Sony NEX-6: From Snapshots to Great Shots

Introduction

There has been much said about the current trend in photography technology to make gear smaller and lighter without sacrificing image quality. A variety of new mirrorless cameras have been at the forefront of this buzz, including the one on which this book focuses. But when I looked around, I did not come across any good resources that married this new camera platform with practical photography instruction. In essence, resources for and about these cameras were nonexistent beyond the World Wide Web, and those were mostly reviews composed of technical jargon. When Peachpit approached me about writing a book about the Sony NEX-6 for this great series, I was excited. This book is not a rehash of the owner’s manual, but rather a resource ...