Customer Ratings & Reviews

This camera is very easy to use for beginners. Takes great pictures and you can buy a separate lens with more zoom that a professional camera can have without spending so much money. I love it!

I like the Sony because it is mirrorless and has a nice range of lenses that I can use in my photography. Small and easy to carry wherever I go. Does great video and I especially like the fact that it does Raw and JPG together. I am planning on getting the Sony Alpha 7 full frame in a few months as this has turned out to be good line of equipment for my hobby.

I was first introduced to the sony line up of cameras about 3 years ago. Sony showcased their a7 r ii. I was very impressed! However, I can't afford that price tag! So, I kept wishing and hoping. Ran into a great deal on the a5000, and decided to try it. Nice camera! Haven't had a whole lot of chance to use it, yet. It's compact, easy to use, fairly easy to navigate, takes great pictures, and light weight. What's not to love? Great intro camera to the sony brand.

This camera has taken amazing photos. I enjoyed using all of the different photo settings, such as B&W Green, toy camera, and some of the other filters. I am not an experienced photographer my any means, but some people have commented that my photos are just as good as some they see in magazines, an exaggeration, sure, but it shows how a newbie like me can take decent photos with this camera. You can link it up with your phone wirelessly. Yes, it is much better than your phone camera.

For the price this camera was a great buy. I don't know much about cameras but with a trip to the tropics coming up for a family reunion over a 80th Birthday party and a wedding I knew I wanted something more then my smartphone camera. Very easy instructions to follow and very satisfied with my photos.

Takes amazing shots, beautiful colors. When shooting movies comes out fantastic.

This may be a bit premature, but I wanted to get some thoughts out now on my new Sony Alpha a5000. I got a great price on it (open box item) so I will be less critical than most. It has a lot of functionality in terms of built-in software and help, and yet still provides all the manual controls advanced photographers want. I got it mostly for the large APS-C sensor in a relatively small camera body. I do miss not having an EVF, but I don't think this will be a major issue. I need to take a lot of photos to get a better idea of its potential, but so far it has taken nice pics.

The picture and video quality is outstanding. The camera is a perfect size to take with you anywhere. The lens is also retractable which is very convenient. The fact that the screen can fold up to a 180 degree is pretty cool.

I really enjoy this camera. The Kit lens is not the best but it's a great starting point for high quality photos and an interchangeable lens. It's very light and not too bulky! Great for the money!

Learning a lot. Loving it a step up before me. Ty.

I have had 6 digital cameras since 2000 and this is by far the best one to date.

Love this! Takes great pics! Just point and shot...great for a beginner!

The camera is so small and light that I had doubt about how it would perform. It turned out really nice. The picture quality is superb, so much better than my iPhone 6.

It's camera is easy to use and I always bring this camera when I go vacation and the results are very satisfying

I love the camera's capabilities, SLR quality at a fraction of the size. The flip up screen is great for those who love taking selfies. I've only used it with the kit lens but I imagine as my lens collection grows I'll be able to max this cam out. I bought it for travel, took some pretty cool shots. I recommend downloading the Sony Remote App, good tool to have.

Love this camera. I have so much more to learn, but was able to learn enough quickly to use it recently during my trip to Iceland. The primary hope for the trip was to see Northern Lights. We not only saw a beautiful display on New Year's Eve, but I was the only person who was able to capture it with my camera. Also, given the easy Wi-Fi transfer, I was also able to send them to others in our tour who wanted them. My Sony A5000 was the hero!

I love this camera I only rated it 4 stars because it doesn't have a view finder, and on sunny days it is very hard to see what you are shooting. The back is adjustable, but that really isn't very helpful on sunny days. That is the only drawback that I have, camera takes very sharp photos and is very easy to use.

This is great value, a light interchangeable camera that can take professional photos and fit in the pocket. It can output RAW images as well as JPGs, hence the 'professional' Quality of pictures is good. In use it falls somewhere between a traditional SLR and a point and shoot (even after a year I have not fully mastered all the controls, they are not that easy to access. And the manual is fragmented and 400+pages long. Having the wi-fi connection was not a priority for me; it was hard to set up, but for a while it was nice to have the camera sit on the table next to the computer, press a button, and have the pics effortlessly transfer. But that stopped working long ago, and as for controlling the camera with a smartphone, I can only dream. A main disadvantage is not having a viewfinder, here in S Florida the LED screen is almost useless out of doors in the sun. Do yourself a favor and step up to a better model, at least the a6000. Sony choice of lenses is also very weak, the kit lens is decent but doesnt have a long enough range.

This camera is capable to take professional quality pictures while being relatively light and compact compare to DSLR cameras. Works best when switching settings for appropriate scenery to archive superior quality and best result. Pop-up flash gives extreme illumination in low or no lighting.

this is my 3rd high end camera system i have ever owned and for comparison i had a 1,600$ dslr previous to this one that took a swim and was too much to fix in relation to a new one so i went shopping and after reviewing all of my options at multiple brick n' mortars as well as online i ended up choosing this one. first off i will say that it is slightly on the intermediate to advanced level as far as being able to fully enjoy everything this unit has to offer, although, even someone without any knowledge can take incredible shots. i love this camera and find it far better than my last two and not even in comparison to all my other "basic" style point and shoots. after a few hours of playing with all the settings, functions, and combinations it completely blew me away with the stunning clarity, sharpness of images without loss of definition, (once your accustomed to the locations) the quick and easy interface for changing "on-the-fly" settings to meet unique criteria for action, still, panoramic, land/sea/air, auto, moving objects...etc. i am very pleased with the cameras overall functionality and professional quality results- i even started playing with the memory and adding previously captured photos and loading them into the camera (via removable high speed sd) and in some, but not all, cases it changed the resolution of the photo and made it look like it was a completely different picture, bringing out the image quality the file deserved (not sure if its a normal occurrence or why it would do it i just got overexcited about the a5 and decided it was worth a shot... i also am running an upgraded macbook pro/ retina with multiple editing programs that i am still very new to, so it may just be the variations in how the files were read by the computer when i "re-imported the photo...). the camera feels very robust and comfortable in your hand making one handed shots reliable and the stabilization the a5 has mixed with the 180deg flip screen rounds all of that out into a perfect cam for the "selfie" in everyone... because of the price tag and the moving parts i went with a "hazard 4" wedge camera bag to protect the unit, along with their "jelly roll" lens pouch, and purchased a shiner optics "bundle to further enhance my experience. i got the digital pro uv mrc lens filter/ tulip hood,nl3 close up +3 diopter, as well as the keasemann circular polarizer mrc to round out the external side of the package and yet again i was not only fulfilled in every photographical way, but completely surprised at the picture quality that came from using the different combinations! the shined optics filters in my experience (& of course opinion) are by far the best your money can buy! why spend nearly a grand on a unit and then put an inferior object in the cameras focal plane...anything less than a quality, multi coated filter would be dissatisfying to say the least, do yourself a favor and protect your lens with some good filters and invest in shined optics, i assure you that you will not be disappointed. i also got the bundle with the 55-210 lens that i have not received yet so that'll be for another review in a few weeks but if its as good as this stock lens then I'm sure ill be more than satisfied, especially when i strap the 49 mil series shiners on to it! overall, thank you sony for building a superior product at a price that most can afford! i couldn't afford a "high end" system again and to be honest in this situation I'm glad i couldn't because i would surely not be satisfied in comparison had i spent 3 times the price and only gotten similar, to moderately increased abilities... i will say again that i am no professional, nor do i know everything about cameras but in my situation and for what i use my systems for this is as good as it gets... if you can afford the next model then surely go for it to get (for one) a higher pixel rate because if this one @20 is so satisfactory then it could only get better with sony's tech!!! thank you again!!! *the uploaded pictures do NOT do it justice!!!