The Sony α6500 (model ILCE-6500) is a compact
digital camera
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announced on 6 October 2016 shortly after
photokina 2016.
The α6500 features a 24
megapixel
In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest point in an all points addressable display device.
In most digital display devices, pixels are the sm ...
Exmor
Exmor is the name of a technology Sony implemented on some of their CMOS image sensors. It performs on-chip analog/digital signal conversion and two-step noise reduction in parallel on each column of the CMOS sensor.
Exmor RS is the world's ...
sensor with 425 phase detection autofocus points. The camera is powered by Sony's
Bionz X
BIONZ is a line of image processors used in Sony digital cameras.
It is currently used in many Sony α DSLR and Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, mirrorless cameras. Image processing in the camera converts the raw data from a Charge-coupled ...
image processor with an ISO range up to 51,200. Additionally, the α6500 can shoot images at up to 11 frames per second with continuous autofocus and exposure tracking.
The
mirrorless interchangeable lens camera
A mirrorless camera is a photo camera featuring a single, removable lens and a digital display.
The camera does not have a reflex mirror or optical viewfinder like a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, but may have an electronic v ...
(MILC) is also the first Sony model to integrate a 5-axis image stabilizator in a body with an
APSC sensor. Sony claims an autofocus performance as short as 0.05 seconds.
Lens compatibility
Sony E-mount
The E-mount is a lens mount designed by Sony for their NEX ("New E-mount eXperience") and ILCE series of camcorders and mirrorless cameras. The E-mount supplements Sony's α mount, allowing the company to develop more compact imaging devices whi ...
lenses, both
full-frame (FE) and
APS-C (E) are compatible with the α6500.
See also
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List of Sony E-mount cameras
Sony released the following E-mount cameras since 2010. The E stands for the Eighteen mm flange distances of the E-mount cameras. Depending on type and model E-mount cameras are part of the Sony α, SmartShot, Handycam, NXCAM or XDCAM systems.
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Sony α6000
The Sony α6000 (model ILCE-6000) is a digital camera announced 12 February 2014. It is a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC), which has a smaller body form factor than a traditional DSLR while retaining the sensor size and features of ...
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Sony α6300
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Sony α6400
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Sony α6600
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Sony α9
The Sony α9 (the α is sometimes spelled out as Alpha), Model ILCE-9, is a full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. It was Sony's flagship camera as of 2017. The camera is not the successor to the α7 line of digital cameras but supple ...
Mobile phone application
There is an application (Image Edge Mobile) which allows a user to control the Sony A6000-A6500 camera. The application also allows a user to transfer photos over wireless to the user's mobile phone.
References
α6500
Live-preview digital cameras
Cameras introduced in 2016
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