Sony A5000 Camera Review with Sample Photos Strengths Weaknesses Qualities and What to Expect

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This has been an exceedingly hard camera review to author. The Sony A5000 is a completely unremarkable camera. And that simple fact represents both its greatest strength and weakness. Let’s cut to the chase: The A5000 is an entry-level camera and there are a lot of people who will tell you that’s a bad thing. It’s not. The A5000 is a good, but imperfect, camera that will be ideal for the majority of its intended users. I like the A5000, and I think it’s an ideal step up when cell phone photography becomes too limiting, and we’ll get to that, but first let’s do a quick rundown on the camera’s major plusses and minuses so that, if this is a camera you’re looking at, you know what to expect. • The A5000 held the tier at the bottom of the Sony 5000-series lineup. There are some corners cut with it – the sensor is a key issue and if you shoot ultra-fast lenses the short edges of your images will turn magenta. That effect, by the way, is based on the lens and is not uniform across all lenses. In fact, the Funleader 18mm f/8, hardly a fast lens, has that same effect. But unless you plan to use this camera with after-market ultra-fast lenses like the KamLan 50mm f/1.1, or the 7Artisans 35mm f/1.2, or even the Meike 50mm f/1.7, you aren’t likely to have issues. And the kit 16-50mm lens this camera included certainly delivered no magenta tinting issues. • A second concern is the screen, which, on mine, that I bought new, started showing horizontal lines around image 1,000 during use number seven or eight. And those lines have worsened and, in time, I expect they will lead to the screen failing. • Those points acknowledged, let’s talk about why this is a fantastic camera. It’s light and it’s small; in fact, I think it’s the lightest and smallest interchangeable lens camera I’ve used. With the Funleader lens it’s not much larger than a cell phone. With the kit 16-50mm lens it can fit in most pockets and purses. It’s not a camera for which you would even need a strap, certainly nothing more than a wrist strap, most of the time. And the screen flips up horizontally which means you can hold the camera below you in landscape mode and have your images deliver a bit of low-angle drama. • The sensor delivers good colors with much saturation. The raw files are readily editable in post with a good amount of editing and image recovery capacity. So if you want a camera that you can grow into raw editing with, this is a great choice. The A5000 has all the key features that you will need. It’s a good camera and I like carrying it around with me because it’s easy to use, fun to use, and tiny. • For image quality, the sensor does hit somewhat above its belt in most every situation. And for a camera that even an unskilled magician could palm easily, that’s impressive. It does not take 4K video, only 1080P, but that’s a tradeoff that likely stems from a lower-spec onboard computer and reduced heat dispersion capabilities. And you know what, that’s fine. This camera is really good at stills and if you’re interested in this camera it should be an interest primarily geared toward still imagery anyway. • And yes it is super light but that lack of weight comes at a price. The camera is not as well made as others, though that said it’s fallen out of my pocket on a hikes three or four times, once rolling ahead of me down a path five or six feet, but none of those drops affected it. So the camera feels very light and feels a bit plasticky, but its takes abuse like a punch-drunk pugilist. • There are some weird software limitations on it, too. For instance, you can enlarge your live view area for fine focus, but the screen goes back to the normal view after just a few seconds, making manual focus lens use a frustration. And I can think of no reason for that, shy of sensor overheating which seems unlikely given that other Sony cameras don’t have that automatic return function. So I suspect that the software is simply impaired because this was an entry-level camera and some of the camera makers do use software limitations to reduce camera functionality on some lower-tier models. • Ultimately, I think that the best thing I can say about the A5000 is this: It can do whatever you need it to, do it generally well, and do so in a light and small body that’s nice to carry around. I like shooting the A5000. It like taking it with me and seeing what I can make it do. It’s a fun camera. It’s designed for the user. It can take any kind of photo you want to take with it. It packs a whole lot of great image quality and color rendition into a tiny, affordable package. So I guess the takeaway is this: If you have or are thinking about this camera, it’s probably good a choice for still images because it’s easy and light enough that carrying it won’t be a bother and it’s fun and easy enough to use that you’ll want to do just that. • #SonyA5000 #SonyA5000Review #SonyMirrorlessReview

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