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Feb 28, 2019 10:03:38   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
Today is the anniversary of my birth. I won't reveal my age but I'm well into being a septuagenarian.

This morning I decided to treat myself and ordered the new Sony APS-C camera. I have been studying it and am intrigued by its focusing ability. I briefly owned the A6300 last year and really liked the extra resolution it provided over a similarly sized cropped image. There were other things that weren't to my liking so it went away.

I hope the A6400 lives up to the hype.

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Feb 28, 2019 10:21:04   #
SteveG Loc: Norh Carolina
 
joer wrote:
Today is the anniversary of my birth. I won't reveal my age but I'm well into being a septuagenarian.

This morning I decided to treat myself and ordered the new Sony APS-C camera. I have been studying it and am intrigued by its focusing ability. I briefly owned the A6300 last year and really liked the extra resolution it provided over a similarly sized cropped image. There were other things that weren't to my liking so it went away.

I hope the A6400 lives up to the hype.


Happy birthday! I'm 62 but it's only a number! I wish you luck with your new Sony! For landscape I highly recommend the 10-18mm! It's OSS so you'll be covered for stabilization. Sony never ceases to amaze after putting Steadyshot in everything seemingly now, why they wouldn't put it in the 6400 is baffling. Oh well! You'll be happy with that I'm sure. I had the a6000 and believe it or not my everyday lens was the 18-55mm OSS and I was pretty happy with that. The 55-210 is a little Disappointing but can do okay at some of its sweet spots. Let me know how you like it!

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Feb 28, 2019 10:32:20   #
PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago
 
joer wrote:
Today is the anniversary of my birth. I won't reveal my age but I'm well into being a septuagenarian.

This morning I decided to treat myself and ordered the new Sony APS-C camera. I have been studying it and am intrigued by its focusing ability. I briefly owned the A6300 last year and really liked the extra resolution it provided over a similarly sized cropped image. There were other things that weren't to my liking so it went away.

I hope the A6400 lives up to the hype.
Happy Birthday and enjoy your new tool.

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Feb 28, 2019 10:40:45   #
mas24 Loc: Southern CA
 
Happy Birthday. The a6400 will serve you well. In fact, any of the a6000 series will serve you well. They are Sony's big sellers, in the crop sensor mirrorless category. Enjoy your camera.

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Feb 28, 2019 10:42:47   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
SteveG wrote:
Happy birthday! I'm 62 but it's only a number! I wish you luck with your new Sony! For landscape I highly recommend the 10-18mm! It's OSS so you'll be covered for stabilization. Sony never ceases to amaze after putting Steadyshot in everything seemingly now, why they wouldn't put it in the 6400 is baffling. Oh well! You'll be happy with that I'm sure. I had the a6000 and believe it or not my everyday lens was the 18-55mm OSS and I was pretty happy with that. The 55-210 is a little Disappointing but can do okay at some of its sweet spots. Let me know how you like it!
Happy birthday! I'm 62 but it's only a number! I... (show quote)


Thanks Steve. If the focus is as good as claimed I'll be using it for birds with the 100-400.

I will likely use my Voigtlander 15mm Super Wide-Heliar Aspherical III on the A73R for landscapes.

Most of my lenses have OSS but I know how to get along with out it.

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Feb 28, 2019 10:43:57   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
PixelStan77 wrote:
Happy Birthday and enjoy your new tool.


Thank you very much Stan and I will.

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Feb 28, 2019 10:44:52   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
mas24 wrote:
Happy Birthday. The a6400 will serve you well. In fact, any of the a6000 series will serve you well. They are Sony's big sellers, in the crop sensor mirrorless category. Enjoy your camera.


Thank you very much mas24.

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Feb 28, 2019 10:51:39   #
John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN
 
I have the a6300 and would be interested in reading what you saw as downsides. I like the DMF function for fine tuning the focus manually.

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Feb 28, 2019 10:58:12   #
Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak
 
I also have the A6300 and am curious to know what things you didn't like about the A6300. I can't find anything I don't like about it. So far. Focus is fast and accurate, as is the light metering. I'd rather it had a front or rear command dial, a-la Nikons-style, rather than having to fiddle with the little ring on the back of the camera. It's too easy to depress it accidentally and cause something else happen other than changing the shutter speed. But it's a mere niggling complaint, and certainly not a deal breaker. If it were, a lot of Canon owners would be dissatisfied with their cameras. I'd like for it to have ISIS, but then I'd have bought the A6500.

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Feb 28, 2019 11:07:34   #
Toment Loc: FL, IL
 
A6500 is a great camera, a6400, should be too

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Feb 28, 2019 11:10:01   #
mffox Loc: Avon, CT
 
Happy Birthday!! Celebrate your age with your new Sony!!
From an Octogenarian!!

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Feb 28, 2019 11:35:36   #
John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN
 
Why the yoo-yoo on the numbers: 6000, 6300, 6500, then 6400. What is next - 5900!

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Feb 28, 2019 11:46:27   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
mffox wrote:
Happy Birthday!! Celebrate your age with your new Sony!!
From an Octogenarian!!


Thank you so much.

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Feb 28, 2019 11:46:59   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
John_F wrote:
Why the yoo-yoo on the numbers: 6000, 6300, 6500, then 6400. What is next - 5900!


Thank you for looking.

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Feb 28, 2019 11:47:47   #
Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak
 
John_F wrote:
Why the yoo-yoo on the numbers: 6000, 6300, 6500, then 6400. What is next - 5900!


I just read the review on the A6400 posted by Imaging Resource, and according to them Sony advised that the A6400 will be their new "entry level" APSC camera. That would tend to indicate the A6000 and A6300 will be phased out completely in the near future. That would restore the numerical sequence in order, and make the A6400 probably the most expensive entry level camera on the market. Unless Hasselblad decided to rebadge it to make it an elite entry level camera, that is.

Oh, and by the way, Happy Birthday!!

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