I wish the g85 and a6500 had a baby

I have the a6500, and love it. I upgraded from the 5100 for the 120fps and the 4k.

The autofocus on the Sonys is so good I don't care about the flip out screen anymore I just use the reflection of the lens to center myself. I trust the AF enough to do its job, also outside in 4K the screen is so dimm you would not see to much ti begin with.

Low light, image quality, autofocus, and stills / video performance is why I got the 6500.. Although I did like the panasonic G7.

Thanks for the video review on this camera. Very helpful. Subscribed.

Thank you for making my freaking day. I've been waiting for this vid forever ago. 👍🏽

great review as usual. I am still stuck with my A6000. Does it make sense to move on A6500 or GH5? I still plan to keep the A6000 as my second angle camera.

love your channel so much !! finally someone who gives concrete advices. would actually love to see a pro/con chart in the end of the videos to just sum evergthing up (10min is really long though). keep going !!

Very informative video. I would like to know Which mirrorless camera is your favorite video camera?

Nice review! I'd love this for a vlogging cam.

thanks for the review and explaining the competitor landscape

I'm using this as my main vlogging camera for now. I shoot in Slog3 and have found it pretty easy to grade with the LUTs I have. What profile are you shooting in for the shots in this video?

Nice, im thinking to buy one for use in a gimbal. Thanks for video

I've had mine for almost a month now, and i knew what i was getting into, with the already known cons. I've adapted pretty well coming from the Canon family. Battery life is the only inconvenience, but with all the capabilities this thing packs, i've got no buyer-remorse. Thanx for finally doing a review on the camera, Caleb Always look forward hearing your thoughts on the latest things you come across. Keep it up!

Such a great video!!! Thank you

Although I had already purchased the beautiful Sony a6500 featured in your video watching it reassured me that I had made the right choice. I'm upgrading from the a6000 (which I have shots thousands of photos and dozens of videos with). I can't say enough great things about the a6000. I'm glad Sony has made yet another step in the right direction with the 6500. Thanks for your always informative and well produced informational videos. You sir are exceptional at what you do.

Damn it Caleb. Why do you have to be so informative? I was so sold on getting a g85 BUT now I'm considering a a6500. However I would like to say I appreciate all that you do for the little guys.

love ur video! keep it up man!

A great all around performer and value for a camera with so many features and quality. The 'jello effect' can be reduced when using 4K in the menu settings. The more you demand from the sensor and SD card in 4K, the more it will affect performance. Headphone jacks can be found on external microphones. The build quality is much better than that of the a6000 and even better than the Nex 7. Once you learn and get use to the menu system, it's all up you.

Hi Caleb, thanks for your great work with your channel. I want to buy an a6500 soon and plan on using and external monitor with it. I was looking at the ninja flame but honestly i dont what to buy as external recording is all very new for me and im still in the start up phase of my video business. My setup will be the a6500 on my crane gimbal with H4N connected and headphones so i can capture my real estate agents and get all of my b-roll with the one portable setup. Thanks for any help you can give!

The image stabilization looks just like my Sony FDR-AX100. Thanks again for the great video!

Looking forward to the guide!

another useful review Caleb 👍I am happy with Sony but just like you said it's missing the flip screen and a good battery life

Thanks for this great video. I'm using the a6300, but would love to upgrade for the IBIS. Any idea if there will be an upgrade to the a6500 soon? Would be a bummer if I bought the a6500 now and then there would be a new one. Considering the a6500 is almost a year old, an update should be near. What do you think?

Love the way you do your intro! Killer!

perfect review high quality content and a pleasure to watch

Love your work sir... Can you make a video on how to setup your light for best video shoot

I love your camera,what kind of camera are you using brother? thank you very much!!

good work friend. keep doing good videos. best of luck

man I miss the Nex/A6000 series. Great video still!

Great review. I m also vlogging with this camera with the help of my hubby who is photographer. I am facing same problem as you mentioned💖💖

lol I was thinking when you were going to post this review just a few hours before this was actually posted

I have been shooting a 70d and 5d mii for years. Recently started trying and exploring MFT format for video. After researching everything I could find, ALMOST pulled trigger on the a6500. Then my usage came into play: I use the flip out screen on my Canons - even on commercial shoots. I went for the Pana G85. Couldn't be happier. And the lenses (great MFT lenses) are way cheaper than Sony's, and smaller and lighter. I can still use all my Canon lenses, but with the price savings was able to buy a really nice 25mm prime (nifty 50 equivalent). I also got an astounding travel camera that fits in my messenger bag. What I find is that I take my g85 everywhere. - and doing client work, the dual IBIS is SO darned good, that I wander around shooting g b-roll hand-held. While the 70d had been my go-to camera, the G85 has quickly replaced it, and it allowed me to get into mirrorless, and Micro 4/3s to do stuff my Canons couldn't, including hand-held shots for run-and-gun work. The a6500 was nice when I tried it, but the overall cost of the Sony system, and the key issues pointed out in this video, kept me away. Great review!

Brilliant review, I love it ! The lack of a flip-out screen really is a disappointment. I myself I'm currently using the Canon G7X II as my main video camera, but the mid to low light and autofocus problems are killing it for me. I'm desperately looking for a sensibly priced video camera. As I'm filming myself I learn that unfortunately the Sony a6500 is a no-go. Is the autofocus of the G85 better than the Canon (G7X II + Rebel 5, both are horrible in my experience) ?

Good review of pros/cons! Have you tried using the Fuji x-t2? Any thoughts?

Thanks for the video. I'm still not ready to upgrade yet. I'm currently using a sony a6000 for all my video work. I dont vlog so I'm always behind the camera. The only upgrade for me personally is the IBS, and microphone jack. Luckily, my handheld work is very steady and I just use a sony shotgun mic that works directly through the hot shoe. Thanks for the review man, great job!

Hey buddy quick question. Recently bought this and am just about to try it out. Do you think it's necessary to transcode or create proxies in FCPX on my 2015 MacBook Pro?

Great review, Thx :) Did you know you have images of the GH4 inn this video when talking about the a6500AF???

Great review as always. I personally bought the sony a6300 this weekend. It is the perfect camera for me. The screen is fine as I am always behind the camera. It is very quick to get the right exposure. For the stabilization, I will be either using a glidecam or a shoulder rig so in body stabilization is not as useful to me. The overheating is really fine since I don't shoot single clips of over five minutes at a time. I shot 4k 24fps this weekend in 30 degree weather with clips of around 3 minutes on and off for 2 hours without any a problems. For me, the money I saved by going for the a6300 instead of the a6500 can be spent in better lenses. Also, charging with a battery bank is so useful.

Hey mate... so, are you going to get a GH5? I've just bought mine. While the auto focus is shocking and the file sizes HUGE, its pretty cool. Would love to know your thoughts...

I think I'll keep using my Canons. Thanks for a great review.

"You probably won't be able to record outdoors, in the sun, in New Mexico." Well shit, that's literally exactly what I wanted to do.

Long awaited review, thx Caleb. Do you know if is possible to disable the touch screen in order to save battery?

Brilliant as always Caleb. As others have said, another great thumbs up for the G85 (or in my case, G80 here in the UK). Hoping to get one soon to compliment my GH4. Keep up the great work 👌

Hi Caleb, did you ever make your guide for the A6500? Be good to see it.

Great video!!

great video was looking to upgrade my camera and this popped up on the list as best cameras on the market i use the canon g7x and love the flip screen feature for vlogging but i just love the adjustable lense and mic input that the g7x is missing especially when im doing outdoor interviews in loud environments it suffers but thank you i went to a music video shoot today and the guy used a gh4 and the shots was amazing so i think i might switch and go for the g85 or the gh4 wjat would you recommend?

I have the a6300 and that's what I shoot with and I love it! The 120fps is amazing as well as the 4k.. not sure if I'll upgrade to the a6500 in the future but the touchscreen seems cool!

As for remote control lock down, you have to connect your camera to a wifi and update in-camera memories app in order to get full remote functionality.

Sick video! Sick camera. I love it!

Hello Caleb. First of all thank you for great videos. You are my main go-to-guy when it comes to video tips/tutorials. Keep rocking! I will be doing a lot of wedding videos during this summer. I sold my Canon 70D since I want something that works better in low light. I am almost sure that I will be buying a Sony a6500, but first I want to ask you if you have had any trouble with dimmed dinner lighting or any other low light situations with the a6500? As far as I know this is the camera you want if you can't afford the a7SII. But is it good enough for wedding videography when it comes to ISO performance? I want the possibility too shoot in Slog2 as well. And also - would you prefer 18-105 or 16-70 as a starter lens for wedding videos?

I´m thinking seriously in changing my Canon EOS 600D/Rebel T3i for a 4K EVIL camera, for video purposes mainly, and I´m quite interested in the Sony A6300/6500, but you mentioned the Panasonic G85 and I looked into it quickly and really liked it...Which one of these two options (or another one) would you recommend mainly for shooting music performance indoors with some artificial lightning? Thanks in advance!

really its an amazing camera.. I have a question thou .. as a start up kit lens .. what do you recommend ??

Great review! I've considered it as a 2nd camera to pair with my a7s footage. I think it'd prob be good enough just for that, but not as the A camera.

I just don't get Sony - they could so easily own the market if they just added a couple of those extra features - flip out screen, bigger battery, headphone jack. Crazy!

a bit off topic but you mentioned g85 so im looking for a camera with a flip out screen for vlogging but aldo making some good quality videos. looking for the sony a5100 and now thinking of the g85 ... which one ?

Thank you for your videos! Which SD-cards do you recommend for 4K?

Awesome vid homie! I was thinking about trading in my 80d for this...

Super, super helpful.

Would you recommend riging the g85 up with a shoulder rig or gimbal is a better choice? Great video, now I can order my G85 and your guide :)

don't know if someone already tipped you off, but I use a FeelWorld 7" monitor (same one you reviewed a while back) and If I want to hold every information on the monitor while shooting 4K, you just to shot using M mode (the still Manual mode). The only problem is that the camera monitor stays off. But I kind of liked that way, since I'll be saving the camera's battery.

Nice review, Caleb.I own both the 6500 and the GH5. As usual, there are pluses and minuses to both. I like shooting hand held and I find the Sony, once set up properly, is very easy to shoot that way. The problem is the LCD---which can't be seen out and about. But I did find a solution for the only slightly adventurous soul. Kinotehnik make an LCDVF that is mounted with a magnet frame held on the LCD by an adhesive. They make them in different sizes but the one that can work with the 6500 is the 16X9 frame and viewfinder. If you vision isn't perfect they make different strength lenses you can screw into the eye piece. I had to modify the adhesive frame because it is a bit too wide. I did it with a belt sander. Once you have it fitting it make shooting hand held on the brightest days something a lot of fun to do. All that said, with all the video features and pic. profiles and low-light, low-noise of the 6500 I think it is superior over all to the GH5. Image quality and color are excellent--and I can't recall when I've ever said that about a Sony cam. www.kinotehnik.com/products/lcdvf/compatibility

Hi, I love your reviews. I would like to ask. Is your A6500 have any IBIS issues? Like when panning you got a jerking effects.....

I'm using the batis 18 2.8 with mine... loving it ;)

Really like all your videos and your camera advices... But I would like to see more real life tests and comparisons between the cameras you mentioned. That way we can see things like color differences between a Panasonic and a Sony cam... How bad the Panasonic's AF is against Sony's etc... Just a suggestion... I keep giving my thumbs up for your videos!

maybe the flippy screen is hard to implement, given the awesome touchscreen features.(sleekness and compactness wise) specially compared to the flippy screen of the panasonic, the panasonic is a bigger body. thats why they'll easily implement the flippable screen on it.

Is it worth it to upgrade from Sony A6300 to A6500? Thank youu

G85 or a6500? Thank you. Love the videos.

I think that the only thing you missed out mentioning is that the A6500 captures a 6K images for video and down-rez's to 4K in the saved movie file.... Very reasonable and fair review!

Awesome review! Thank you so much. I was all ready to buy the 6500, until I heard that Sony will make an announcement this Sunday. If they announce a new A7 iii, I will probably go that route. If not, I will probably get the 6500 to tied my by until the 3rd version of the A7 comes out. I am done with Canon! Finally ready to make the investment in a new Sony system.

hii bro ...which one should i buy panasonic lumix fz300 or this one

nice review. i thinks its nuts that lower cost good cameras dont have flip out screen, mic and headphone jack.

I'm coming from the A7II to the A6500 (mainly because of 4K and 1080p120) and one thing I write enjoyed was the Right Grip not having card insert place at the right handle, because the rubber at that grip in my A7II started to unglue itself from a lot of use, so having the card insert underneath, sure its a like troublesome some moments, but it surely will make the camera last more without having to superglue the damn grip rubber ;)

Could you make a video to replace the a6300 Rig and elaborate on how the Small Rig top handle works with the IBIS when walking and panning? I'm looking at it from a sports filming perspective.

For casual shooting would you recommend the a6500, GH5 or something else? I've shot stills with canon for a while so being able to use my existing lenses would be ideal. Thanks.

I use a jib a lot, along with being further away from the camera (but in front of it) along with transient items that have to be referenced. For me, having the smaller camera with much faster/more useful AF coupled to a 7" HDMI monitor worked out great. The cool thing to go from the a6000 I have to the a6500 would be the better audio modules for the smart shoe, but I tend to use outboard recorders and a ClipMic Digital with my phone. As for the heat, it's a genuinely stupid problem. I live in AZ, and I fold out the screen along with using a 970 battery mounted to a consolidated rig to power it and keep it cool enough to record. If I stay in the garage, I can get past 30 minutes with a firmware hack. I've gone to 42 minutes, and then stopped the recording on my own using an external battery plate with dummy battery. This shouldn't be such an incredible feat, but here we are... I just view the camera as a sensor with AF drive that can record to a format that's pretty solid. The menu system doesn't bug me at all, but then again I work on operating systems for a living and find almost all of them pretty dumb at some point. :-) While I can see why some reviewers mention "why can't it be like their smartphone menu system?" in their opinions, I've had enough issues with the underlying OS that I'm OK with almost any menu system if the thing will just function. Got any favorite lenses for it?

Buying an used A6000 this week. If I keep using it and buy accessories they will fit an upgrade like the A6500.

I'm using G80/85 as main vid camera, with an FZ300 as second vid camera in good light conditions and now I've also fallen for the a6500 with the new 85mm f/1.8 less expensive Sony lens for portraits, which I will acquired, hopefully tomorrow :) Planning on filming the photo sessions with the G80/85: Shakalaka! :)

I'm using a6300 and I love it )

I gotta question, how in the "F" do you display the movie clip information? I'm looking for the movie file number, and the duration of that take if possible. Any help is grately appreciated!

what a great review for g85 again 😐

Problem with Panasonic is IQ pales I'm comparison to Sony from DR, detail and high iso. Also the great stabilization suffers from weird warping issues.

I would really like you to compare all this mid-range cameras for guys like us who would like to start filming and vlogging! For example i would like to see canon 80d vs sony a6500 vs panasonic gh5 or g85. I ve been watching quite a while and I respect your opinion about cameras. What camera would you recommend for outside filming and vlogging as well? If I buy one like canon 80d with a flip out screen and i install a ext. mic my job would be easy. What happens if I try to install ext. mic and ext. monitor in sony a6500? Is it important to capture our filming in 4k, since everyone exports in 1080 and what are the gains of it? Also I would like to see a video about stabilizers for those cams and rigs from you. Thanks

I wish I can find an articulated external monitor that can swivel from back to selfie side.. Is there anything like that on the market? If there is,fixing it on a small rig and doing vlogs would be awesome!

i save time using this over my gh4 for filming myself on youtube. I can just set the focus to auto instead of planting something in place of where I am and still possibly missing focus. A quick framing test is easier than a quick focus test IMO.

I'm thinking about buying a new camera for shooting weddings, mountainbikevideos, Musik and image videos, should I go with the gh5 or with the a6500? I don't now.. The Fullhd sometimes looks worth but the low light and autofocus is so so so awesome!

What's the light used at 4.03? Also, please could you do a video on coloured filter/gels. Love your content man:)

Thanks for the review. I saw your initial GH5. Will you recommend 6500 or GH5 for run and gun, interviews, monopod, gimbal usage?

Is it worth buying? Do you recommend it for me, I’m interested on neon photography and low light

I like my g85 for b roll but my a6300 for desk/talking shots. Both are amazing. Panasonic just isn't good enough in autofocus department. Wish the a6500 didn't cost an arm and a leg or else I would upgrade.

Sick Video

can you use the camera while it is plugged into an ext usb power bank?

I need the a6700! :D Flip out touchscreen and UI..... Really wish I had the IBIS......but didn't realize they'd release the 6500 right after the 6300. Meh....

What do you think about the lumix g9 compared to this?

Please do video review of Canon Eos M5

one question, what lens or two you recommend for overhead comera shots and video which point down to the subject kept on table (workbench) I have more use for the above kind of shots but please also tell me spme good vlogging, face to face and b roll lenses for this camera

Does this shoot in RAW/S-LOG. and do you think this will be a good combination with the Sigma 18-35 F1.8 A-Lens, with the LAEA4 35 mm Full Frame A-Mount Adapter??

What lens would you recommend for the Sony a6500? I am using it for general purpose all around shooting (but not vlogging) so I would like to have better versatility. Perhaps you can share what lens u are using?

I'll go with Sony a6500 now!

Do you have problems with your screen blacking-out when recording? My a6500 does it sometimes when recording long periods of time.