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by Scott Fairbairn on Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:27 pm

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https://www.dpreview.com/news/356101801 ... racking-af

https://www.dpreview.com/news/129451662 ... down-a6400

I have to admit being disappointed with these new offerings. I appreciate the bigger battery in the A6600, but it's hardly worth upgrading from an A6400. So I wonder if Sony has given up on offering a high-end cropper and instead are relying on customers cropping high megapixel cameras like the A7R4 or is a "mini-A9" still in the pipeline sometime after the A7R4 has been out for a while?

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by Mike in O on Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:19 pm

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R&D have obviously been cut back....I think the prices are outrageous. The 16-55 f2.8 is almost twice the price of the similar A mount lens.

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by mikeojohnson on Fri Aug 30, 2019 8:58 am

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6600 with the new lenses makes for a pretty compact and light kit with killer AF.
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by Scott Fairbairn on Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:22 pm

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It seems a bit of a lazy upgrade. Same sensor and other specs very similar. The battery upgrade is the one great feature. Too bad they didn’t take the opportunity to improve the ergonomics a bit. An autofocus joystick would go a long way in improving handling.

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by DOglesby on Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:04 pm

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Looks like they still haven't added a second control dial to improve handling.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Sep 05, 2019 2:05 am

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Incredibly disappointed with the a6600 - still the same little body that is an ergonomic nightmare and it has nothing on the much cheaper a6400 for the kid of photography most people on this site do. A big pass on this one for me. I would go so far as to say that this camera is the most epic fail on Sony's part since going to mirrorless - it just misses the mark completely on just about everything that photographers have been asking for. With the exception of the eye tracking algorithm and IBIS, the Fuji X-T3 trounces this on every level.

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by Scott Fairbairn on Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:49 pm

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Agreed. It’s a missed opportunity to improve the ghastly ergonomics. Just a few changes would have made it a solid camera even with the older hardware.

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