At a shooting extravaganza throughout Chicago and on a massive soundstage, Sony brought together the finalists of the 2016 RedBull Illume 2016 contest (which was sponsered by Sony, G-Technology, Yodobashi and Broncolor) along with a group of world-class athletes to experience how the Sony α6300 and Sony lenses can perform. With the darkened soundstage converted into a playground with BMX riders, skateboarders, MMA fighters, aerial silk dancers and fire dancers, the photographers pushed the camera and lenses to their limits. They tested high ISO capability, AF performance, viewfinder capabilities and more. 

It wasn’t all just fun and games, though. The Illume 2016 finalists were invited to submit their best shots from the event for a chance to win a Sony TV and a Sony RX100 IV camera.

1st Place: Thinh “Little Shao” Souvannarath. Sony α6300. Sony E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS lens at 21mm. 1/800-sec., f/4, ISO 4000

2nd Place: Peter Cirilli. Sony α6300. Sony E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS lens at 16mm. 1/125-sec., f/4, ISO 640

Dean Treml. Sony α6300, Sony E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS lens at 28mm. 1/2500-sec., f/4, ISO 3200

Kelvin Trautman. Sony α6300. Sony E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS lens at 70mm. 1/800-sec., f/4, ISO 8000

Markus Rohrbacher. Sony α6300. Sony E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS lens at 70mm. 1/320-sec., f/6.3, ISO 100

Rein Rijke. Sony α6300. Sony E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS lens at 55mm. 1/640-sec., f/4, ISO 3200

Sebastian Wahlhuetter. Sony α6300, Sony E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS lens at 20mm. 0.6-sec., f/7.1, ISO 100

Alex Voyer. Sony α6300, Sony E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS lens at 17mm. 1/2000-sec., f/5.6, ISO 160