MCromer

I think the Tamron is a lot smaller and lighter. Both lenses are very good for the price.

Appreciate all the kind remarks!

Really been enjoying this camera and its new capabilities versus my previous Sony gear (DSC-F707, DSC-F717, DSC-R1, Alpha 350, Alpha...

With all due respect, The Zigview is a blurry, low resolution, grainy pile of garbage.

What is the evidence that the lenses are losing value?

I'm not leaving. Just want my FF 36MP dSLT!

My Alpha 65 is a tremendous image capturing device. But I'd like even more dynamic range and resolution. So where is it? You're losing Alpha mount landscape photographers to Nikon while people...

I've seen quite a few nests, but never hatching. Excellent!

I really like the 20/1.8. It's a perfect focal length for indoor available light group photography. Stopped to f/8 it makes a cracking moderate wide landscape lens on APS-C.

No, it isn't.

It's in the car so I don't leave it at home. :-)

Two Hanoverians (black and bay), a chestnut quarter horse, a painted pony and two miniature donkeys. All part of the family!

I was standing out in the horse pasture this evening, looking at the beautiful light. And I was thinking about taking pictures. Which would mean running out to my car and grabbing my Alpha 65 and...

If he is talking about focal-length limited photography (ex. birds far away) he is exactly right.

Actually a very good point given the existence of the LA-EA2.

The biggest win for the Sony in this situation is the fast liveview AF. Of course, articulating screens are nice for sure too.

http://oopoomoo.com/2012/04/shooting-blind-for-better-action-portraits-of-dogs/

Stabilization is a strange beast. I got tack-sharp results from my old Sony R1 at 120mm focal length equivalent in the 1/30 second shutter speed range. Granted, I'm a pretty damn good target...

The good news is most of the really compelling IQ improvements are in the past. Sony's latest sensors are getting very close to being IQ limited by the number of photons captured. And even the...

At base ISO it's not any noisier than the Alpha 900 at base ISO. And with DOF and pixel size differences, you don't need (or want!) to stop down the Alpha 77 as much as the Alpha 900. You...