It's been a few months since Sony took the decision to officially drop the NEX moniker from its E-mount compact system cameras, renaming all of its interchangeable lens cameras with the Alpha brand, regardless of whether it is an A mount or an E mount (those formally known as NEX) camera.

New: The Sony A6000 is one of our favourite mirrorless compact system cameras, but how does it fare against its rivals in our lab tests? Take a look at our new, updated comparison charts for resolution , dynamic range and noise results against the Fuji X-T1, Olympus OM-D E-M1 and Panasonic GX7.

Recent years have seen some very cool Sony cameras: the first full-frame compact camera, the RX1, as well as the first full-frame interchangeable-lens compacts, the a7 and a7R. In the midst of all that full-frame hoopla, the APS-C-format NEX-6 debuted to relatively minor fanfare, although its fans...

Pretty much all mirrorless cameras - Fujifilm X and Samsung NX, to name a couple - with APS-C size sensors can take a damn fine picture these days. The Sony a6000 does its best to stand out with a pinch of style and updated tech, but it's still largely the same as the camera it's replacing, 2012's...

Let's begin with big compliment on delivery and customer service: Bought this camera on 3 May, received on 6 May, light speed! Customer service was really good and efficient, thanks guys. Pros The camera itself is even more compactable than I expected.

As the mirrorless, interchangeable-lens camera market continues to grow, it's more difficult to make a decision about which camera to purchase. Other new mirrorless models, such as the Olympus OM-D E-M10 ($799 with lens) and the Samsung NX30 ($1,000 with lens), also offer solid feature sets and...

Fast continuous shooting and autofocus; Compact body; Multiple custom control options; Above-average image quality; Excellent low-light performance

Vast array of camera settings may be overwhelming; Noise reduction can be excessive; Clunky adjustment of focus point selection

With unusual cameras like the A7 and A7R, Sony's A6000 ran the risk of being overshadowed. Elevated from the NEX range to sit alongside Sony's full DSLRs with the Alpha prefix, the A6000 builds on the NEX-6 with a new 24.3-megapixel sensor and a flashy autofocus system the company claims is a...

This review was first published in the June 2014 issue of Practical Photography - download back issues here .

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Enhanced Fast Hybrid auto focus combines speedy phase-detection AF with highly accurate contrast-detection AF, which has been accelerated through a new Spatial Object Detection algorithm, to achieve among the fastest autofocusing performance of any full-frame camera.