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sony a6000 or canon g15?

Started Sep 8, 2014 | Discussions
nikistaykov New Member • Posts: 2
sony a6000 or canon g15?

Hi, I'm just an estimated amateur, that loves shooting with good quality. Receantly I lost my so precious g11 while hiking, so now I have to make a decision for a good almost pocket size camera and I'll be glad to recieve some pro advices.

Thanks!

Canon PowerShot G11 Canon PowerShot G15 Sony a6000
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AlbertTheLazy
AlbertTheLazy Veteran Member • Posts: 8,683
Re: sony a6000 or canon g15?
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nikistaykov wrote:

Hi, I'm just an estimated amateur, that loves shooting with good quality. Receantly I lost my so precious g11 while hiking, so now I have to make a decision for a good almost pocket size camera and I'll be glad to recieve some pro advices.

The things that differ at a glance are:

The Sony has an EVF (which I prefer) and the Canon has a very basic OVF.

The Canon has a wider zoom range and much wider aperture if you stick with the Sony kit lens.

The Sony is much bulkier with the kit zoom fitted

The Sony has a much bigger sensor and interchangeable lenses. These are possibly important if it will be your only camera.

I bought a G15 as my carry anywhere camera because I can put it in a shirt pocket. I wouldn't want to put the Sony in a trouser pocket, let alone a shirt.

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papybenenuts
papybenenuts Regular Member • Posts: 428
Re: sony a6000 or canon g15?

helo

this cameras are not in the same ligue

i think to chalenge the G15 you can consider the Sony rx100 or a nikon p7800 or fuji X20

good chance

MB

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John McCormack
John McCormack Veteran Member • Posts: 7,101
Re: sony a6000 or canon g15?

AlbertInFrance wrote:

nikistaykov wrote:

Hi, I'm just an estimated amateur, that loves shooting with good quality. Receantly I lost my so precious g11 while hiking, so now I have to make a decision for a good almost pocket size camera and I'll be glad to recieve some pro advices.

The things that differ at a glance are:

The Sony has an EVF (which I prefer) and the Canon has a very basic OVF.

The Canon has a wider zoom range and much wider aperture if you stick with the Sony kit lens.

The Sony is much bulkier with the kit zoom fitted

The Sony has a much bigger sensor and interchangeable lenses. These are possibly important if it will be your only camera.

I bought a G15 as my carry anywhere camera because I can put it in a shirt pocket. I wouldn't want to put the Sony in a trouser pocket, let alone a shirt.

The Sony has extremely fast auto-focus, much better than the G15 (which I owned.) The EVF is a definite advantage over the Canon's OVF (which isn't all that accurate for the most part.)

You have to have BIG shirt pockets to carry a G15 in them.

Have you considered the Panasonic LX7? I sold my G15 for the LX7 and never looked back. It runs rings around the G15 if you can live with the shorter zoom range at the long end (24-90mm).

OP nikistaykov New Member • Posts: 2
Re: sony a6000 or canon g15?

Thanks guys! I'll definitely have just one camera and I think more and more for the Sony. I know they are too different and the sony has many benefits, but I still like pritty much the G serie, as I spent almost 3 years with the G11. I was struggling a bit with the zoom and the noise in higher ISO, but loved the colours and the wide mode. Now I'm still wondering if the G15 with accesories added will be enough or just jump into the new generation with the a6000 pared with wide lens and/or a tele lens apart from the standart kit.

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