hi guys it's Pete from the Academy team and I'm here to take a first look at
Sony's new A6600 and we're better to do it than here at Mercedes-Benz World in
Brooklyns.
Top level specs on this on this camera a twenty four million pixel
sensor it's got the BIONZ X processor with a lot of the features derive from
the a9 series so boost autofocus and continuous autofocus real time eye-AF some
amazing video upgrade features the 66 also benefits from in-body stabilization
but all of that you can read you can find that all on the Jessops website
what you really want to know is what's it like to shoot with so let's find out
well I really really want to do is show you the sheer capability of the tracking
focus system and the 6600 there's a couple of cars out on the skid pan at
the moment so what we're gonna do is show you some live video with the
tracking focus working its awful conditions alright it's wet out there
which they need it to be it makes it more fun but we've got a lot of
backlighting we've got crazy contrasting areas we don't want it but you'll be
amazed at the results of this tracking focus does they could be going a little
bit faster I'm a little light and it doesn't look like I'm moving it's just he's
not going really quick at the moment give it a minute get that back end out. Go on...oh now you do it
The guys are going a little bit slow out on the test track today so what
we've done is we've switched over to the video so a few key facts about the video
on this camera 4k straight out of the box s-log 2 & 3 also it's got hlg for HDR
video capture 120 frames per second in the S and Q mode the key things for
me though I got that couple of really cool features it's got what you would
expect from a Sony really cool multi-point screen that flips around
touchscreen as well but one of the really cool things on this is the fact
is got a headphone and microphone jack points so not just the mic input you've
also got a headphone output so you can keep tabs on your audio as well as
always with Sony they you know they're really pushing everything that they do
and that's very much the same with the Alpha 6600 it's not just aimed at the
vlog oh it's a key area of the market yes but it's also aimed at the high-end
videographer it may be a simple addition but that headphone output is huge factor
in video good audio quality being able to know you've got good audio quality is
key so very quickly going to show you the cover of the camera cuz Tony as a
videographer is a big fan of access to the ports or currently not a big fan on
a lot of cameras but on this particular one thumbnail II and slide it back pops
open job done nice and easy really clean access you haven't got
multiple different areas and little rubber bits flopping here and
there and when you're done pop it straight back the opposite way nice and
me when you've got an absolute beast of a video camera
here so I mean handling
why is it feels really nice it's got a slightly improved grip over the 6400
slightly bigger size takes a Zed battery now same as the a7 series so more more
power for longer as well as much improved ergonomics just feels really
nice got the new 16-55 G master on here as well
performing absolutely brilliantly and we're so close to the track now so I'm
going to carry on getting a few shots and see how we get on
focusing so quick so accurate as well the tracking locks it on we got a nice s
coming through here so picking it up nice and early it's following it through
the sequence of corners following it out as we're moving with it as well it's
really allowing me to explore the shutter speeds make them a little bit
slower at the moment there's nice panning nice crisp clean shot so really
really liking it so far
okay so thank you to Tony there because he gave me a quick heads up that we had
another car coming I was busily looking away at some of the
images that we've captured and one of the surprising things there was
literally quick tapping about button EVF go straight back to you know live as it
were in terms of what I want to see and within what I could only describe as a
nanosecond that autofocus was was green front of the car green tracked it
continued to track it and it was almost completely seamless
okay folks so we've just got out of the car with cliff who took us for a quick
thrash around the circuit did an emergency break round two kids slash
cones and a quick spin around the skid pan and the reason we did that was to
showcase the stabilization within the video capability of the camera so
everything you'll see was shot by the Tony or myself handheld in the car just
to showcase that up to five stops image stabilization within the 6600
and it really performs exceptionally well I mean even when Cliff decided that
the two cones were children and he had to do a emergency brake and the swerve
around them at the same time and we all thought we were going to fly out the
windscreen you'll see in the video that actually the camera stays reasonably
steady this stabilization really doesn't work brilliantly so for me the 6600 I
thinks aimed at a whole range of different photographers out there so family
photographers you want a camera for your travels for your holidays for those family
snaps its candid you've got speed performance real-time Eye-AF vloggers
you've got 4K you've got real-time eye-AF in video you've got outputs you've
got inputs it's got everything you can want from it enthusiast photographers
wildlife photographers you've got speed and performance autofocus capability
that's pretty much unrivaled other than the A9 Series and even as a pro
photographer myself you know I could really see this as a second camera to an
a9 or an A9 II - Ergonomically it feels brilliant at new design the speed the
performance I think I'd probably just want a battery grip just to give it our
extra balance but it's aimed at so many different people so folks we hope you've
enjoyed this first look at the Alpha 6600 if you want any more information or
to get hands-on with the camera either visit the Jessops.com website or pop
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