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
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Exmor
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sensor with 425 phase detection autofocus points. The camera is powered by Sony's
Bionz X 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
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(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 Sony ILCE camera, ILCE series of camcorders and mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, mirrorless cameras. The E-mount supplements Sony's Sony α, α mount ...
lenses, both
full-frame (FE) and
APS-C
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(E) are compatible with the α6500.
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.
See also
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List of Sony E-mount cameras
Sony has 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 syste ...
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Sony α6000
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Sony α6300
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Sony α6400
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Sony α6600
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Sony α9
References
α6500
Live-preview digital cameras
Cameras introduced in 2016
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