Sony a6500 Vs a7III – Which Is Better For You?

If you want to find out which camera is better for you between Sony a6500 Vs a7III, then you’ve definitely come to the right place. It’s no surprise that you’re in this situation right now. Both of these cameras are mirrorless cameras created by Sony.

Throughout the course of this article, we would look at the features of these two cameras, both the common and the unique features. After that, we would look at the pros and cons of these cameras, and then finally, what people are saying about it.

However, if you do not have the time to read through the whole article, it’s quite lengthy, then just check out the overview below:

Comparison Overview — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

Looking at the overall features of these two cameras, you can see that they are very similar. These two cameras have good features, especially for the price that these cameras retail at. If you take action photos, these cameras have great continuous shooting rates. If you want to record video, these cameras shoot 4K video.

One place where both these cameras fault is in the battery department. You might have to get an extra battery (sold separately), when you get either of these cameras. Looking at the price to performance ratio, both of these cameras are pretty decent. However, we feel like there are equally good cameras for lesser price, made by lesser brands.

Finally, deciding between Sony a6500 Vs a7III is down to one major thing “cropped sensor or full-frame sensor”. If you don’t mind a cropped sensor, pick up the Sony a6500, as it is a lot more affordable. If you must use a full-frame sensor, spend the extra bucks and get the Sony a7III.

Comparison Of Key Features —
Sony a6500 Vs a7III

	Sony a6500	Sony a7III
Announcement Date	10th June, 2016.	27th February 2018.
Sensor Type	APS-C Sensor.	Full-frame sensor.
Continuous Shooting Rate	11.0 Frames Per Second.	10.0 Frames Per Second.
Built-In Flash	Yes	No
Iso	100 – 25600 (expands to 51200)	100 – 51200 (expands to 50-204800)
Battery Life	350 shots	610 shots
Headphone Port	No	Yes
Number Of Storage Slots	2	1
UHS Memory Card Support	None	UHS-II

Before we go into the review in details, we want you to watch the video below. It features a comparison between these cameras- Sony a6500 Vs a7III, on different grounds. It really gives perspective and shows you, visually, some of the features we’ll be talking about in this Sony a6500 Vs a7III comparison article.

Check it out below:

What Scenario Is What Camera Better For? — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

Sony a6500	Sony a7III
Although this camera cannot be called affordable in many quarters, it is still good price for money. Also, it is significantly more affordable than the Sony a7III, which is usually people’s first point in the Sony a6500 Vs a7III comparison.   Therefore, if you want something that’s light on your pocket but still professional enough, you want the Sony a6500.	This camera is quite expensive. For one, it costs a lot more than the Sony a6500. While this might look and feel like the better camera, you have to be sure it fits into your budget.   If it does fit into your budget, this is an excellent professional mirrorless camera. Being that this is one of the top-notch Sony mirrorless cameras, it’s a good entry into that ecosystem.
One thing people always want with mirrorless cameras is a small, compact camera. They want something that’s portable enough for them to carry around. This is the package you get with the Sony a6500.   So, if you want something small and compact but equal in quality, the Sony a6500 is the camera for you.	While this is not the most portable camera out there, it definitely is pretty light. Compare this with an equivalent DSLR and you understand what we mean.   And this can actually be a good thing. With this weight, you can use your camera with the heavier lenses, and still maintain an overall weight balance.
Shooting video is something that is pretty much the same with these two cameras. Most importantly, these two cameras- Sony a6500 Vs a7III can shoot in 4K.   Everyone wants to shoot in 4K now, the clearer the video, the better. However, we must warn you, you need a laptop with crazy processing power first.	Just like we’ve mentioned, shooting video is quite similar on this camera like it is on the Sony a6500. There is one difference, though, and that’s the size of the sensor.   This camera comes with a full-frame sensor, while the Sony a6500 comes with a cropped sensor. This will affect the width of the frame you can capture, so you need to put it into consideration.

Common Features — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

Here are things that make the Sony a6500 and a7III similar:

i. Both mirrorless

ii. Electronic viewfinder

iii. Built-in Wi-Fi

iv. Environmental sealing

v. Articulating screen

vi. RAW support

vii. Touch screen

viii. Face detection

ix. Auto exposure bracketing

Let us now discuss them in detail…

Mirrorless Cameras

The mirrorless camera industry has grown tremendously since the first mirrorless camera was introduced in 2004. A lot of customers caught on to this new industry when Sony became the commercial production of mirrorless cameras.

However, unlike with DSLRs where you only have two big players (Nikon and Canon) and nothing below that, with mirrorless cameras, you have a lot of options to choose from. Because this is a growing market, there are a lot of manufacturers here that produce good stuff, at all prince ranges.

Honestly, this is the first reason why we like mirrorless cameras. You just have more options to choose from. You can see companies like Panasonic and FujiFilm creating badass mirrorless cameras, meanwhile, you don’t see anyone competing with Nikon and Canon for DSLRs.

Once mirrorless cameras where launched, it became a fierce rivalry between mirrorless cameras and DSLRs. The photography world was torn into two. One part was all about embracing the new technology, the other was about sticking to what worked. With the popular saying “if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it”. However, what we think is the right thing is “if there’s something better, why not try it?”.

With that said, why don’t we look at exactly how these mirrorless cameras work, and how they differ from how DSLRs work.

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How Mirrorless Cameras Work

To understand how mirrorless cameras work, we first have to look at how DSLRs work. There are two main differences in how these two camera types work:

• How their viewfinders work,
• How their autofocusing works.

Light enters a DSLR through the camera’s lens. There is a mirror, a prism, and an autofocus sensor, inside the DSLR. When the shutter is closed, this mirror is down. The light that enters the camera hits the mirror and then splits into two parts. The first part of the light is sent upwards to a prism. The light then bounces off this prism and is sent to the optical viewfinder.

When the shutter button is clicked, and the shutter opens, this mirror flips upwards. This allows the light to go straight to the camera’s film, which then captures the image.

With a mirrorless camera, like you would’ve guessed, there is no mirror. Added to that, there is also no prism, no autofocus sensor, and no optical viewfinder. Instead of an optical viewfinder, you have an electronic viewfinder or an LCD for framing.

When the light enters the camera, it hits an electronic sensor. This sensor then converts the light to a digital image. Then, the digital image is sent to an LCD screen or an electronic viewfinder, so the photographer can frame his shot.

Because there are no mirrors and prisms, mirrorless cameras can be made to be a lot smaller, more compact, and lightweight. This is the first reason why a lot of people prefer mirrorless cameras. If you’re a travel photographer, or you typically just like small camera kits, then a mirrorless camera is what you want.

Advantages Of Mirrorless Cameras

Apart from being smaller and lighter, mirrorless cameras carry a lot of advantages. Here they are:

1. Continuous Shooting

The reason why mirrorless cameras have better continuous shooting rates than DSLRs is the same reason why they are smaller and more lightweight, they do not have any moving parts. Continuous shooting rate basically refers to how many shots your camera can take per second. With a DSLR, the mirror has to flip every shot, and this moving process is what slows down the camera and reduces the number of shots you can take.

You can see this in these two cameras- Sony a6500 Vs a7III. Both of them can shoot 11 and 10 frames per second, respectively. Compare this to similar DSLR cameras and you will see just how good the continuous shooting of mirrorless cameras is.

2. Video Shooting

Video shooting with mirrorless cameras is something that has been improved on, over time. When they first came out, everyone still preferred to use DSLR cameras to record their videos. This is because, DSLRs could shoot HD and Full HD, and also, there are a wide variety of options with DSLRs, when it comes to lenses and accessories.

However, as the technology got better in mirrorless cameras, they also got better at shooting videos. The biggest improvement noticeable is with how available 4K video is on mirrorless cameras. Shooting 4K video is more about the software than the hardware, which is generally the same for mirrorless cameras.

Because of that, you can find 4K video as a feature for most mirrorless cameras. Whereas, on the other hand, you can only find it on the very expensive DSLR flagships.

Also, once Sony got into the mirrorless camera market, the story about accessories and lenses changed. Alongside its mirrorless cameras, Sony created a lot of mirrorless camera lenses and accessories that make these cameras equally comfortable and great for shooting videos.

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Disadvantages Of Mirrorless Cameras

Hold your horses! Before you throw out your DSLR camera, we must point out that mirrorless cameras are not all gold, they do have their downsides. These downsides are why the argument of mirrorless vs DSLRs cannot be extinguished.

1. Battery Life

The biggest disadvantage of using a mirrorless camera is their battery life. There are several reasons why mirrorless cameras have miserable battery lives. The first reason is their size. Mirrorless cameras are made to be very small. Because of that, the batteries in them also have to be small.

With batteries, the smaller you go, the smaller the capacity of the battery, and vice versa. So, because mirrorless cameras have smaller batteries than DSLRs, their batteries don’t last nearly as long.

The second reason is the processing power and other power-draining features. Mirrorless cameras depend a lot on electronic features, DSLRs depend more on mechanical features. Because of this, the features on mirrorless cameras are a lot more power draining than features on DSLRs.

For one, the electronic sensor on the mirrorless camera has to be on all the time. This is because, without it being on, the photographer won’t be able to frame his photos before taking them. Also, apart form the sensor being on all the time, the LCD screen or the electronic viewfinder has to be on, at least while you’re taking shots. These features are also power draining.

So, if you want a camera you can use all day without recharging the battery, mirrorless cameras are not for you. With a mirrorless camera, you will have to carry multiple batteries with you, so that your camera doesn’t go off while you’re shooting.

2. Autofocus

Just like we explained earlier, DSLRs have a specific sensor which is responsible for autofocus. On mirrorless cameras, the sensor responsible for converting light to a digital image is also responsible for autofocus. Because of that, we can immediately tell that the one that has just one job, will do better than the sensor that is multipurpose.

This is why DSLRs generally have faster autofocusing than mirrorless cameras. This point, though, is for the middle to low market. For the more expensive, top-level professional cameras, autofocusing is quite similar.

This is because, top-level mirrorless cameras use newer technology that make them also have very fast autofocusing. However, because this technology is quite expensive, you cannot find it on the budget-friendly mirrorless cameras.

Electronic Viewfinder

When talking about mirrorless cameras, the very next thing on people’s lips is an electronic viewfinder, although, not all mirrorless cameras come with an electronic viewfinder. When using a mirrorless camera without an electronic viewfinder, the photographer will have to rely on the camera’s LCD screen to preview his photos.

This is good enough most times. However, when you’re out shooting and the sun is out, it becomes really difficult to use the LCD screen. As we’re sure you already know, it’s difficult to use screens outside because of the rays of the sun reflecting on them. It’s the same for LCD screens on cameras.

With an electronic viewfinder, you will not have such problems. Once mirrorless cameras and DSLRs are being compared, electronic viewfinders are also compared to optical viewfinders. However, for us, we think that electronic viewfinders are better than optical viewfinders, and we will tell you why.

We think electronic viewfinders are better because, with electronic viewfinders, what you see is what you get. What we mean is that, you get a live preview of exactly how your picture is going to turn out. Tweak to settings like exposure, ISO, and focusing, can be seen live, before the shot is taken.

With optical viewfinders, this is not the case. This is because, as opposed to a digital image, what you see is raw light, as it’s hitting your lens. This means that you can monitor your settings, but you can’t see the changes or how they’ll look like, until you actually take the picture.

To find out all about the differences between these two viewfinders, watch the video below:

Wireless Connectivity

Both of these cameras can connect to the internet, as well as other devices, wirelessly. Because of the times we live in, this is a really important and helpful feature.

Added to the wireless connectivity of these two cameras is something called NFC (Near Field Communication). With this feature, both of these cameras are able to connect to a compatible device, once the device is in close proximity.

This feature is usually used to connect one’s camera to their smartphone. This is what allows you use your smartphone as a remote control for your camera. For people who already use their smartphones for almost everything, this is really convenient and easy to use.

There is no difference in the wireless connectivity of these two cameras- Sony a6500 Vs a7III, even with Bluetooth. Both of these cameras come with built-in Bluetooth.

This is going to make it even easier to transfer files from your camera to other devices. Why? Well, because, a lot of devices come with Bluetooth, so it’s easier to send files to and from them.

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Environmental Sealing

Have you ever been out shooting and then weather happens? That can be very frustrating, to be honest. If you don’t want that to happen to you, then get either Sony a6500 or the a7III. Why? Well, because both of these cameras- Sony a6500 Vs a7III, come with an environmental sealing feature.

Basically, what Sony did was to make these cameras with magnesium alloy frames. These frames are moisture and dust resistant. Because of that, you can use these cameras even while it’s raining, or it’s drizzling.

One thing we have to point out, though, is that neither of these cameras is water-resistant. What that means is that you need to avoid dipping these in a pool of water. If you do so, water is likely to enter into the wrong places, thereby, damaging a lot of things.

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Articulating Screens

Both of these cameras come with articulating screens, otherwise referred to as, tilting screens. The LCD screen on this camera is joined to the camera on a pivot. This gives you the ability to tilt the screen.

This tilted screen is used for proper framing control and preview, when shooting angles that your eye cannot use the viewfinder. If you’ve been involved in video shooting, you’re understand that you won’t always be able to use your viewfinder or the LCD, if it is fixed.

There is one downside that both of these tilting screens share, though, and that is the fact that neither of them can tilt fully. If you wanted a selfie screen, this is definitely not is, sorry.

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Image Stabilization

It is extremely difficult to keep the camera completely still when videoing. This is why a lot of people use tripods. However, there are some scenarios where you need to record moving video and it’s not possible to use a tripod stand. Once this happens to many people, they use their hands to record the video, but since they’re can’t keep it perfectly still, the camera moves subtly, causing blurriness in the video.

To prevent this, a feature known as “image stabilization” is added by some manufacturers to their cameras. These two cameras- Sony a6500 Vs a7III, come with this feature. Image stabilization refers to a group of techniques that is employed by the camera to keep the lens stable and focused, even after subtle camera movements.

So, with these cameras, you can use your hand to hold your camera while recording video, and still get good quality video. This video will not have any blurriness or shakiness that is caused as a result of mild camera movements.

If you video events and have to move around a lot, or you video a sports event, or anything like that, this is really helpful. One thing you must know, though, is that there is only so much this feature can do. So, where possible, use a tripod to keep the image stable.

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RAW Support

Getting clear images with as much information as possible is every photographers dream. To achieve this, you need to shoot RAW. RAW is an image saving format, just like JPEG. RAW is defined as such because of the state in which it leaves images, raw.

Every digital camera initially captures RAW images. However, not all cameras support saving in this image format. Many of them first process the image, adding things like contrast and exposure where it dims fit, compressing this image, and then converting it to JPEG. It then saves the JPEG image on the memory card.

On the other hand, if a camera lets you save your images, raw, just like these two cameras- Sony a6500 Vs a7III, that means you get unedited and uncompressed images. This means that there’s a lot more information on these pictures. With this information, you can then edit however you wish, before converting it to JPEG, yourself.

One thing you have to be weary of, though, is storage space. RAW images are very large images.

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Touch Screen

Both of these cameras come with a touchscreen feature. This generally makes it easier to navigate through the menus and settings of the camera, seamlessly.

With a touchscreen feature, you interact with your camera just like you would your smartphone, which is very intuitive. One extra feature with this, is that you can use this touchscreen feature to focus. So, whatever part you touch when the LCD is used for framing, is where the camera focuses on.

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Face Detection Focus

This one is pretty straightforward- once there’s a face in the frame, the camera focuses on it automatically. This is really nice for taking portrait photos.

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AE (Auto Exposure) Bracketing

Exposure is one of the pillars of photography. Most of the time, the right exposure can make a great picture and the lack thereof, a terrible one. Because exposure is so important, photographers do what is called “exposure bracketing”.

This basically means “taking the same picture over and over again with different exposure settings, in order to get the perfect setting for that scene. However, this activity can be very tasking. So, camera manufacturers decided to add “auto exposure bracketing”.

With this, all you have to do is put in the different exposure settings you want. These settings are usually underexposed, right exposed, and overexposed, varying in equal margin. One you’ve inserted the appropriate settings, one shutter click takes all these images, with the different exposure settings.

The first thing this does is to help you find the image that has the perfect exposure setting, quickly and without stress. The second thing you can use this for is an HDR image. An HDR image basically means bringing together different images with different exposure settings and joining them to become one, perfectly exposed, image.

Features Unique To Each Camera — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

Which comes with a built-in flash: a6500 or a7III?

The Sony a6500 comes with a built-in flash, which means that you do not have to carry around your external flash everywhere you go. If you’re going to be taking a lot of pictures in low-lighting conditions, this is something that will make you happy.

While increasing your ISO can also get you bright pictures in the dark, they also get a lot of noise in the images. Also, the larger the megapixels, the noisier your images will turn out when you increase your ISO. So, being that this camera has 24 megapixels, you can see why it might be better to use a built-in flash than increase the ISO.

Which has a full frame: a6500 or a7III?

The Sony a7III is a full frame camera (full frame BSI-CMOS sensor), while the a6500 comes with an APS-C CMOS sensor, also referred to as a cropped sensor. The name APS is an acronym which stands for Advanced Photo System. It is named after a type of film because they are roughly equal in size. It is referred to as a cropped sensor because it is significantly thinner than a full-frame sensor.

In essence, the image you’ll get with the Sony a6500 will not be as wide as the image you’ll get with the Sony a7III. Most of the time, this is seen as a bad thing. For portraits, it means that you’ll have lesser depth of field, and for landscapes, there’s no room for very much.

If you regularly take class photos, wedding photos, or generally photos that will contain a large group of people, you might not like this sensor. Fitting a wide frame into this cropped sensor means that you’ll have to go farther, which typically reduces the size of the people or things in the image.

However, because of the significant price difference between Sony a6500 Vs a7III, you have to ask yourself “is getting a full-frame sensor worth all that extra bucks?”.

We’re sure at this point, you want to see how this sensor captures images, and what they turn out to look like. If you’re as curious as we are, check out the video below:

Which allows you use headphones: a6500 or a7III?

The Sony a7III features a headphone port via which you can connect your headphone to the camera. This headphone is what you use to monitor the audio that is being received by your microphone. As much as recording high-quality audio is important, a live monitoring of said audio, is also very helpful.

Although with the Sony a6500 there is a way to get a headphone working, it’s just too much stress. We would’ve preferred if it just came with a headphone port like this camera.

Which has multiple storage slots: a6500 or a7III?

While the Sony a6500 comes with only one storage slot, the Sony a7III comes with 2. With this extra slot, you get a more flexible storage. This is very important in a scenario where you’re out filming and one of your storage slots gets full or corrupted. With the Sony a6500, you’ll be stuck. However, with the a7III, you’ll be able to quickly switch to the secondary storage and keep on filming. If you’re shooting for a client, you don’t want to be stuck explaining why you didn’t cover their event.

Still speaking about memory spaces, let’s just chip in that this camera allows the use of UHS memory cards. UHS stands for Ultra High Speed, and as the name implies, it refers to a type of memory card that reads and transfers files with ultra-high speeds.

Watch the video below to find out whether the Sony a7III is worth the extra bucks, or the upgrade, if you already have a Sony a6500:

Unique Pros — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

Pros Of The Sony a6500

• It is a lot more affordable.
• It comes with a built-in flash so you don’t have to carry an external flash around.
• It is 197 grams lighter than the Sony a7III.
• It shoots 11 frames per second, which is 1 more than the Sony a7III.

Pros Of The Sony a7III  

• It has a 100% higher maximum ISO.
• The battery life is 610 shots per full charge, which is 260 more than the Sony a6500.
• It comes with a headphone port for monitoring audio.
• It comes with built-in Bluetooth for better connectivity.
• The Sony a7III has 2 storage slots for more storage flexibility.

Unique Cons — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

Cons Of The Sony a6500

• No headphone jack
• No anti flicker
• One storage slot
• Does not support ultra high speed memory cards
• No animal eye auto focusing tracking

Cons Of The Sony a7III

• No built-in flash

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Common Pros — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

	Sony a6500	Sony a7III
Easy communication and transfer of files to and from other devices	With the wireless connectivity feature in this camera, you can connect your camera to other devices, for the purpose of communication and to transfer files.   Furthermore, with the Near Field Communication system, you can connect your camera to other compatible devices. This allows you to use your smartphone as a remote control for your camera.   Finally, both of these cameras come with built-in Bluetooth, for better and faster connectivity.	Same as the Sony a6500.
Stable Images and Videos	Both of these cameras come with image stabilization technology. With this feature, all your images and videos come out looking sharp. There will be no blurriness, whatsoever, that occurs as a result of subtle camera movements.	Same as the a6500.
Great lighting for low-light shooting.	Both of these cameras come with an external flash shoe. This allows you to connect an external flash to your camera.   With this, you can get proper lighting for when you’re shooting in low-light.   Finally, the Sony a6500 does one better in this department. It comes with a built-in flash. This means that you don’t have to carry around an external flash, everywhere you go.	Same as the Sony a6500, except for the fact that this camera does not come with a built-in flash.
AE Bracketing	This makes exposure bracketing really easy and straightforward. You no longer have to take several shots, changing the exposure settings every single time.   With this feature, you can set everything at once and click the shutter just once, to get all the images with the different exposure settings.	Same as the Sony a6500.
High-quality Images	This one is a mixture of two things- the maximum sensor resolution, and RAW format.   Both of these cameras come with 24 Megapixels. With this, your images are going to come out well detailed. They won’t get pixelated even when you make large prints.   Saving in RAW format means that all this information captured by the 24-megapixel sensor remains intact and uncompressed.	Same as the Sony a6500.
High-quality audio	If you record video with your camera, you definitely want to record audio too. Both of these cameras come with a microphone port which allows you do just that.	Same as the Sony a6500.
Shoot 4K Video	Both of these cameras allow you to shoot video in the highest resolution, 4K.   One thing you must take into consideration, though, is how fast your computer is, and whether it can process the 4K video.	Same as the Sony a6500.
Face Detection Focus	This is really cool with portrait photos. What it does is it focusing on a face, once there’s a face in the frame.   With that, you don’t have to set the focus, manually.	Same as the Sony a6500.

Common Cons — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

	Sony a6500	Sony a7III
No built-in GPS	Neither of these cameras come equipped with GPS. This means you cannot locate your camera if it gets lost, and you cannot geotag your photos.	Same as the Sony a6500.
Battery Life	This one is common to all mirrorless cameras, their battery lives are simply, poor.   The Sony a6500 is worse though, only being capable of 350 shots, per full charge.	This is better than the Sony a6500. It is capable of taking 610 shots per full charge.
Time-lapse only with optional app	Unlike some other cameras out there, these two cameras- Sony a6500 Vs a7III do not come with a time-lapse feature.   To do a time-lapse with either of these cameras, you’ll need to install an external app into the camera.	Same as the Sony a6500.

General Feeling Amongst Users — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

Sony a6500	Sony a7III
Comparing the feeling of these two cameras, the results were actually quite mixed. People who opted for the Sony a6500 loved it more, first, because of its affordability.   Liking a product is one thing, having the purchasing power to buy it, is another. While this camera cannot be described as affordable by any measure, it is a lot more affordable than the Sony a7III.   Also, the price of this camera is good enough, considering the features that this camera comes with, and the fact that it gets you into Sony’s mirrorless camera ecosystem.	This camera is not affordable by any measure, it is actually quite expensive. However, if you have the money to purchase this camera, you will not be disappointed.   The people who bought this camera were pleasantly delighted, many of whom said they would not need to upgrade this for a long time to come.   If you’re looking for a camera that looks and acts professional, delivering you with great quality imagery, then the Sony a7III is the one for you.   Plus, it’s newer than the Sony a6500, if that matters to you.
One thing people really commended about this camera is how easy the navigation is. This camera comes with a touchscreen feature. With that touchscreen feature, customers who bought this were able navigate through settings with ease, just like they would operate their smartphone.	This camera’s LCD screen also has a touchscreen feature. For this particular one, the reaction was similar with the two cameras. However, people found this camera easier to use than the Sony a6500 because it has a lot more buttons around it.
The weight of these two cameras is something that made people decide between Sony a6500 Vs a7III. For people who chose this camera, they chose it because of its portability.   People who opted for this prefer a smaller, more compact camera. Something that’s easy to carry around.	People who opted for this camera preferred something slightly heavier. It was mostly picked up by people who use really big lenses.   The weight of this camera balanced out the weight of the lenses used, to create good weight distribution.   Sports photographers, wildlife photographers, and so on, are some examples of people who use big lenses and love this camera’s weight.
Finally, people really hated the battery of this camera. Every single person who bought this camera had to get some extra batteries.   People who didn’t do so had the unfortunate event when their cameras shut down on them, while they were shooting.	While this battery is better than the battery of the Sony a6500, people still didn’t like it. This is one problem that people who use mirrorless camera’s often face.   With this camera, you would also have to keep a spare at hand always, or perhaps run the camera on an external battery.

Our Thoughts — Sony a6500 Vs a7III

In the case of Sony a6500 Vs a7III, there is honestly little to be said. Both of these cameras are very similar, although released two years apart. Reading through the article, you would have found their strengths and weaknesses.

Choosing between Sony a6500 Vs a7III is usually down to your budget, and whether or not you can use a cropped sensor. If you don’t mind a cropped sensor, the Sony a6500 is a budget steal! And because of that, we would have to say that the Sony a6500 is a better deal than the Sony a7III.

Sony a6500 Vs a7III — FAQs

Is the Sony a6500 good for video?

The Sony a6500 is not just good for video, it is amazing. It shoots 4K at 120 frames per second; this is professional standard video quality. It also comes with an external microphone jack which means that you will be able to get great audio quality just by connecting a good external mic.

More so, with an optional app, you can get creative and record time-lapse video, which can be fun. You know what else can be fun? Shooting with your smartphone. The a6500 lets you do that. Awesome, isn’t it?

Is the Sony a7III good for video?

The Sony a7III shoots 4K at 120 frames per second, so, you already know it is a great camera for videos. In addition to the visuals, Sony also goes further to guarantee that you can get audio quality that is just as amazing with this camera by fitting it with an external microphone jack.

It gets even better! While you are recording, you can monitor your audio and properly regulate it, as the a7III is compatible with headphones.

More so, if you are looking to get creative and have fun with your recording, you can do that with time-lapse and remote controlled recording.

Not to forget the articulating screen which will make it easy for you to shoot from otherwise difficult angles.

Is the Sony a6500 full frame?

The Sony a6500 is not designed with a full frame sensor. It comes with an APS-C CMOS sensor, which means that pictures taken with the a6500 (cameras with APS-C sensors in general) will be having that “crop effect”. This is not good news when you have to take photos of many people at the same time or when people are close to the camera, like in portrait photography.

The advantages of APS-C sensors, though, are that they are usually compact, and therefore, do not affect the weight of the camera so much. They are also usually affordable.

Is the Sony a7III a full frame camera?

The Sony a7III is a full frame camera. It comes with a 24 mega pixel full frame BSI-CMOS sensor. And, as the name implies, pictures taken with this sensor will be full frame, no cropping whatsoever.

Now, considering that full frame sensors are bigger in size than other sensors, it is not surprising that they will be affecting the weight of the camera. Also, they cost more than the other sensor types.

With the 24 mega pixels of the a7III, you can rest assured that you will be getting enough detail in pictures taken with it.

Is the Sony a6500 good in low light?

The Sony a6500 performs pretty well in low light. It comes with an ISO range of 100 – 25600. But the good news is that that maximum is further expandable to 51200. In case you didn’t know, the wider a camera’s ISO range, the better its ability to deliver good results in low light.

The a6500 also comes with a built-in flash and is compatible with external flashes. So, if you do not want to use your ISO, lighting up the location could be a way to go, too.

Is the Sony a7III good in low light?

Although it does not come with a built-in flash, the Sony a7III still does perform really well in low light. First of all, it has a hot shoe on which you can mount an external flash, so, you may not even be missing th built-in flash much.

Also, it has a really impressive ISO range of 100 – 51200 which is wide enough on its own, but it gets even better; this range can be further expanded to 50 – 204800. This is such an impressive range for any camera.