topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

If you want to learn, see Gary Fong's videos. Better than and manual.

tropics68 Loc: Georgia

Gary Fong's videos on the A6000 are very good indeed. Personally I find written matter (books & manuals) to be more helpful to me. I like to sit in a quiet room with the book and the camera and try all of the different settings and authors ideas. No TV, no rewinding a video, just me and the camera and information on how it works and what it can do.
Just call me old school I guess. Whatever method suits you the important thing is to learn your camera. I know a couple of people who never stray off of the auto mode. They don't know what they're missing.

BebuLamar

Although I have heard many people complaining that they couldn't understand the manual but after reading a good number of camera manuals this Sony is the first I found that the manual has very little information or it's very difficult to find information in it.

Quantus5

Bubulamar -- I don't think any of are saying the Sony manual is bad, at least I'm not. I'm just saying it could be better. ;-) IMHO most camera manufacturer's manuals are not that great. It's really that DSLRs and mirrorless cameras are pretty complex (so many features) -- so it is hard to do the camera justice with a manufacturer's manual.

What we are suggesting is -- maybe get a camera field guide (the two recommended authors are fantastic) for the camera (if you're up for paying $20), and if you are not, then watch a bunch of free YouTube videos and read a ton of reviews (internet and magazines) if you're up for it, so that you can make a choice you are happy with.

Nikon, Sony, Canon, Panasonic, Olympus, Pentax, Fuji, etc.. all make great cameras (although I will admit a few specific camera models are not that good. So definitely do a bit of research). Each brand has its unique pros and cons -- as well -- so depends on what pros/cons fit what you want to do with the camera (as well as your budget).

You said earlier that you were looking at a Panasonic. If you like the feature set based on your research go for it. I did a ton of reading and watching of YouTube videos before I decided to by what I bought.

On the APS-C side of the house the reason I bought the a6000 is because I believe that the primary benefits of the a6300 and a6500 are for video or hybrid shooters. These extra features (for me) did not justify the extra cost of those models, so that is why I went with the a6000. If I was a video shooter I would have bought the a6500.

Dun1 Loc: Atlanta, GA

A friend works for a large manufacturing company based in Japan. He was in charge of not only production but distribution. The company decided to move to a new distribution about fifty miles up the interstate. They had a key person that had to move also. Her key position is that she has the task of translating all of the manuals from Japanese to English. When they were planning the move the bean counters at the home office began to question why the company was paying such a large part of her expense. The location of the new plant is approximately eighty five (85) or so miles North up I-85. Travel time could could be upwards of two hours on a good day. Longer now since a homeless person is accused of setting a fire under a key portion of I-85 causing a large portion of the roadway to collapse adding at least an hour to most commutes on the road So in order to keep the translator, the plan included moving her manufactured home to a location closer to the new facility. The bean counters had a hard time understanding why such a large sum was being paid for the translator since most non-salary or management employees were being offered small amounts to relocate instead of just paying the smaller relocations fees given to most non-management employees.
The moral of the story you can manufacture all the things you wish, distribute and sell all the goods, but unless you provide user or owner manuals translated from Japanese to English