Expand your shooting range
Meet the α6500 — the APS-C interchangeable lens compact camera that puts the power to shoot professional-looking stills and movies solidly in your hands. An enhanced buffer for continuous shooting of up to 307 shots2, in-camera 5-axis optical image stabilization, touchscreen control, super-speed AF and High-density Tracking AF Technology extend the range of your shooting capabilities.
Extended continuous shooting buffer
Approx. 36-s/307-shot continuous shooting capacity
5-axis image stabilization
Camera shake compensation effect of five-stops-faster shutter speed
Touch to focus immediately
Touch to focus or swipe to shift focus while looking at the viewfinder.
Focus at top speed
Capture every moment — the world’s fastest4 AF speed and highest number of5 AF points respond flawlessly to virtually any shooting situation.
World’s highest number (425) of phase-detection AF points
Wide phase-detection AF point coverage
With an incredible 425 focal plane phase-detection AF points densely positioned over the entire image area, this comprehensive AF point coverage ensures that no subject escapes its attention.
Extended buffer for continuous shooting
With the α6500 extending continuous shooting capacity to 307 shots without any drop in shooting speed (for around 36 s with AF/AE tracking), you won’t miss a decisive moment.
Live-view continuous shooting with minimal lag
Shoot moving subjects with optical viewfinder-like immediacy
In live-view continuous shooting at up to 8fps, display lag is kept to an absolute minimum, so you can capture moving subjects as they appear on the EVF or LCD, with optical viewfinder-like immediacy.
Always keep the eye in focus
Eye AF (available with AF-C) not only shows fast, effective autofocusing performance with eye detection but also keeps steadfast tracking on the eye of a moving subject. Easy maintenance of optimum focus on moving subjects can totally transform your portraiture.
5-axis stabilization in palm-sized body
Counteracting five types of camera shake
5.0-stops-faster shutter speed effect
A new, very accurate gyro sensor is a key to image stabilization with the effect of a five-stops-faster3 shutter speed. This camera shake compensation system is effective for shooting steadier, clearer movies and still images.
Minimize camera shake, even using various lenses
5-axis stabilization6 works with E-mount and other lenses
Gain unparalleled handheld shooting freedom using many of your favorite lenses. The short flange-back distance in the E-mount α6500 contributes to broad lens compatibility.
Focus evolves with a touch
Touch Pad Function
Swipe screen to shift focus point while watching viewfinder
With the Touch Pad function, you can swipe the LCD touchscreen to shift focus point intuitively and easily from one area to another, even as you monitor the viewfinder.
Immediate focus point selection by touch
Use just your finger to focus as you like within the frame
Touch Focus makes it particularly easy to adjust focus quickly, so you don’t miss the chance to capture your chosen subject at the decisive moment.
For more dynamic image depiction
With new front-end LSI, BIONZ X™ processes data from the Exmor® CMOS image sensor for outstanding texture, clarity, and image sharpness with low noise in stills and movies.
Extra image sensor perception
This sensor has a thin wiring layer and large photodiode substrate that maximize light collection efficiency and copper wiring ensuring quick read-out. It also extends sensitivity to ISO 51200 with reduced noise.
(A) Conventional structure (B) α6500 structure
(1) Photodiode substrate (2) Light receiving surface (3) Aluminum wiring layer (4) Copper wiring layer
Enhanced image processing system
The BIONZ X™ image processing engine enhances image texture and clarity as it minimizes noise, with critical support from new front-end LSI and image processing algorithm optimized for the image sensor.
High-quality 4K recording
Shoot and internally record 4K movies generated from 6K equivalent (20 MP) data in Super 35 mm format. Intuitive Touch Focus and 5-axis image stabilisation extend shooting freedom.
High-resolution 4K
Oversampling (about 2.4 x [6K equivalent] as much image data condensed to 4K) achieves high quality 4K movie resolution and realism.
Slow & Quick motion
Up to 5x Slow Motion and up to 60x Quick Motion can be recorded in camera at up to 50 Mbps in Full HD, then played back without post-production processing.
S-Gamut/S-Log shooting
S-Gamut/S-Log enable wide dynamic range (max. 1300%) shooting for more expressive moviemaking in post-production. The α6500 even offers 14-stop latitude at S-Log3 setting.
Tough, reliable integrity for smart, smooth operation
A magnesium alloy body, a shutter tested to 200,000 release cycles and more highlight the camera’s all-around toughness, reliability and operability.
4K movie recording9 with full pixel readout/no pixel binning
PlayMemories Online
Back up to Sony's secure cloud service and access your photos and videos from any devices.
PlayMemories Camera Apps
This application broadens your photographic horizons by letting you add more functions to the camera.
Imaging Edge™ Remote, Viewer, and Edit
Elevate your photography with Imaging Edge desktop applications. Use "Remote" to remotely control shooting; "Viewer" to quickly preview, rate, and select photos from large image libraries; and "Edit" to develop RAW data into high-quality photos for delivery. Get the best from Sony RAW files, and manage your productions more efficiently.
Capture One for Sony
Capture One Express (for Sony) is a free award-winning editing software that provides RAW development, easy management and powerful editing tools. Capture One Pro (for Sony) can be bought for even more editing tools and tethered shooting capability.
- Fastest (0.05 s) AF with 425 phase-detection AF points
- Built-in 5-axis image stabilization
- 24.2-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor for outstanding light sensitivity
- BIONZ X image processing engine for superior detail reproduction
- 4K movie recording with full pixel readout/no pixel binning