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Manufacturer: SonyPrice as Reviewed:
£699.00Sony’s new NEX-6 shares many of its features with the company’s flagship NEX-7, but is more affordable and offers Wi-Fi control. Read the Sony NEX-6 review...
Sony NEX-6 review – Dynamic range
The NEX-6 is able to capture a wide range of tones in a single frame. The camera also offers auto DRO and HDR modes, with HDR available in JPEG only. HDR makes use of the camera’s high-speed shutter to record three consecutive frames and then blend them to extend the dynamic range. I found that in good light a tripod was not necessary for a crisp image. DRO auto gives a more subtle lift to tones, generally brightening shadow areas. All in all, for scenes within the camera’s range, I found it best to leave DRO off because shadow detail is brightened a little too much for my liking. However, for scenes of high contrast it is worth keeping the DRO auto function on.
- Video: 1080 (50i, 50p or 24p AVCHD output), MP4 (1440 x 1080 at 25fps)
- White Balance: Auto, 6 presets, Kelvin, plus custom setting
- Dioptre Adjustment: -4 to +1
- Built-in Flash: Yes
- Shutter Type: Electronically controlled focal-plane shutter
- Memory Card: SD, SDHC, SDXC, Memory Stick Pro Duo
- Viewfinder Type: XGA OLED Tru-Finder with 100% field of view
- White Balance Bracket: No
- AF Points: 99-point (phase-detection), 25-point (contrast AF), centre, flexible spot, multi-point
- LCD: Tilt 3in LCD with 921,600 dots
- Output Size: 4912 x 3264 pixels
- Max Flash Sync: 1/160sec
- Sensor: 16.1-million-effective-pixel, APS-C-sized (23.5 x 15.6mm) CMOS sensor
- Focal Length Mag: 1.5x
- Exposure Modes: iAuto, iAuto+, program, aperture priority, shutter priority, manual, scene selection, sweep panorama
- Weight: 287g body only
- Power: Rechargeable NP-FW50 Li-Ion (360 shots)
- File Format: JPEG, ARW (raw), AVCHD/MP4
- Shutter Speeds: 30-1/4000sec in 1⁄3EV steps plus bulb
- Drive Mode: Single, continuous, timer, speed priority 10fps, bracketing
- Colour Space: Adobe RGB, sRGB
- Focusing Modes: Single, continuous, manual
- Dimensions: 119.9 x 66.9 x 42.6mm
- Connectivity / Interface: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, HDMI
- Metering System: 1,200-zone evaluative metering, centreweighted and fixed centre spot
- Compression: 2-stage JPEG
- Exposure Comp: ±3EV in 1⁄3EV steps
- RRP: £709 body only or £830 with 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 lens
- Lens Mount: Sony E mount
- ISO: 100-25,600
- Tested as: Enthusiast CSC