A Detailed Sony A7C vs Sony A6600 Comparison

this is the a6600 versus the a7c this video is sponsored by skillshare the sony a600 is sony's top of the line aps-c censored mirrorless camera the a7c is sony's entry-level full-frame mirrorless camera and yet both of these cameras are remarkably similar i'll do this video in five parts first i'll talk about the similarities between the two cameras second i'll talk about the physical differences between the two of them third technical differences between the two of them fourth real life usage differences between the two of them and number five i'll give you my verdict between these two cameras so let's get started these two cameras are remarkably close in dimensions and weight both are compact travel friendly cameras both have 24 megapixel sensors both have mic ports and headphone jacks both have one sd card slot both camera bodies are dust and moisture resistant both of them have ibis or in-body image stabilization which according to sony provides five stops of performance improvement both cameras record at over nine frames per second continuously both have a maximum shutter speed of one over four thousandth of a second both record oversampled 4k video up to 30 frames per second with no record limit they also don't overheat after an hour of recording like some other previous sony models both cameras have s log 2 s log 3 and hlg picture profiles both have touch screens unfortunately you can't use them to go through the menu but you can use these touch screens to auto focus both run off the same sony z-type battery that provides excellent battery life these cameras can also be run off of usb power both cameras have class-leading dare i say industry-leading auto focusing systems with eye autofocus and impressive tracking both have wi-fi nfc and bluetooth now let's talk about physical differences between these two camera bodies the a6600 is slightly more compact however it has a much better grip it fits my hand much better and after carrying it around for a couple of hours or even some minutes you will notice the difference i think that the shallow grip on the a7c is possibly one of the worst design decisions on this new camera from sony the a6600 has an aps-c size sensor with thin copper wiring to help improve sensitivity and overall performance on the other hand the a7c has a full-frame sensor that has bsi or backside illumination which makes it more sensitive to light which is good the sensor on the a7c is definitely better technology without question the a6600 has a flip up selfie screen whereas the a7c has a fully articulating screen both are good screens you really can't go wrong personally i like the flip up screen on the a600 just a little bit more because it's easier to use quickly for example if you want to take a low angle image you just flip it up and you're ready to snap the photo versus on the a7c you kind of have to move it a little bit so you have to flip it out and then rotate it to get a low angle shot while on the topic of screens their resolution is identical however the a600 screen is three inches in overall diameter versus 2.75 inches with the a7c similarly the electronic viewfinder resolution is the same on both cameras but for some strange and stupid decision by sony the a7c has a viewfinder magnification of 0.59 x while the a600 has a much better 0.7x the a7c has way fewer buttons specifically fewer customizable buttons on the top and on the back of the camera that being said the relocation of the record button to the top of the camera instead of to the side grip area was a smart decision by sony it makes recording yourself much much easier but for photography it is annoying not having access to a custom button or two on top such as what you get with the a6600 the a7c has usbc the a6600 does not lastly the a6600 comes in one color whereas the a7c comes in this retro esque silver top color which looks excellent it is definitely the nicer looking camera of the two alright so now let's talk about technical differences between these two cameras the a6600 has 425 phase detection and 425 contrast detection autofocus points that cover 84 of the sensor on the other hand the a7c has 693 phase detection autofocus points and the same 425 contrast detection autofocus points that cover 93 of the sensor so what does this mean well honestly nothing both autofocus systems are top notch and i don't think either camera out focuses the other by any perceptible differences you do have better control over the a7c autofocus because there are seven options for settings versus only three on the e6600 but that's really the only difference in real world use the a6600 shoots at 11 frames per second the a7c shoots at 10 frames per second not much of a difference but the buffer difference is significant the a600 will shoot 116 jpegs in a row or 46 raw photos in a row before slowing down whereas the a7c will shoot 220 jpegs or 115 raw photos in a row that's roughly double the buffer difference so for sports shooters who are holding down the shutter for a very long time trying to capture a moment the a7c is the better option the a7c captures gyro data so you can use that to stabilize video footage in post that's not a feature on the a6600 the a600 takes uh s1 sd cards while the a7c takes uhs type 2 sd cards so a little bit faster sd cards the shutter sound on the a600 is just ok but the shuttered sound on the a7c is much better in my opinion alright so i think that is it for the important technical differences between these two cameras before i go on to the real world differences between using both of these let's talk about today's video sponsor skillshare skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes for creative and curious people you can explore new skills deepen passions and get creative you can take classes in animation film and video music photography productivity and much more a few days ago i watched a class called grab your audience create enthralling 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thing that i'll say is the a6600 is absolutely more comfortable to use as a camera the larger grip and the better evf are huge the additional buttons on top make controlling the camera settings and using manual lenses much easier on the a6600 on the other hand the color science on the a7c is much newer and you could see a bit of an improvement in these side-by-side portraits of my wife particularly the skin tones are a tad improved it's subtle but it is there not saying that you can't edit the a600 photos to look like the a7 sees photos because you can but straight out of the camera they are a little bit nicer on the a7c neither camera has strong image stabilization performance that's never been sony's strong suit however the gyro stabilization of the a7c is very good you can get away with using just the a7c handheld and trick a few people into thinking that you are using a gimbal as for sharpness and resolution the final product you get with either camera is dependent on the lens in these comparisons i am using the tamron 17 to 70 f 2.8 on the a 6600 which is a very good very sharp lens and on the a7c i'm using an equally good and equally sharp lens the tamron 28 to 75 f 2.8 which has been a long favorite with full-frame sony shooters as you can see in these side-by-side photos the difference isn't staggering i'm not saying that the a7c isn't a better photo camera because ultimately it has a much newer much better sensor that has much better tech behind it but the a6600 is not far behind at all and if you are not zooming in to pixel peep like i am here you will be hard pressed to really tell a difference especially if you're just taking casual photos of your family and your friends or your kids you will be very happy with the results that you get with the a6600 there are however certain advantages to having a full frame sensor one advantage is getting shallow depth of field is easier on a full frame there is more compression at any given focal length the second and major thing that everyone and their mom talks about is the advantage in low light a full frame sensor with the same number of pixels means each pixel is larger so it can gather more light here's what that looks like in practice in this shot i'm using the exact same settings at iso 100 which is which well if you're asking yourself that then the difference isn't that big both cameras are good in low light with the right lenses in this case the a7c is on the left and the a6600 is on the right okay last example basically the same thing the same settings at iso 4000 on both cameras and i wouldn't say the difference is huge but again the a7c does outperform the a6600 without question so if you are shooting a ton of stuff in low light the full frame sensor is definitely going to help you out all right so after all of that what is my verdict what is the best camera out of these two to purchase i'm gonna give you the short answer and the longer much better answer the short and simple answer is this if you aren't sure the a 6600 is probably more camera than you will ever need it is comfortable to use a top tier performer and will provide excellent photo and video results for years to come if you need the better low light performance and you like the characteristics of full frame images or if you just flat out convince yourself that full frame is the only way then the a7c is absolutely right now the best full-frame mirrorless bargain out on the market and it is a much much better video camera than the a7 3 is because of unlimited recording no overheating better autofocus and the fully articulating screen alright and here is my long answer and this might ruffle a few feathers but honestly i don't care maybe the better camera to buy out of these two is neither one of them the problem with youtube is that there are a lot of people pushing the full frame envelope buy a full frame get a full frame you want the best right it's a full frame camera full frame is better in low light full frame is cool full frame is an upgrade you should definitely upgrade to full frame i've heard it over and over and over again and in the meanwhile a lot of those channels are using aps-c cameras to record themselves and to post that onto youtube which is just crazy i personally think there's nothing wrong with aps-c cameras whatsoever and you should not feel bad for owning an a600 or an a6000 for that matter over a full-frame camera in fact i know many channels that shoot with an a6000 those videos look better than a lot of these big channels that have a7s 3s and a7r4s in the end camera bodies don't really matter as much as people think that they do far far more important is pairing your camera body with a great lens sony cameras have gotten really good over the last two years we can nitpick about small grips and dumb evf settings all day long but ultimately at the end of the day the images and the video that this a7c produces are stellar they are superb and in the right hands even something like an a600 or an a6100 or an a6000 will produce amazing results with some skill and some practice there is also a very practical and price conscious side of me i think that both of these cameras right now are overpriced you can get ninety percent of the a6600 performance for about a third of the price by getting the a6100 yeah it has a cheaper build it isn't weatherproof and it doesn't have stabilization or the larger grip or the larger battery but if we're talking about end results if i recorded this entire youtube video with the a6100 instead of the a6600 could you really tell in fact that's what i did use for this video this is an a6100 could you tell that it wasn't an a600 and it didn't cost almost three times as much i couldn't so the question becomes do you really need an a600 and even sometimes i myself think i don't really need this camera i'd be perfectly happy with my a6100 and i use that camera all the time to take family photos to take video and to take with me the only real reason i reach for my a600 for youtube videos is because i'm too lazy to swap out batteries if i'm recording for a longer session and that's about it now on to the a7c i like this camera as much as i like gamestonk right now but in the back of my head i know that eighteen hundred dollars is just the price of the camera body alone i won't be able to take pictures with it i need a lens and for a good lens such as this tamron you're gonna have to pay up uh this thing used is about six hundred dollars brand new it's about eight hundred dollars so all in brand new it looks like i'm going to have to spend twenty six hundred dollars on a camera and a lens setup which is quite a chunk of change and if ever i want to buy full frame lenses in the future they are in general about 30 to 50 percent more than what i would be spending with an aps-c lens don't get me wrong there are certainly deals out there i bought this a7c for 1 420 used and it is in mint condition it's a great camera and for that price i would certainly recommend picking up an a7c over an a600 in fact if they were the same price it would be an easy decision get the a7c i guess if i could summarize everything that i've said in this very long-winded answer to a very simple question it would be step one get better at your craft so i would say practicing with the equipment that you have is of much more value than going out and buying new camera bodies step two i would highly recommend getting better glass ultimately a new camera body is gonna help but better glass is gonna help a whole lot more and then step three make sure that when you are upgrading your camera bodies you are going to be utilizing all of the additional features of that new more expensive camera body if you're just gonna go out and buy a sony a1 for six thousand dollars so you can vlog with it i would say that's probably not the best use of your funds but there are people out there who will probably end up doing just that um anyway i'm getting off track i hope you guys enjoyed this video hope you guys learned something let me know down in the comments what you guys thought of both of these cameras and which one of these two is your preference or if you're just sticking with the a6000 as always thank you so much for all of your comments all of your likes and your support stay tuned for more uh if you aren't subscribed please consider hitting that subscribe button and while you're there hit the like button as well because that helps me out a little bit anyway that's it for me thank you so much have a great day bye bye

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Length: 17min 12sec (1032 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 16 2021