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5 FLIPPING OUT
The new LCD features
a vari-angle design and higher 7
1620k-dot resolution that can
be flipped to face forward to
facilitate easy vlogging, or tilted 6
for awkward compositions.

6 SLOW AND
STEADY
Housing impressive
video specs, perhaps
the standout feature
is the ability to shoot
at 240fps, which
gives you up to 10x
slow motion footage 5
with full AF – a truly
massive feat of tech
know-how.

7 SMOOTH OPERATOR
In video, the control
dials operate shutter speed,
aperture and ISO, allowing for
silent and smooth alterations.

A big talking point is the 16-55mm f/2.8. For video, it and far quicker at picking up at the end of the 100-400mm.
company’s second APS-C put in a stellar turn, especially any movement. Happy to report that it does a
stabilisation. It offers 5 stops when used with the IS Boost The AF does indeed feel great job. It’s not 100% perfect,
as standard, or up to 6.5 stops mode for extra stability. It’s rapid – focusing is instant and and may be slightly pipped out
with supported lenses – right worth noting that this is a new accurate across the board. We by Sony’s Real-Time tracking,
now that stands at 18 out of 29. system, replacing the springs managed to get some tracking though we were managing
For stills it saw us capturing of the X-H1 version with a shots of birds in flight from the at least 8/10 shots in focus,
sharp shots at half a second series of magnets that are said back garden, as well as seeing whether coming straight at the
with the admittedly weighty to be both more responsive how the local traffic holds up camera or passing by side-on.
This is a huge boon for action
photographers, especially with
ALSO
CONSIDER Powerful hybrid stills/video APS-Cs the blistering burst rates.
THESE For portrait or wedding
shooters, the Eye AF knows
exactly where to look and does
a belting job. This is true in
both stills and video mode, and
after a couple of vlogs, we were
confident enough to leave it in
AF-C and let it do its thing.
The latest Film Simulation,
Sony α6600 Panasonic G9
Eterna Bleach Bypass, is what
£1399 £999 we’d call Marmite. It’s not a
style that we favour, but it is
Sony’s newest flagship APS-C, the α6600 is A Micro Four Thirds that’s aimed firmly
the best version of Bleach
another hybrid that packs a powerful punch. at sports and wildlife shooters, a recent
Bypass we’ve seen on digital
This 24.2MP body offers a 5-axis image firmware upgrade has given the G9’s video
offerings. It gives a cinematic,
stabilisation, 720-shot battery life, real-time a boost. It manages 20fps continuous
albeit gritty look to your stills
tracking and Eye-AF. It has a 180° flip-up blackout-free shooting, 30.3MP sensor and
and video, applied directly
LCD, 4K at 30fps and both S-Log and HLG can film 4K 60fps as well as offer internal
to your JPEGs or movies for
(Hybrid Log Gamma) – perfect for vlogging. 10-bit recording. It also has a vari-angle LCD.
instant results. It’s great to see
sony.co.uk panasonic.co.uk
the Film Simulations keep
rising in numbers.

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