longer portraits....than yes, go for it. Shorter stuff, street photography maybe, no so much. Landscape with tripod....IBIS not needed. So, again, YMMV ;-).

[fpgojr1025]

How about still photo quality? I've been to Dpreview test charts and compared A6500 to Nikon D750, D500 and D7200 to include Fuji X-T2.  It seems the A6500 lags behind at higher ISOs and JPEG color values.  Just the same, I'm now into small rangefinder mode cameras and the A6500 fits the bill and preference.  I guess still photo quality is a trade off but not to some great extent. However, there are always color correction software to lean to.

[LiveShots]

For me, the buffer was the sole reason that I upgraded from the 6300 to the 6500.

[tinplater]

Virtually all reviewers are less than impressed with the touch screen implementation, I personally would buy the 6000 or  6300 and wait for the next touch screen model.  You can't even use it with the Fn on screen menu!   But as others have pointed out, stabilization in camera versus in lens has to be considered.  But for the touch screen...it needs significant improvement.