Sony’s bestselling mirrorless camera now has a successor. Called the Sony a6300, it builds on the strengths of the interchangeable-lens a6000, reinforcing it with a newly-developed CMOS sensor, a ridiculously high amount of autofocus points, and what the company claims to be “the world’s fastest autofocus.”
How fast? According to Sony, the camera reduces autofocus acquisition time to as little as 0.05 seconds, so you can quickly take snaps of fleeting precious moments. It pairs that with a whopping 425 phase-detection AF points for comprehensive coverage of the entire image area.
The Sony a6300 is a slightly trimmer version of its predecessor, all while housing a more powerful 24.2-megapixel sensor with a wide ISO range that reaches 51,200 at the upper limit and a Bionz X image processor. Sony claims that combo allows it to deliver greater clarity and more detailed texture, with lower wiring and processing circuitry improving the light collection efficiency for considerably less noise. You can line up your shots either with the OLED electronic viewfinder or the 3-inch LCD, as well as take continuous shots at 11 fps with autofocus engaged and 8 fps in live view with minimal display lag.
Like the rest of Sony’s more recent mirrorless cameras, it supports 4K video recording, complete with a full pixel readout and no pixel binning. In fact, it technically records 6K video (each frame at 20 megapixels), then oversamples it to create the finished recording at up to 30fps.
Slated to launch in March, the Sony a6300 is priced at $1,000.