What is the worst thing with photography most people would probably say it's the cost it's
an expensive hobby with an ever-growing list of wants and needs so today I'm looking at
the difference between the a74 and the a6000 one is at The Cutting Edge of technology and
is 2 500 pounds and the other one is almost 10 years old it's 250 pounds second hand and
later I'll be printing the images to see what the actual differences are you've got to be
kidding me now I know this isn't going to be a really realistic comparison because these
cameras are so different however if you shoot with a Sony aps-c system it'll give you an
idea of the difference in image quality between that crop sensor and the full frame sensor
and I'm not talking about lens charts or armchair comparisons I'm out in the field trying to
get a couple of good images although the weather's not looking that good at the moment I'm hoping
it gets a little bit better through the day I don't think so sir for most types of Photography
the a74 is a much better camera and this comes down to everything from that much better evf
to the ergonomics it has four more customizable buttons than the a6000 it's got a dial for
each of the principal settings that's ISO shutter speed and aperture as well as a dial
for exposure compensation and not to mention that much better focusing system however there's
something about the a6000 that I just love it's small and discreet and in such a tiny
camera you get over 24 megapixels and then there's that burst rate so check this out
I've put it in high Burst Mode [Applause] 11 frames a second raw now this is the a74
so for sports and Wildlife this really is a contender especially when you pair it up
with the 50 to 400 and because of that crop factor this gives a full frame equivalent
of a 75 to 600 which is absolutely fantastic
the a74 has that touchscreen which now works in the menus and it also has that flippy screen
and I know this is a favorite for most photographers how dare you when it comes to landscape photography
the focusing system works well on both cameras I basically put it into flexible spots move
that to the place where I want to focus focus it and take the shot you get more megapixels
with the a74 and with the size and weight of it when paired up with the lenses designed
for crop sensors this is great for hiking off to those remote locations they both also
do bracketing so you can increase that perceived dynamic range however in saying all of that
there is something about a full-frame camera I don't know whether it's a macho thing or
just because it's bigger you feel more like a pro it's a bit of a weird one really if
I got the Fujifilm gfx I wonder if I'd feel like a super pro I have been on both video
and photo shoots where I've had a big rig and a small rig and it's amazing the difference
in reaction from the customer when I am shooting with a small camera so I think a little bit
of it comes down to psychological perception for this photo I wanted to get this Lake surrounded
by The Cliffs With a Kiss Of The Morning Light and I wasn't sure whether the clouds would
break before I lost that Golden Light how amazing is this awesome so I think we might
have something as Blue Skies coming through there's a bit of light on this side of the
mountain now the sun's on me not on the mountain in the background Sun's all here we've got
the sun there no sun over there and that cloud is rolling in ah I kind of want to change
the cameras over so I can get a shot with the a6000 but that light is so good now I
don't think it's going to last that long come on come on come on come on come on it's at
its best I said its best
yes come on
ah battery ran out I suppose that's the uh the problem with these little batteries they
run out really quickly come on stay there stay there a little bit longer a little bit
longer ah my finger's gone so numb that light keeps coming and going but it's a fantastic
scene 17's a little bit narrow on the a6000 so what I'm doing is shooting four different
shots and I'll stitch them together afterwards so it'll almost make up for the lack of megapixels
between the a6000 and the a74
cope with all this lens changing not getting any dust on the sensor I'll be very surprised
if there's not a few big blobs of dust [Music]
got the big lens on the a74 as well I'll get a few different shots with the a6000 and with
the a74 [Music] .
now it looks like that light's gone but that's the thing with landscape photography it can
come and go in an instant wow that was a little bit of an adrenaline rush and a lot of fun
to keep it fair I've used the 17 to 28 from Tamron on both cameras the 17 millimeter is
nice and wide on the a74 but on the a6000 it's a little bit tighter just out of Interest
this is the difference if I shoot them both at 17 millimeters this is at 17 millimeters
on the a74 and this is at 17 millimeters on the a6000 this is the difference at 400 millimeters
you can see you can get so much closer with that a6000 and this is the beauty with the
crop sensored camera system so if you're shooting sports Wildlife birds or anything like that
a crop sensor works really well looking at them side by side printed they look very similar
in fact I don't think many would be able to see the difference the only real difference
is the Distortion in the a6000 image as it was four Images stitched together in Lightroom
but if you had a lens like the 10 to 18 from Sony this would solve that problem now if
if I look at the two single images taken with the 17 millimeter obviously the one from the
a74 is a lot wider due to that full frame sensor but again the quality is there in both
of them this is really encouraging as it shows that you can get a great quality photograph
no matter what you shoot with be it a full frame camera like this a74 or the more compact
a6000 also if you were to shoot sports or Wildlife you could get one of the younger
models like the a6100 or the a6600 and have almost the latest focusing system in this
style of camera this morning I also got some shots while it was still dark I had a bit
of moonlight lighting the scene but you can clearly see the stars in the background I
had to drag the shutter a little bit so that's why the stars are a little bit oval because
of the rotation of the earth and this is where I really saw the a74 shine I could really
boost that ISO whereas with the a6000 I couldn't push it up too much now if I'd have had the
sigma 16mm meter F 1.4 that would have made this shot a lot better because I'd have been
able to drop that ISO to get a good exposure but that's a story for another day so if you're
thinking of upgrading your camera it's well worth it for the ease of use and that low
light capability however you might be able to get away with the A7 III instead and save
some money to be able to spend on lenses now in this video I do a comparison between the
A7 III and the a74 and the results are quite surprising I'll see you next time