Sony A6700 Camera Upgrade
Back in November 2019 I purchased a Sony A6100 APSC (Cropped Sensor) Camera. This has been a great camera and over the years I have purchased new APSC Lens. In August of 2023 Sony released the A6700 APSC (Cropped Sensor) Camera, the Sony A6700 has lots of updated features and the ability to shoot high quality video in S Log 3.
One of the goals I had set at the beginning of 2024 was to upgrade to the Sony A6700 and in September the time was right, and I purchased the Sony A6700 camera body from Photo Warehouse. As I still own the Sony A6100 this will now be my backup/second camera as I still enjoy taking photos with this camera.
After using the Sony A6700 for the past few months, I wanted to share my thoughts on the camera. In this blog I will only review the photo capabilities of the Sony A6700 and will do another blog on the video capabilities of the Sony A6700.
The camera is slightly bigger than the Sony A6100 and has a larger capacity battery and as I prefer to walk around with my camera using a wrist strap versus a neck strap, the hand grip on the camera is bigger but it is more comfortable to hold.
The Sony A6700 is a 26-megapixel camera versus the 24-megapixel Sony A6100 so there is not a lot of difference in image quality, but the colours straight out of camera are richer. The Sony A6700 has two base ISO’s 800 & 2500, this means the noise (grain) is better at higher ISO’s and has better performance in low light. What is quite noticeable is the improved auto focus and having subject recognition for human, animal, bird, insects, airplanes, cars, and trains.
There are eleven customizable buttons on the camera that can be programmed with different settings, so changes can be made easily. These buttons can be programmed in all the three camera modes Photos, Movies, and S & Q.
The Sony A6700 has a flip-out screen which is great when taking vertical photos and videos. The camera also has better IBIS (in body image stabilisation) and active IBIS for video, so it makes it easier to use the camera handheld for photos and video.
When I purchased the Sony A6100 I got two kit lenses with the camera. The lenses are the Sony 16-50mm (Full Frame equivalent 24-75mm) and the Sony 55-210mm (Full Frame equivalent 82-315mm). Both these lenses have limitations, and I have used them less after purchasing different lenses. I was planning to trade these lenses in and purchasing a new telephoto lens, but after using these lenses on the Sony A6700 I’m noticing better performance, especially regarding the improved autofocus and better noise reduction, so will give them some more use before deciding on this.
Has this been a worthwhile upgrade from the Sony A6100, I would say yes as I’m really enjoying using the Sony A6700. The only downside to the Sony A6700 is the raw file sizes straight out of camera are larger. The Sony A6100 raw file size is 24 MB whereas the Sony A6700 raw file size is 36 MB so will have to be mindful of hard drive space, although as cloud storage prices are decreasing, I will do some research over the coming months on increasing my cloud storage.
Below is a selection of images I have taken with the Sony A6700 and have also included lens and the settings I used to capture the images.
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