Sony A3000

Sony A3000 is Sony's Entry-Level Mirrorless camera first revealed on August of 2013. It uses a 20 MegaPixel, CMOS APS-C sized sensor and has a max resolution of 5456 x 3632.

Sony introduced the updated Sony a3500 (Read Full Comparison) as a way to update this camera.

The A3000 comes in at #66 out of 117 in Entry-Level Mirrorless cameras & overall #325 out of 1465 for digital cameras in our list. You should test our Advanced camera filter to find camera ratings based on your personal requirements.

The following is a graph of specific factors used in the rating system.

The Sony A3000 is part of a family of cameras. You can view the detailed range underneath.

You can check the A3000 from different angles in the gallery underneath.

Below is a selection of good and bad points of the Sony A3000 based on things which are often considered useful in a camera.

The Sony A3000 features the BIONZ image chip. The spec of the sensor on the Sony A3000 is 23.5mm x 15.6mm (APS-C). The 367 mm² sensor has the ability to capture 5456 x 3632 pixels and aspect ratios of 3:2 and 16:9.

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The CMOS sensor has 20 megapixels and supports a native ISO range of 100 to 16000. RAW photos are supported so the user has wider margin for error.

The image underneath shows the A3000's sensor dimensions in comparison to other common sizes. The A3000 sensor has a crop factor of 1.5 and is showcased in green.

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To get a sense of different aspect ratios, you can refer to the visual below.

Sony A3000 weighs around 0.91 lb (411g / 14.50 oz) & the volume of the camera is 128mm x 91mm x 85mm (5.0" x 3.6" x 3.3"). The weight of typical Entry-Level Mirrorless camera is 329g and the Sony A3000 is weightier in comparison with various rivals.

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Down below is a image of the Sony A3000 beside a soft drink to help you get a sense of its scale.

The top view under will illustrate the button layout on the A3000.

The A3000 works with the Sony E mount and has 170 lenses to choose from. Below is a small number of the lenses we have in our collection which will work with the A3000.

ModelVisualizeFocal LengthApertureStabilizedWeight

Sigma 40mm F1.4 DG HSM A40mmf/1.40g

Zeiss Batis 85mm F1.885mmf/1.8 475g

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Venus Laowa 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 FE Zoom10-18mmf/4.5-5.6496g

Tamron 17-70 F2.8 Di III-A VC RXD17-70mmf/2.8 525g

Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS24-105mmf/4 663g

Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD70-180mmf/2.8815g

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Sony E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS70-350mmf/4.5-6.3 625g

The A3000 has the following connectivity:

• USB Yes
• HDMI Yes

Digital cameras that include NFC and Bluetooth support are able to be used wirelessly via smartphones. You will be able to send pictures and in some cases alter settings without connecting straight to the camera.

Some applications even enable a Liveview and hit the shutter when you are not near the camera. If the camera comes with a HDMI port, it can easily be attached to an external display. Most cameras enable you to recharge the battery pack using the USB socket.

The max video resolution on the Sony A3000 is 1920 x 1080 and you can shoot in AVCHD, H.264 and MP4 format. 1080p resolution will provide a decent balance between quality vs file sizes but 1080p is not going to give you any room to downsample. The camera does not have a microphone and headphone socket so you have got little control over the audio. It is perhaps best to look into a different model should you need good audio for your video clips.

There is no environment sealing on the Sony A3000 so you need to be careful in wet and dusty situations.

The Sony A3000 houses a 3 inch fixed display screen supporting a resolution of 230 thousand dots.

Please note that the display has no touch support.

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The View Finder specifications for Sony A3000 are the following:

• ViewFinder Electronic
• ViewFinder Coverage 100%
• ViewFinder Magnification 0.47x

Viewfinders are pretty handy during sunny outdoor situations which will make the camera display washed out and very difficult to see.

Sony A3000 continuous shooting rate is 3.0 frames per second. The max shutter speed is 1/4000 sec.

Sony A3000 features both in-built flash along with external flash support. The highest flash sync is 1/160 sec.

Sony A3000 features just Contrast Detect AF & is missing Phase Detect AF. Phase Detection focusing is a lot quicker & precise in comparison with Contrast Detect focusing. The camera boasts Face detect making it helpful for taking photos of people.

The Sensor boasts 25 focus points to choose from. It also features Tracking AF for moving things. Sony A3000 has got manual focus in case it is required during low light conditions or you want to have more accurate focus control.

The battery pack (NP-FW50) on the Sony A3000 is built to last for 470 photos based on the CIPA benchmarks making it higher than the usual ın comparison with its class. The usual Entry-Level Mirrorless camera battery life is 343. Fujifilm X-S20 offers the maximum (750) battery life within this range of cameras.

Underneath is a listing of Entry-Level Mirrorless cameras that come with the highest battery life:

ModelVisualizeBattery LifeRAWNFCBluetooth

Fujifilm X-S20
A3000 vs X-S20750 yesnoyes

Samsung NX mini
A3000 vs NX mini650 yesnono

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Pentax K-01
A3000 vs K-01540 yesnono

Sony NEX-3N
A3000 vs NEX-3N480 yesnono

Sony NEX-F3
A3000 vs NEX-F3470 yesnono

The following graph presents a outline of the Sony A3000 for varying categories of photography. To look at more, go to the specific paragraph underneath.

The Sony A3000 gets a points total of 77 which is wonderful, meaning that it is a great pick to use for portrait photography. Shooting portrait images favors heavily to sensor resolution, support for RAW files & option to work with off-camera flash.

Having a average points tally of 57, the Sony A3000 is fairly suited to use in street photography. A good street photography camera offers a good balance of picture quality plus portability.

A modest sports photography score of 60 suggests the Sony A3000 is relatively suitable for shooting sports. A camera needs great focusing and fast shutter speeds for sports photography.

Weight is super important when buying a travel camera. Over-all, the Sony A3000 gets a decent 60 as a travelling camera which is somewhat suitable to purchase for your holidays.

For anybody who is looking to buy a camera for landscape photography, the most significant aspect is going to be image quality. The Sony A3000 at it's nice score of 70 for a landscape camera is a respectable fit within the current market.

A camera for vlogging preferably should offer a moving display, mic input and preferably image stabilization. Taking everything in to account, the Sony A3000 is simply not acceptable for vlogging as it gets a really bad rating of 26.

If you are interested in alternatives to the A3000, below is a collection of the top ranked cameras that fall in to the family of Entry-Level Mirrorless.

The chart here will give you a bird's eye view of the A3000 vs it's highest scoring rivals listed previously.

These are some more cameras you may consider as alternatives. To review a complete comparison, just click on the "compare" link.