cwhi1444 Loc: Orland Park, IL

Any ideas on this camera? On sale with 16-50 and 55-210 lenses for 700.00. Never had a mirrorless would like to try.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Who has it for that price?

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

I have one takes great pictures but poor documentation from Sony =cwhi1444]Any ideas on this camera? On sale with 16-50 and 55-210 lenses for 700.00. Never had a mirrorless would like to try.[/quote]

oldart Loc: Dallas, Texas

B&H: $698

sr71 Loc: In Col. Juan Seguin Land

Getting long in the tooth as far a digital span goes, but still a very good and capable camera. Surprised that Sony still producing them...

TB4 Loc: TX

I have had my a6000 for several years and love it. It has lots more capabilities than I ever use but it is fun to learn new options. I suggest you download Gary Friedman's manual for it and go though it with camera in hand.

repleo Loc: Boston

Its a great camera, you will love it. However to get the most of it, get a good guide book like David Busch's Guide to Sony A6000. Read it. Download the Nook book version and keep it on your phone for reference.

I started with the A6000 and the 16-50, then started adding lenses and then went FF and FF lenses. I find myself going back to the A6000 and 16-50 more and more for walking around and travel because it is compact enough to fit in a jacket pocket.

billnourse Loc: Bloomfield, NM

I have a A6000 with those lenses that I got specifically for the motorcycle. It takes great images and is very compact to travel with. It is limited when it comes to lenses. Sony lenses are more expensive than comparable Canon or Nikon and there are not many aftermarket lenses for the E mount. You can get adapters, but they are not cheap and don't always work the way they should.

If you are going to be satisfied with the camera and the two lenses you will be good. If you are thinking of building a system, this might not be the best idea.

Bill

repleo Loc: Boston

Bill, I think your info is little out of date. There are now over 60 e-mount lenses available from Sony and third party manufacturers plus another couple of dozen cine lenses. I prefer the Sony lenses but Sigma and Rokinon make excellent e-mount lenses at very reasonable prices. See http://briansmith.com/aps-e-mount-lenses-for-sony-mirrorless-cameras/. That does not even include the dozens (and fast growing) FE lenses that work perfectly on the A6000. With a cheap $10-$15 manual adapter you can use nearly any lens ever made with the easy-to-use manual focus. I find that Olympus OM film lenses sit very well on the A6000.

Granted, for awhile, it seemed like Sony had put e-mount on the back burner while they concentrated on building up their FE offerings, but they recently issued an excellent light weight 18-135 which may be the only lens one really needs.

However, there is still a shortage of offerings in e-mount long zooms / tele primes. I think the 55-210 is the longest native e-mount lens at the moment. Any decent long FE lens is going to be pretty heavy and unbalanced on the A6000. If you go that route get a lens with a collar mount - the plastic body of the A6000 won't hold a lot of weight on a tripod.

billnourse Loc: Bloomfield, NM

Sony has some lenses for the E mounts. They are generally more expensive than their Canon and Nikon counterparts. My son just had to pay 2600 for a 70-200 f2.8 that would have been 1999 in Canon or 2000 in Nikon, and only 1500 or 1600 in Sigma or Tamron.

I agree that you can use adapters, but they sometimes do not offer all the functions of a regular lens, auto focus, etc. You referenced the 18-135 for the Sony and it appears to list for near 600. Canon's 18-135 IS STM can be had new in a white box with USA warranty for 385.00 from Amazon. A Sigma 18-300 can be had for 399 for Canon or Nikon, but not Sony E.

I stand by my thought that Sony E Mount is not the camera to try and build a system around unless you want to spend considerably more than other systems would cost.

Bill

repleo Loc: Boston

Bill,
That is all fine and dandy, but the OP wants to try mirrorless.

tinplater Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

A6000 is a wonderful entry level camera. You should realize that the two lenses are just basic optics with pretty mediocre performance. But for just casual shooting should provide you with good images while letting you get acquainted with the Sony mirrorless experience.

cwhi1444 Loc: Orland Park, IL

Thank you all for your input.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

buy one used for less.

le boecere

I began acquiring the Sony a6000 system in April of 2014, and it's still my "go to" gear for "street", amateur sports, and "events" (especially if the event includes fast moving people or animals).

Were I to purchase it, today, I'd look for a slightly used a6000 + the 55-210, for no more than $500. My 16-50 just sits on a shelf, for the reason that is so well stated by "tinplater", above. (I'm more apt to use Sony's excellent prime lenses on this camera body)

APS-C mirrorless option:
If you are coming from the SLR or DSLR world, and are used to those controls, take a long, strong, look at the Fujifilm system (especially the camera bodies of similar size to the a6000). With the X-E2 + the 18-55mm "kit zoom" + the 27mm "pancake" + the Fujifilm in-camera raw converter and film simulations, I have much more fun.