Sony a6700 Sample Images

Here’s a set of sample images I’ve taken with the Sony a6700. I’m posting a detailed hands-on review separately. This larger collection of sample images is intended to go alongside that.

Shooting in low light? I have a separate a6700 high-ISO test with full-size downloads, and a guide to getting the most from its Auto ISO.

The a6700 fits very squarely in Sony’s established Alpha APS-C lineup. You won’t find too many surprises with it if you’ve used any of the other cameras in the lineup.

Sony announced it in July 2023 as the replacement for the a6600, and it has stayed at the top of the APS-C range since, with no successor announced. So if you’re weighing one up used or already shooting one, these frames still show you what the current top Sony crop-sensor body does.

There are a few tweaks in the menu system, the feature list, and the performance, but ultimately this camera is very much in its place.

And it’s very similar to shoot with as those previous and lower models. It has the same kind of boxy, utilitarian form factor that doesn’t exactly melt into our hand, but it presents the key controls and settings in a relatively logical and clear fashion. I’ve had a recurring issue with the back dial/circular rocker with bumping inadvertently, but it has mostly presented a relatively minor annoyance rather than a dealbreaker.

That extends to the image quality, which is worth saying plainly before you start clicking through: at the pixel level the a6700’s files aren’t a step up from the a6600’s. Photons to Photos measures base-ISO dynamic range at 10.93 EV for the a6700 against 10.97 EV for the a6600 — the same photo, in other words, and the a6600 is fractionally ahead from ISO 400 to 1600. What actually improved is the autofocus, the readout speed, and the video, so judge these frames on their own merits rather than as evidence of a better sensor.

Sony a6700 Sample photos

These were all shot in RAW and lightly processed in Lightroom Classic. You can click on each image for a full-size version for a closer look.

They’re all shot as compressed RAW (Sony’s ARW format, 14-bit), which is the setting I’d stick with unless you have a specific reason not to: the lossless-compressed option drops the burst buffer from 59 frames to 23. One thing that catches people out is that the RAW file is always the full 26 megapixels, so the L/M/S size settings and the other aspect ratios only ever change the JPEG or HEIF alongside it.

There’s also no optical low-pass filter in front of the sensor, which is worth knowing before you start pixel-peeping the full-size files. It means the 26 megapixels resolve about as much detail as the lens can hand them, but it also raises the odds of moiré and false color on fine repeating patterns — fabric weave, distant window screens, roof tiles. If you see coloured shimmer in one of these frames at 100%, that’s what it is, not a lens problem.

The lenses here are the Sony E 15mm f/1.4 G, the Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary, the Sony E PZ 10-20mm f/4 G, and the Sony E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS. Each caption lists the lens along with the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, so you can match what you’re seeing to how it was shot.

Sony a6700 image size

The a6700’s sensor is of a 3:2 aspect ratio. And using the full sensor area at that aspect ratio, the images come out to:

Large: 26 megapixels	6192×4128 pixels
Medium: 13 megapixels	4384×2920 pixels
Small: 6.4 megapixels	3104×2064 pixels

Worth knowing: RAW images always use the full sensor size, or 6192 x 4128 pixels; the other dimensions apply only when using JPEG/HEIF.

You’ll get different sizes for the JPGs if you use one of the other aspect ratio settings. You can find the corresponding dimensions here.

Where to find them