Sony Alpha NEX-6 16.1MP Compact Digital Camera w/ 16-50mm Lens (Black) + $50 Visa Gift Card + 32GB Sony Class 10 SDHC Card + Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 11 $893 + Free Shipping (expired)

Quote from andrewwdang : that memory card and the battery alone should be worth an additional 30

Absolute garbage battery

Quote from spextar : How much did you pay at the Sony store?

Total I think it was around $820. It was $899 - 10% education store - 5% ShopDiscover cashback - 1% Sony rewards, but plus tax. I think this Buydig deal beats it by about $50 if you don't have to pay tax.

buydig falls in to the second tier retailers, bellow adorama, bandh, amazon, etc. No bait and switch in my many dealings with them. just not as good of return policy or customer service, but a solid retailer.
IIRC same deal without some of extras was for 799 with 100 visa gift card or 899 with 200 gift card a while ago.
I have nex 5n, and the 6 has improved on the many areas, most importantly inclusion of EVF (I bought separately) and AF speed. It also comes with a better range, and much more compact 16-50 pancake lens. However, the lens optically is only so so. I also believe it no longer has the touchscreen, but I may be wrong on that.
Image quality is fantastic. the great implimentation of manual focus with focus peaking and dmf, makes use of legacy lens very easy. additionally, in the autofocus department, the sigma 19 2.8 and 30 2.8, are both excellent, and cheap, as is the more expensive 50 1.8 IS.

Yeah I would just get the APS-C NEXs. There solid cameras although the system could use more lenses. A fullframe NEX is definitely coming but itll be expensive for a while, and knowing Sony theyll probably develop 4-5 bodies for each lens release. I shoot M43 exclusively right now (OM-D + a few lenses) and probably wont switch till theres a FF mirrorless system with solid lenses which is probably going to take a while to develop. Im hoping Fuji does this instead of Sony though.

Quote from spextar : I bought a 5r from the Sony store. A day later I took it outside in bright sunlight and immediately knew I wanted the 6 because the LCD was terrible. Exchanged the 5r for a 6 that night. It's a bit larger but feels much better in hand. If size isn't an issue, you can get the same performance from a57 at half price.

+1 on the LCD issue. I have a friend that is into photography. He was getting the 6 while I was having the 5r vs 6 debate. On day 1 he said that the Electronic Viewfinder was a must have. The built in flash is an upgrade too, I don't want to deal with screwing in a flash while trying to take spontaneous shots of my kid.

Replied and almost purchased.

Quote from djam418 : +1 on the LCD issue. I have a friend that is into photography. He was getting the 6 while I was having the 5r vs 6 debate. On day 1 he said that the Electronic Viewfinder was a must have. The built in flash is an upgrade too, I don't want to deal with screwing in a flash while trying to take spontaneous shots of my kid. Replied and almost purchased.

good points, except if you want to take "spontaneous shots of your kids" and want to use the direct on board flash, a compact point and shoot made do fine. Not to say there no merits to having on board flash.

honestly, for spontaneous stuff, I use my smartphone.

even with a point and shoot, I have to go find it. with a interchangable lens camera, I have to find it, make sure the right lens is on, and switch to Auto mode or sit there and make sure all the settings are right.

There is nothing worse than finding out the self timer was on and you're holding the camera still for 10 seconds.

Quote from kevindar : good points, except if you want to take "spontaneous shots of your kids" and want to use the direct on board flash, a compact point and shoot made do fine. Not to say there no merits to having on board flash.

I have a mid leve point and shoot now. (8mp) I does ok but when my wife starts cropping and stretching the photos the quality degrades. I was originally looking into the t3i,t4i but I really like the size and weight of this thing. It can get the 6 for 809 with company discount but this deal tops that by far.

Quote from djam418 : I have a mid leve point and shoot now. (8mp) I does ok but when my wife starts cropping and stretching the photos the quality degrades. I was originally looking into the t3i,t4i but I really like the size and weight of this thing. It can get the 6 for 809 with company discount but this deal tops that by far.

true. she will also love the video feature. better than any point and shoot, and dslr, b/c of focus tracking and excellent quality. I have a canon 5d3, and a panasonic lx-5, but my wife almost exclusively uses the 5n.

Quote from djam418 : I have a mid leve point and shoot now. (8mp) I does ok but when my wife starts cropping and stretching the photos the quality degrades. I was originally looking into the t3i,t4i but I really like the size and weight of this thing. It can get the 6 for 809 with company discount but this deal tops that by far.

true. she will also love the video feature. better than any point and shoot, and dslr, b/c of focus tracking and excellent quality. I have a canon 5d3, and a panasonic lx-5, but my wife almost exclusively uses the 5n.
with 50 1.8 [flickr.com]
30 2.8 [flickr.com]

Very tempted in trying out Nex-6 but the lack of quality lenses keep me away from ordering one. I currently have Olympus E-PM2 and Panaosnic GH3 with 20mm f1.7, 12-35 f2.8 and couple of other zooms.

Quote from kevindar : true. she will also love the video feature. better than any point and shoot, and dslr, b/c of focus tracking and excellent quality. I have a canon 5d3, and a panasonic lx-5, but my wife almost exclusively uses the 5n. with 50 1.8 [flickr.com] 30 2.8 [flickr.com]

Nice shots ! The will help me in the "why we need this camera" debate I will have with my wife, LOL.

Quote from ajamils : Very tempted in trying out Nex-6 but the lack of quality lenses keep me away from ordering one. I currently have Olympus E-PM2 and Panaosnic GH3 with 20mm f1.7, 12-35 f2.8 and couple of other zooms.

they've got quality lenses in the timeline, and just recently released a lot of good lenses, though they are pricey and hard to find right now.

I have an Olympus OM-D, and a good $2200 worth of m43 lenses that I just bought in the past 2 months. I shouldn't....but this is so tempting! I would couple this with the zeiss 24mm f1.8 and it would be a great street shooting camera.

Quote from sinik : Also your $550 NEX-5R deal probably comes with the old 18-55 kit lens not the much slimmer 16-50 power zoom.

Albeit the 16-50 is smaller, the consensus is that the 18-55 is better optically.