upgrade from a classic...Nikon D200 to Sony A6000

Probably kind of a silly question to ask. The D200 is ancient by today's standards and is very solid. I'm looking for something lighter and better low light performance. The A6000 looks like a really nice upgrade. I guess what I'm concerned about is going from a DSLR to a mirrorless camera - does it take some getting used to the EVF?

I see there is an adapter so I could continue to use one of the lenses I have for the Nikon (50mm 1.8), so that would be nice.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Troy

I had my new a6000 and my D200 out together the other day and the size/weight/bulk difference was absolutely astounding. Then factor in that they have the same sensor size and iso 400 on the D200 is about like 3200 on the a6000, and the cropping ability with 24mp is amazing. But the efv compared to optical -- evf's have a long way to go and not sure they will ever get there. They have at least got to the point that decent ones like the a6000 and better are at least usable. Make mine glass any time if I have a choice. Just that there isn't a choice in small form factor.

Sell it all, don't keep the Nikon lens. Get the SEL50. Sharp and small and stabilized.

I have the a6000 and had a d200 a long time ago.

You will like the Sony a lot. The size/portability is really nice. The viewfinder is really good and you will enjoy it and after a while not even think twice about it. It's also a great way to learn how to shoot manually as well since you can see setting change in the viewfinder.

As for keeping your lenses. There are adapters but you lose autofocus and metering. Metering isn't such a big deal because you get a live view so you can deal with that. If you are shooting anything moving it's really tough to use most lenses with the camera with MF.

Unless you have a really nice lens like a 85mm 1.4 I'd try to sell them. I have the 16-70 which is about $900.00 and it's used a lot. I also have the 35mm 1.8 which is sharp. Oh, I also have the 16mm 2.8 but haven't used it that much but need to. I bought it for the size and being a 2.8.

It is a no brainer that you would love the Sony A6000. It is a very light & compact as compared to the beast in your hands right now. I love the EVF, might be because I never used a very high end DSLR. I used only the D3200 for around 4 years and now switched to the Sony A6000. I am in love with this one. I have hardly taken out my D3200 in the past year or so.

Also, the fact that a lot of professionals are moving onto mirrorless cameras has to mean something in terms of their ease of use & advanced capabilities all packed in a small package.

As for Nikon lenses, the 20$ adapter would let you use them without any problems, the only thing you would loose is the AF, metering works fine on the Sony A6000.

owenleve said:

As for keeping your lenses. There are adapters but you lose autofocus and metering. Metering isn't such a big deal because you get a live view so you can deal with that.

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What? You don't lose metering. Why would you?? The camera meters, not the lens. You don't have to attach a lens at all, you still get metering.