I have owned the EOS M3 for 2 weeks now and I would like to make a couple of comments. First off, I have no idea how Canon comes up with its number of shots per battery charge rating, but I have a pretty good guess I'll discuss later. I went to the Buddhist Festival in Melbourne yesterday and took 1025 shots plus a short video. The battery indicator was flashing and I stopped shooting. I got home, plugged the camera into my laptop and transferred all the images. When I went to turn the camera back on to reformat the SD card it wouldn't let me reformat as the battery was too low. The previous photo session I had with this camera was another Festival (Fiesta Malaysia). That day I shout 536 images and 5 x 2min videos and the camera was still showing full battery. By the time I'd reformatted the SD card at home the indicator dropped one notch. Each other occasion I shot well over 300 images with the battery icon always staying on full. The point I am making is that the battery life is fantastic if you get on with your shooting instead of walking around with the camera turned on and not shooting. I read a full review of the EOS M3 recently and the reviewer wanted to test Canon's claim that the camera can shoot 1000 jpegs in a single burst at 4.2fps. They did the test and the camera did indeed meet the claimed specifications and the battery was still on over 1/2 (it would have been 2/3 as that is how the battery icon works). From my experiences so far - once the battery indicator moves off full to 2/3 there is probably only about 1/4 battery charge left. That is fine though as it shoots a LOT of images on the full icon. The battery icon can also show it is down to 1/3 and then you turn the camera on next time and it is showing full again. Battery life on any camera can vary widely depending on how you use the camera. For example, say Bob and Tim go to the city with their M3s to take some photos. Bob is a fast shooter and is basically walking around taking shot after shot after shot. Tim takes the odd shot here and there and both guys leave their cameras on all the time. After an hour you find Bob has taken 400 shots and Tim has taken 75 shots, but both cameras have used pretty well the same amount of battery!! Bob is heading for 1000+ images on his single battery charge and Tim will be the 250 shot person, as per Canon's data. I'm guessing Canon are covering themselves in their specs to allow for many people (like Tim) who walk around hardly shooting, but with their cameras on. Some people even focus on this, focus on that, etc. and don't even shoot! This all uses as much battery as rattling off shots!! Getting back now to the 4.2fps. If you shoot in jpeg format and one-shot AF the camera happily rattles off 4.2fps. If you put the camera in Servo AF the shooting slows to about 2 to maybe 2.3fps. The good thing is that the camera won't shoot if it doesn't find focus which means you get a genuine 2-2.3fps of sharp images every time (as long as you keep your subject in the frame). 2fps sounds terrible, but look at the A6000 review from Tony Northrup. He shot his wife jogging along the beach towards his camera and even though the camera took 10-11fps, ONLY 2fps were in focus!!! The EOS M3 would have given 2fps in focus and you wouldn't have 8/9 out of every 10/11 shots to delete afterwards!! Admittedly, I am sure there are many situations where the A6000 would score a far higher success rate of sharp images, it probably didn't like the lighting? In the review above we saw the A6000 rattling away shots of a laptop keyboard, but we were not shown any resulting images. Not only that, it was focusing all over the place and I prefer to tell my camera PRECISELY what "I" want to focus on. The touch to focus on the EOS M3 is nothing short of spectacular and has alleviated the need for a compensation dial, which funnily enough the camera now has. I shot a lot of performers on stage at both festivals I mentioned earlier and the performers were caching direct sun at the front of the stage while the back of the stage catches none and is relatively dark. At the Fiesta Malaysia the stage was painted black!! The EOS M3 blew my mind by metering and focusing off the face detection square and giving spot on exposures every time without any manual intervention. I love being able to tap a face or object and have the camera track it. I also shot with a DSLR at that particular festival and I was changing exposure compensation like a fiddler's elbow! If a performer was at the right hand side of the stage I had to use -1.33 stops and if they were at the left of the stage I had to use -1.67 stops of EC. If they moved back on the stage (out of direct sun light) I had to use -0.67 stops from memory....so that was constant jumping around between 3 exposure compensation levels while trying to capture the moment during the dance routines. There is little wonder I shot 225 shots on the DSLR and 536 shots on the EOS M3 that day!! I am not saying the EOS M3 is a better camera than the Sony A6000 (although personally I think it is or I would have bought the Sony instead). I am simply pointing out that SPECS can often be misleading. The reviewer in this video clearly is not familiar with the EOS M3. If you want the camera to choose from all 49 AF points you have to use Face Detection mode as that automatically jumps to multi-point AF if no faces are detected. The camera was set to single zone AF and the AF point was right in the middle of the screen. You can move it anywhere by touch, but you'll still only have one focus point. The EOS M3 focusing has been changed from the original EOS M in terms of operation and specification.
cooloox Hey, may i know if the eos M3 overheats, I want to use it for video recording of 30 minutes continuously, can you please give advice :) thanks for your detailed write up
xadeliciousxx Hi there, I'll try to test it today for you, if I get a chance. I also have the EOS M and that never seemed to get too hot while videoing. The EOS M also had a unique feature where it could shoot a video limited by memory card space rather than time. It had a max file size limit of 4GB, but as soon as the video reaches 4GB it simply continues on with a new file. When you place the 2 files together in a video editing program the video is seamless with no apparent frames lost.I take still images usually, so I haven't put the M3 to a proper video test. I am hoping it can do the long continuous videos spread across multiple files, like the M does. I'll let you know how it goes and how hot it gets.
xadeliciousxx Well, so far so good. I put the camera on a tripod and started shooting a video 15 mins ago. Admittedly it is winter here in Melbourne, but the camera is still completely cold to touch. I felt all around the body including the battery chamber. I will report back after 30mins and let you know if it moved onto a new file or stopped recording at 29mins 59secs. I'll also let you know about the heat.
xadeliciousxx OK, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is it can only shoot video for 30 mins in one go (29mins 58secs in my test). The video went over 4GB so it spread across 2 files, seamlessly. This is not so bad as most videos are made up of shorter scenes than 30 mins. The good news is that the camera was barely even warm and certainly never became hot. Also, the battery indicator is still showing full.
i have used and review the 6000, mine broke just now but you cant use rode mics which is a big downside, the hotshoe connection got all fucked up which means you can connect third party external flashes. I think they made a a6300 for a reason
Do both cameras connect to wifi? So you can upload them instantly on social media? I mean can you connect them to your phones so you can easily upload them on Facebook, instagram, etc.?!? Thanks!
the M3 also has all the canon EF & EF-S lenses to choose from great if you already own some and/or what more lenses to choose from. Can't wait to try a big Canon L super telephoto lens on the M3, even if it is just to see a weird looking combination.
Adam Baus If you compare like that, the Sony A6000 also has a very big lens selection. With the LA-EA3 or LA-EA4 you can use all Sony/Minolta lenses on the market.
***** May i know if the eos M3 overheats as my a5100 overheated every 15minutes video and shuts down, I want to use the eos m3 for video recording of 30 minutes continuously, can you please give advice if it is suitable? Thanks
What kind of speakers were the ones in this video? I'm looking into buying the Canon EOS M3. Please let me know, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Hi iTechriot, I am a beginner and I want to have the mirrorless camera but I can't choose which is the best mirrorless camera that suits my needs. I can't choose between this camera Canon EOS M3 or Sony A5100 or Canon G7X.. I would use the camera for taking photos such as landscape, people, street , food and mostly indoor like taking photos of my artwork portfolio.. and maybe a little bit of video.. which of this 3 mirrorless camera you would recommend? your comments are highly appreciated thank you so much in advance God Bless!
+Winza Tanazon He Winza. If you're going to shoot photo's of landscapes etc. Then de M3 is perfectly fine. Since Canon has the better lenses. Sony is always a bit better in video and the M3 is more in line with the a6000 then the a51000. You'll have much more quality for it's price with the M3 then A5100. The Canon G7X is perfect as a vlogging camera and macro close-ups. But does not have the option to replaceable the lens. Also because you mentioned indoors you want great ISO. Again I think the the M3 is your best option. Please ask someone for a second opinion and good luck!
FYI, a mirrorless camera is not an "SLT" camera; eg, the Sony A cameras use a Single Translucent Lens (SLT), where light of the image passes from the lens through translucent glass and then to the sensor, 1/3 of the light is reflected up to the view finder. this loss in light (1/3) caused many professionals to steer clear of Sony. an SLR, Single Lens Reflex, flips the mirror up and back down with every photo, thus making the "camera noise" click, or double click for slower shutter exposures. a mirrorless camera has neither of these systems, just a shutter, either an electronic shutter or a combination of electronic & mechanical shutter. there is either no viewfinder at all on mirrorless cameras, or the viewfinder is digital.
You can use a external mic on the A6000 with the external audio connector. It can even support XLR with that adapter. Disliked becouse you got too much stuff wrong. The Sony is a 16-50mm lens instead of 18-55 on the Canon. It also has a 1.5x crop instead of 1.6x which means it will start at a noticeably wider angle. Then you missed the Raw shooting performance of the M3 which is snail pace 0.8 fps in AF-c which basicly renders shooting Raw in any fast paced environment impossible.
Im visiting Joshua Tree next month and I need a good quality photo/video camera. I need something easy to carry around. I have always used Canon but Im so confused cause Sony looks way better quality. Please advise :( If I get the sony I can only use Sony lenses ?or which ones are compatible ?
You can also use other lenses but then you need an Metabone adapter for example. I'd say Sony is the better choice. Sony exceeds in video quality where Canon stays better at photo quality. So it depends on what you're gonna use it for.
Connecting an external microphone to a camera with such horrible video quality is really little benefit. Selfie mode....well....really we gotta go there? lol
I will still take the Sony A6000 over the M3, why? The canon mirroless has no EVF, even the Olympus OM-D has an EVF, but most important, the Sony record 1080 60p, while Canon still remain with its 30fps. I'm waiting for the replacement of the Sony A6000 :)
External microphone not possible? How did you come up with that conclusion? How about doing more research before making a comparison video without the full facts. External microphone for the Sony a6000 = Sony ECM-XYST1M. And its cord free, unlike 3rd party external mics. If people like nicer LCD with touchscreen and selfie mode then they should go for the Canon. Now if you want performance, value, able to handle sports event, and affordable... the Sony a6000 is highly recommended. I will admit I like the Sony a6000 as I own it, use it and so forth. Specification wise the a6000 beats the EOS M3. Plus, the Canon and Nikon mirrorless camera are on a catch up game with Sony, as Sony is far ahead on Mirrorless technology. If you don't know that a lot of other Manufacturers CMOS sensor are designed and even produced by Sony, just a hint.
Eric Matic The reviewer was alluding to the fact that the A6000 doesn't have mic input. This means it has to be connected by using the hot-shoe. The other manufacturers allow you to plug in a mic which can be mounted on a bracket or anywhere else without requiring connection via a hot-shoe. It's no big deal though, most people would use the hot-shoe anyway, if not using a bracket. You are making some assumptions here!! Don't be fooled by specs. What is the Canon lacking compared to the A6000? It has a better screen and with touch input it is a vastly superior screen. In low light neither camera is great and decent light they are very similar in terms of focusing in one-shot mode. The EOS M focuses very similar to a DSLR in terms of speed and accuracy. The Sony has a higher burst rate, but how many people truly use that in honesty? My first DSLR was the Canon EOS 20D which had 5fps and I never used it once. I have no special need for high burst rates. If you do then fair enough. Image quality - from what I have seen goes to the M3 and focusing accuracy again to the M3. I did massive research on image quality when looking for a compact mirrorless camera and about 75% of the Sony A6000 image samples I found online are not what I would call sharply focused. There are a LOT of people getting out-of-focus images. I have never had an out-of-focus image on my M3. What about if you want to use face detection on a particular person, how do you select that? I tap the person's face and that's it! Now that I actually have an EOS M3 I would happily engage in a little shootout with anyone who claims the Sony A6000 takes better image quality. Just tell me what type of images you want me to take and you take the same type of images and we can compare results.
cooloox Check out each link: cameradecision.com/compare/Canon-EOS-M3-vs-Sony-Alpha-a6000 www.imaging-resource.com/cameras/sony/a6000/vs/canon/eos-m3/ Fooled by specs? I know my Sony a6000, had it for a little bit over a year now. I know what it can do and can't do. How long have you had your Canon M3? About 'em not sharp images by others using their Sony a6000? Provide links to them so everyone who reads this can judge for themselves, provide image qualities on both. How about this, I am a Sony a6000 fan and you're a Canon M3 fan and lets leave it at that and enjoy doing what we like doing, taking pictures and videos. Like most will agree with me, the best camera is the one currently available on hand when taking picture(s) or video(s). Bottom line: both camera will perform well given a really good lens. I can tell you this though, my kit lens is alright but now I use the Sony 18-105 G lens, Sigma EX DN 19/2.8 and 30/2.8, some old school Minolta MD Rokkor 50/1.4 and 135/2.5, and the images are WOW!
Eric Matic At the end of the day I'm a photography fan. I'm not saying one camera is better than the other, only that specs mean nothing (e.g. Specs say the M3 gets 250 shots on a single charge, but my battery icon never leaves the full mark by 550 shots and I got 1025 shots plus a short video and transferred them all to the PC on a single battery charge). I have read rave reviews on compact cameras (point and shoots) in the past and they said how great the image quality was. The same reviewer then showed absolutely terrible grainy images and I was shocked. Because of this I look at sample images all over the Net from many sources before I even look at a review now. If the images are useless I'm not interested in looking further. When I first read all the hype I looked at sample images from the A6000 and I was bitterly disappointed. Then luckily a smart guy had a theory which I believe was accurate. He said many beginners are buying A6000s because of the great value for money and suggested I was probably seeing a lot of beginner's photos. I managed to find some high quality images when pointed to some Pro photographers' links who used A6000s. I believe the images off my EOS M3 are at least on a par with those. As I already have 8 or 9 Canon lenses and 2 DSLRs it made sense to stick with Canon. I bought the EOS M first at an insanely low price. I really liked it, but imagined it with all the things it lacked and the M3 more than lived up to that. It sounds like we both have great mirrorless cameras ☺
cooloox Both Cameras, Canon EOS M3 and Sony a6000 will perform great at the hands of a Pro or even an Enthusiast, with proper setting on a given scenario with mid to high end lenses.
Eric Matic Absolutely! I know the A6000 is a superb camera as there are so many people (including pros) raving about it. I saw a good video a little earlier tonight where Gary Fong shows how to use the continuous AF properly on the A6000. A lot of people were getting bad results at subject tracking, but he showed it doing high speed bursts with almost every shot in focus. My poor M3 slows to just over 2fps in burst mode with continuous focus activated lol.
opjoipopikopp[pl[p[ The color rendering of the Canon is towards the warm side as it is pleasant on the eyes but for accurate color Sony can on most scenario beats Canon. You must be a Canon fanatic.
enjoy not having a viewfinder? LOL die hard Canon fans I tell you. Reviewing a camera that is more in line with a nex 5n than a A6000. Yes sony made your camera for about 400 dollars years. This thing isn't even close to being a sony A6000
I have owned the EOS M3 for 2 weeks now and I would like to make a couple of comments. First off, I have no idea how Canon comes up with its number of shots per battery charge rating, but I have a pretty good guess I'll discuss later. I went to the Buddhist Festival in Melbourne yesterday and took 1025 shots plus a short video. The battery indicator was flashing and I stopped shooting. I got home, plugged the camera into my laptop and transferred all the images. When I went to turn the camera back on to reformat the SD card it wouldn't let me reformat as the battery was too low. The previous photo session I had with this camera was another Festival (Fiesta Malaysia). That day I shout 536 images and 5 x 2min videos and the camera was still showing full battery. By the time I'd reformatted the SD card at home the indicator dropped one notch. Each other occasion I shot well over 300 images with the battery icon always staying on full. The point I am making is that the battery life is fantastic if you get on with your shooting instead of walking around with the camera turned on and not shooting.
I read a full review of the EOS M3 recently and the reviewer wanted to test Canon's claim that the camera can shoot 1000 jpegs in a single burst at 4.2fps. They did the test and the camera did indeed meet the claimed specifications and the battery was still on over 1/2 (it would have been 2/3 as that is how the battery icon works). From my experiences so far - once the battery indicator moves off full to 2/3 there is probably only about 1/4 battery charge left. That is fine though as it shoots a LOT of images on the full icon. The battery icon can also show it is down to 1/3 and then you turn the camera on next time and it is showing full again.
Battery life on any camera can vary widely depending on how you use the camera. For example, say Bob and Tim go to the city with their M3s to take some photos. Bob is a fast shooter and is basically walking around taking shot after shot after shot. Tim takes the odd shot here and there and both guys leave their cameras on all the time. After an hour you find Bob has taken 400 shots and Tim has taken 75 shots, but both cameras have used pretty well the same amount of battery!! Bob is heading for 1000+ images on his single battery charge and Tim will be the 250 shot person, as per Canon's data. I'm guessing Canon are covering themselves in their specs to allow for many people (like Tim) who walk around hardly shooting, but with their cameras on. Some people even focus on this, focus on that, etc. and don't even shoot! This all uses as much battery as rattling off shots!!
Getting back now to the 4.2fps. If you shoot in jpeg format and one-shot AF the camera happily rattles off 4.2fps. If you put the camera in Servo AF the shooting slows to about 2 to maybe 2.3fps. The good thing is that the camera won't shoot if it doesn't find focus which means you get a genuine 2-2.3fps of sharp images every time (as long as you keep your subject in the frame). 2fps sounds terrible, but look at the A6000 review from Tony Northrup. He shot his wife jogging along the beach towards his camera and even though the camera took 10-11fps, ONLY 2fps were in focus!!! The EOS M3 would have given 2fps in focus and you wouldn't have 8/9 out of every 10/11 shots to delete afterwards!! Admittedly, I am sure there are many situations where the A6000 would score a far higher success rate of sharp images, it probably didn't like the lighting?
In the review above we saw the A6000 rattling away shots of a laptop keyboard, but we were not shown any resulting images. Not only that, it was focusing all over the place and I prefer to tell my camera PRECISELY what "I" want to focus on. The touch to focus on the EOS M3 is nothing short of spectacular and has alleviated the need for a compensation dial, which funnily enough the camera now has. I shot a lot of performers on stage at both festivals I mentioned earlier and the performers were caching direct sun at the front of the stage while the back of the stage catches none and is relatively dark. At the Fiesta Malaysia the stage was painted black!! The EOS M3 blew my mind by metering and focusing off the face detection square and giving spot on exposures every time without any manual intervention. I love being able to tap a face or object and have the camera track it. I also shot with a DSLR at that particular festival and I was changing exposure compensation like a fiddler's elbow! If a performer was at the right hand side of the stage I had to use -1.33 stops and if they were at the left of the stage I had to use -1.67 stops of EC. If they moved back on the stage (out of direct sun light) I had to use -0.67 stops from memory....so that was constant jumping around between 3 exposure compensation levels while trying to capture the moment during the dance routines. There is little wonder I shot 225 shots on the DSLR and 536 shots on the EOS M3 that day!!
I am not saying the EOS M3 is a better camera than the Sony A6000 (although personally I think it is or I would have bought the Sony instead). I am simply pointing out that SPECS can often be misleading. The reviewer in this video clearly is not familiar with the EOS M3. If you want the camera to choose from all 49 AF points you have to use Face Detection mode as that automatically jumps to multi-point AF if no faces are detected. The camera was set to single zone AF and the AF point was right in the middle of the screen. You can move it anywhere by touch, but you'll still only have one focus point. The EOS M3 focusing has been changed from the original EOS M in terms of operation and specification.
cooloox Hey, may i know if the eos M3 overheats, I want to use it for video recording of 30 minutes continuously, can you please give advice :) thanks for your detailed write up
xadeliciousxx Hi there, I'll try to test it today for you, if I get a chance. I also have the EOS M and that never seemed to get too hot while videoing. The EOS M also had a unique feature where it could shoot a video limited by memory card space rather than time. It had a max file size limit of 4GB, but as soon as the video reaches 4GB it simply continues on with a new file. When you place the 2 files together in a video editing program the video is seamless with no apparent frames lost.I take still images usually, so I haven't put the M3 to a proper video test. I am hoping it can do the long continuous videos spread across multiple files, like the M does. I'll let you know how it goes and how hot it gets.
cooloox Thank you :) Hope to hear from you soon!
xadeliciousxx Well, so far so good. I put the camera on a tripod and started shooting a video 15 mins ago. Admittedly it is winter here in Melbourne, but the camera is still completely cold to touch. I felt all around the body including the battery chamber. I will report back after 30mins and let you know if it moved onto a new file or stopped recording at 29mins 59secs. I'll also let you know about the heat.
xadeliciousxx OK, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is it can only shoot video for 30 mins in one go (29mins 58secs in my test). The video went over 4GB so it spread across 2 files, seamlessly. This is not so bad as most videos are made up of shorter scenes than 30 mins. The good news is that the camera was barely even warm and certainly never became hot. Also, the battery indicator is still showing full.
Just bought myself the M3 today. Very Happy so far and I've just started with photography so this really solves my limited needs.
M3 or Sony 5100 for great quality pictures?
Everyone's opinions would be great!
there are external microphones for the a6000
i have used and review the 6000, mine broke just now but you cant use rode mics which is a big downside, the hotshoe connection got all fucked up which means you can connect third party external flashes. I think they made a a6300 for a reason
@@taishiman agreed
I am going to get the M3. Do you know if it has face detection AF?
Not sure what your camera settings were but i constantly get around 900 photo's to 1 battery on the M3.
What is batter sony or canon
how to buy view finder for canon eos M3?
thank you so much for this review. very usefull
Good comparison Mike. I like but leaning on the Sony as my 1st comfort interchangeable lans body
Do both cameras connect to wifi? So you can upload them instantly on social media? I mean can you connect them to your phones so you can easily upload them on Facebook, instagram, etc.?!? Thanks!
the M3 also has all the canon EF & EF-S lenses to choose from great if you already own some and/or what more lenses to choose from.
Can't wait to try a big Canon L super telephoto lens on the M3, even if it is just to see a weird looking combination.
Adam Baus You are absolutely right!
Adam Baus , lenses are more important than the body, and canon has a bazillion af lenses.
Adam Baus If you compare like that, the Sony A6000 also has a very big lens selection. With the LA-EA3 or LA-EA4 you can use all Sony/Minolta lenses on the market.
Toxicity1987 the A6000 is painfully shit with adapters....
MrKdr500 With 3rd Party Adapters yes, but the EA-LA3 and EA-LA4 works pretty well on the camera.
great video you help me out a lot
***** May i know if the eos M3 overheats as my a5100 overheated every 15minutes video and shuts down, I want to use the eos m3 for video recording of 30 minutes continuously, can you please give advice if it is suitable? Thanks
xadeliciousxx I thinks so. I did not experience any overheating with the EOS M3. Just normal heating ;)
What kind of speakers were the ones in this video? I'm looking into buying the Canon EOS M3. Please let me know, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
The Sony lens clearly starts at 16mm, not 18mm. That's 24mm equiv compared to 28.8mm equiv of the Canon. Sony is much wider.
i mean that's sorta irrelevant because you can always get new lenses at different focal lengths
@@evankim8815 thats got nothing to do with this review
wich one good?
Nice review. Finally know the differences now
Nice video dude, berry helpful!
Hi iTechriot, I am a beginner and I want to have the mirrorless camera but I can't choose which is the best mirrorless camera that suits my needs. I can't choose between this camera Canon EOS M3 or Sony A5100 or Canon G7X.. I would use the camera for taking photos such as landscape, people, street , food and mostly indoor like taking photos of my artwork portfolio.. and maybe a little bit of video.. which of this 3 mirrorless camera you would recommend? your comments are highly appreciated thank you so much in advance God Bless!
+Winza Tanazon He Winza. If you're going to shoot photo's of landscapes etc. Then de M3 is perfectly fine. Since Canon has the better lenses. Sony is always a bit better in video and the M3 is more in line with the a6000 then the a51000. You'll have much more quality for it's price with the M3 then A5100. The Canon G7X is perfect as a vlogging camera and macro close-ups. But does not have the option to replaceable the lens. Also because you mentioned indoors you want great ISO. Again I think the the M3 is your best option. Please ask someone for a second opinion and good luck!
+iTechriot thank you for the reply it helps me which camera I should buy :D
+Winza Tanazon You're welcome!
If you want to compare 180 degree and selfie, take a5100. i guess it's pretty fair to compare with this 2 cameras.
FYI, a mirrorless camera is not an "SLT" camera; eg, the Sony A cameras use a Single Translucent Lens (SLT), where light of the image passes from the lens through translucent glass and then to the sensor, 1/3 of the light is reflected up to the view finder. this loss in light (1/3) caused many professionals to steer clear of Sony. an SLR, Single Lens Reflex, flips the mirror up and back down with every photo, thus making the "camera noise" click, or double click for slower shutter exposures. a mirrorless camera has neither of these systems, just a shutter, either an electronic shutter or a combination of electronic & mechanical shutter. there is either no viewfinder at all on mirrorless cameras, or the viewfinder is digital.
You can use a external mic on the A6000 with the external audio connector. It can even support XLR with that adapter.
Disliked becouse you got too much stuff wrong.
The Sony is a 16-50mm lens instead of 18-55 on the Canon. It also has a 1.5x crop instead of 1.6x which means it will start at a noticeably wider angle.
Then you missed the Raw shooting performance of the M3 which is snail pace 0.8 fps in AF-c which basicly renders shooting Raw in any fast paced environment impossible.
Im visiting Joshua Tree next month and I need a good quality photo/video camera. I need something easy to carry around. I have always used Canon but Im so confused cause Sony looks way better quality.
Please advise :( If I get the sony I can only use Sony lenses ?or which ones are compatible ?
You can also use other lenses but then you need an Metabone adapter for example.
I'd say Sony is the better choice. Sony exceeds in video quality where Canon stays better at photo quality. So it depends on what you're gonna use it for.
Thanks !!!
I order the sony a6000 3 days ago cant wait... Would you kindly recommend me a metabone adapter? thank you!
plz compare image quality also in some video. Nice video mate
which camera did you use to film yourself during this video?
+Photographic Elements Sony A58! See my channel for more videos about the A58 + lens.
+iTechriot Would you recommend the M3 for videos; like music videos?
the sony actually has a 16-50mm lens
Are you Dutch/ben je Nederlands? :)
MrMiogio haha thats what I thought too
I guess he is
Connecting an external microphone to a camera with such horrible video quality is really little benefit. Selfie mode....well....really we gotta go there? lol
I will still take the Sony A6000 over the M3, why? The canon mirroless has no EVF, even the Olympus OM-D has an EVF, but most important, the Sony record 1080 60p, while Canon still remain with its 30fps. I'm waiting for the replacement of the Sony A6000 :)
Who uses EVF anymore? I don't see people complaining about that since the smart phones joined the video recording scene.
Kerel, doe het de volgende keer alsjeblieft in het nederlands... No offense, maar je engelse uitspraak is soms erg lastig te volgen.
External microphone not possible? How did you come up with that conclusion? How about doing more research before making a comparison video without the full facts.
External microphone for the Sony a6000 = Sony ECM-XYST1M. And its cord free, unlike 3rd party external mics.
If people like nicer LCD with touchscreen and selfie mode then they should go for the Canon. Now if you want performance, value, able to handle sports event, and affordable... the Sony a6000 is highly recommended.
I will admit I like the Sony a6000 as I own it, use it and so forth. Specification wise the a6000 beats the EOS M3. Plus, the Canon and Nikon mirrorless camera are on a catch up game with Sony, as Sony is far ahead on Mirrorless technology. If you don't know that a lot of other Manufacturers CMOS sensor are designed and even produced by Sony, just a hint.
Eric Matic The reviewer was alluding to the fact that the A6000 doesn't have mic input. This means it has to be connected by using the hot-shoe. The other manufacturers allow you to plug in a mic which can be mounted on a bracket or anywhere else without requiring connection via a hot-shoe. It's no big deal though, most people would use the hot-shoe anyway, if not using a bracket.
You are making some assumptions here!! Don't be fooled by specs. What is the Canon lacking compared to the A6000? It has a better screen and with touch input it is a vastly superior screen. In low light neither camera is great and decent light they are very similar in terms of focusing in one-shot mode. The EOS M focuses very similar to a DSLR in terms of speed and accuracy. The Sony has a higher burst rate, but how many people truly use that in honesty? My first DSLR was the Canon EOS 20D which had 5fps and I never used it once. I have no special need for high burst rates. If you do then fair enough. Image quality - from what I have seen goes to the M3 and focusing accuracy again to the M3. I did massive research on image quality when looking for a compact mirrorless camera and about 75% of the Sony A6000 image samples I found online are not what I would call sharply focused. There are a LOT of people getting out-of-focus images. I have never had an out-of-focus image on my M3.
What about if you want to use face detection on a particular person, how do you select that? I tap the person's face and that's it!
Now that I actually have an EOS M3 I would happily engage in a little shootout with anyone who claims the Sony A6000 takes better image quality. Just tell me what type of images you want me to take and you take the same type of images and we can compare results.
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Check out each link:
cameradecision.com/compare/Canon-EOS-M3-vs-Sony-Alpha-a6000
www.imaging-resource.com/cameras/sony/a6000/vs/canon/eos-m3/
Fooled by specs? I know my Sony a6000, had it for a little bit over a year now. I know what it can do and can't do. How long have you had your Canon M3? About 'em not sharp images by others using their Sony a6000? Provide links to them so everyone who reads this can judge for themselves, provide image qualities on both.
How about this, I am a Sony a6000 fan and you're a Canon M3 fan and lets leave it at that and enjoy doing what we like doing, taking pictures and videos. Like most will agree with me, the best camera is the one currently available on hand when taking picture(s) or video(s). Bottom line: both camera will perform well given a really good lens. I can tell you this though, my kit lens is alright but now I use the Sony 18-105 G lens, Sigma EX DN 19/2.8 and 30/2.8, some old school Minolta MD Rokkor 50/1.4 and 135/2.5, and the images are WOW!
Eric Matic At the end of the day I'm a photography fan. I'm not saying one camera is better than the other, only that specs mean nothing (e.g. Specs say the M3 gets 250 shots on a single charge, but my battery icon never leaves the full mark by 550 shots and I got 1025 shots plus a short video and transferred them all to the PC on a single battery charge). I have read rave reviews on compact cameras (point and shoots) in the past and they said how great the image quality was. The same reviewer then showed absolutely terrible grainy images and I was shocked. Because of this I look at sample images all over the Net from many sources before I even look at a review now. If the images are useless I'm not interested in looking further.
When I first read all the hype I looked at sample images from the A6000 and I was bitterly disappointed. Then luckily a smart guy had a theory which I believe was accurate. He said many beginners are buying A6000s because of the great value for money and suggested I was probably seeing a lot of beginner's photos. I managed to find some high quality images when pointed to some Pro photographers' links who used A6000s. I believe the images off my EOS M3 are at least on a par with those. As I already have 8 or 9 Canon lenses and 2 DSLRs it made sense to stick with Canon. I bought the EOS M first at an insanely low price. I really liked it, but imagined it with all the things it lacked and the M3 more than lived up to that.
It sounds like we both have great mirrorless cameras ☺
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Both Cameras, Canon EOS M3 and Sony a6000 will perform great at the hands of a Pro or even an Enthusiast, with proper setting on a given scenario with mid to high end lenses.
Eric Matic Absolutely! I know the A6000 is a superb camera as there are so many people (including pros) raving about it. I saw a good video a little earlier tonight where Gary Fong shows how to use the continuous AF properly on the A6000. A lot of people were getting bad results at subject tracking, but he showed it doing high speed bursts with almost every shot in focus. My poor M3 slows to just over 2fps in burst mode with continuous focus activated lol.
Although the Sony is an awesome camera I'll take the canon because of the extended video option
you can use a mic on the a6000. You just need to purchase the sony mic
Wayne Summers I Know, so that was something that was bothering me about the a6000
overall, the only thing better with the Canon is the screen :D
a6000 is on sale right now, with kit its 529€.
There is no comparison in the image quality in this video. I can tell you the color renderings of the Canon is light years ahead of the Sony.
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The color rendering of the Canon is towards the warm side as it is pleasant on the eyes but for accurate color Sony can on most scenario beats Canon. You must be a Canon fanatic.
All the time i heard m3 as entry
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Really bad review. A lot of misinformation here. I don't even know where to start.
+Ferarri4444 please elaborate, I'm looking at the M3 for family and vacation pics/videos and I know nothing about photography.
m3 more better if used photograp
From which country do you come? XD
I will instantly stop watching any video from anyone that starts "what's up guys". Drives me mad.
on price, the M3 is half the price as the A6000
sony 16-50, canon 18-55
Sony a6000 is awesome
lol canon viewfinder, it is like they are trolling people
enjoy not having a viewfinder? LOL die hard Canon fans I tell you. Reviewing a camera that is more in line with a nex 5n than a A6000. Yes sony made your camera for about 400 dollars years. This thing isn't even close to being a sony A6000
FIDEOS? or VIDEOS? hahahhaha FIDEOS XD XD