It seems like only eight seconds ago that the Sony A6000 was the latest-greatest thing—actually it was announced, according to dpreview, on February 12th of 2014, not even two years ago While this is true, Sony has been rumored to be on the verge of releasing the next version for ages. And the next version will have what I consider to be the key feature for increasing the keeper rate: in-body stabilization. For people who primarily shoot with tripods it doesn't matter much, but for people who don't universal image stabilization is amazing.

So anyway, now I just tell everybody to buy a Sony RX10 II or RX100. Neither are actually the perfect choice for everybody who asks. But since none of them will buy one anyway, I'm safe. I've begun recommending the Sony A6000. It's a good camera and the price is right. To me it's supplanted the Canon Rebel or Nikon equivalent that used to be the easy recommendation.