Introduction

Just eight short months after introducing its most recent top-of-the-line APS-C mirrorless camera, Sony replaced it with an even better model—the Sony a6500/ILCE-6500, with advanced in-body image stabilization and other upgraded features. Of course, we’ve come to expect innovations from Sony. Since the company entered the digital photography arena, it hasn’t been satisfied with the old paradigms and technology. At a time when the top dogs in the digital camera world are still mired in the race to produce the best single-lens reflex models, Sony has concentrated on non-dSLR cameras, including mirrorless models like the Sony Alpha a6500/ILCE-6500. (For simplicity, I’ll generally refer to this camera as the a6500 throughout the book.) ...

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