Having lost the opportunity of buying a Sony Nex-3N for $300, I started to look elsewhere, and landed on the Alpha a5100 (later the a6000 as they cost the same).

An alternative to DSLRs, the Sony a6000 mirrorless is a great beginner camera.

Sony will also be offering three new A6000-compatible apps in for its proprietary PlayMemories platform in the spring, StarTrail (for long-exposure sky photography), LiveView Grading (which ...