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Sony A6500 Alternatives

The A6500 is scored #20 out of 62 in Advanced Mirrorless cameras. Below is a short summary of the A6500.

24MP APS-C 453 grams ISO 25,600
Sony Alpha a6500 front thumbnailportrait80street85sports77travel74landscape80vlogging39
Portability
81
Imaging
68
Features
85
Overall
74
comes with external microphone support
comes with HDMI out
features touch to focus
good resolution (24 megapixels)
bad battery pack (350 shots)
does not offer selfie friendly display
missing headphone support

Below are various competitors to the Sony Alpha a6500 sorted by their overall rating. Feel free to read a extensive review of each camera or a comparison with the Sony A6500 by visiting the links underneath every camera card. You can also click on the icon to look at a visual comparison or click here to view all of them alongside each other.

#1 Sony A6700
26MP APS-C 493 grams ISO 32,000
Sony Alpha a6700 front thumbnailportrait84street84sports87travel84landscape87vlogging84
Portability
75
Imaging
74
Features
96
Overall
82
better than average battery pack (570 shots)
comes with external microphone support
comes with HDMI out
comes with headphone support
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#2 Sony FX30
26MP APS-C 646 grams ISO 32,000
Sony FX30 front thumbnailportrait84street74sports87travel74landscape86vlogging74
Portability
64
Imaging
74
Features
92
Overall
81
2 card slots
better than average battery pack (570 shots)
comes with external microphone support
comes with HDMI out
more heavy than competitors in class (646g)
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#3 Sigma fp L
61MP Full frame 427 grams ISO 25,600
Sigma fp L front thumbnailportrait89street78sports79travel73landscape81vlogging38
Portability
83
Imaging
83
Features
80
Overall
81
comes with external microphone support
comes with HDMI out
comes with headphone support
features touch to focus
bad battery pack (240 shots)
does not have image stabilization
does not offer selfie friendly display
screen is fixed
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#4 Sony A7c
24MP Full frame 509 grams ISO 51,200
Sony Alpha A7c front thumbnailportrait79street85sports88travel86landscape88vlogging86
Portability
78
Imaging
77
Features
88
Overall
81
better than average battery pack (740 shots)
comes with external microphone support
comes with HDMI out
features touch to focus
can't use external flash
missing headphone support
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#5 Sony A6600
24MP APS-C 503 grams ISO 32,000
Sony Alpha a6600 front thumbnailportrait82street84sports85travel84landscape85vlogging84
Portability
77
Imaging
70
Features
96
Overall
80
better than average battery pack (810 shots)
comes with external microphone support
comes with HDMI out
comes with headphone support
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#6 Sigma fp
25MP Full frame 422 grams ISO 25,600
Sigma fp front thumbnailportrait85street77sports73travel78landscape83vlogging37
Portability
84
Imaging
76
Features
79
Overall
77
comes with external microphone support
comes with HDMI out
comes with headphone support
features touch to focus
does not have image stabilization
does not have phase detect AF
does not offer selfie friendly display
screen is fixed
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#7 Sony A6400
24MP APS-C 403 grams ISO 32,000
Sony Alpha a6400 front thumbnailportrait82street81sports76travel87landscape80vlogging80
Portability
83
Imaging
70
Features
88
Overall
77
comes with external microphone support
comes with HDMI out
features touch to focus
good resolution (24 megapixels)
does not have image stabilization
missing headphone support
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#8 Sony A6100
24MP APS-C 396 grams ISO 32,000
Sony Alpha a6100 front thumbnailportrait82street79sports75travel86landscape79vlogging79
Portability
81
Imaging
70
Features
88
Overall
77
comes with external microphone support
comes with HDMI out
features touch to focus
good resolution (24 megapixels)
does not have image stabilization
missing headphone support
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#9 Fujifilm X-Pro3
26MP APS-C 497 grams ISO 12,800
Fujifilm X-Pro3 front thumbnailportrait82street78sports79travel77landscape81vlogging36
Portability
78
Imaging
71
Features
81
Overall
75
2 card slots
comes with external microphone support
does not have anti aliasing filter
fast continuous shooting (20.0 frames/s)
does not have image stabilization
does not offer selfie friendly display
missing HDMI out
missing headphone support
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