OpticsEngineer

I have the 55-300 also and it is a really good lens. Also, I believe on camera lens corrections work with this Sony lens (at least according to one one list I read on dpreview). You do not get that...

My daughters at 5 were gentle with my compact cameras and I had no problem with them getting broken.   They treated them as gently as they do their dolls. But a three year old boy for sure will...

I just tried HDR on my XZ2 taking a picture of some stuffed animals in front of an window to the outside. On my  Sony HX20V, two or more images are combined so you get some detail on the stuffed...

The images displayed fine for me too.  I agree with Skeys.   My XZ1 behaves much better than the one you have.  If possible you should return it.

"The NEX menus are generally considered by reviewers to be very badly designed.   I have no personal experience of them beyond a bit of fiddling at Best Buy." I own the Sony NEX7 and find I do not...

My SX260 takes great pictures but the autofocus speed and accuracy is a little bit worse than I would like.  My wife is taking a short vacation with her sisters (no kids/husbands).  She says she...

I just used a the Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 to shoot a couple of school events for my kids (plays, dances).  It focused great all the time, took very nice pictures.  Seriously, it focused accurately on...

My pediatrician tells me the same things.  20 years of taking care of children in the USA desert southwest, he never once saw a single case of vitamin deficiency.  Now in the last 5 years, he is...

Here is a link to a German website.  Paqe 6 of the brochure is Travel Zooms for Pentax. For the two lenses you asked about, the Sigma has better resolution.  The Pentax has lower distortion and...

Sometimes I plan for deliveries from B&H or Adorama of somewhat expensive signature required items to occur on days when our baby sitter will be with my children.   FedEx and UPS just has them sign...

I guess it has been discussed to death, but not having an articulated screen  (but also not a feature on many many other DSLRs) Also a little bit weird that LiveView automatically shuts off after 5...

I agree about the sensor separation problem.    As I understand it, current on chip PDAF does not perform as well as typical DSLRs.    I will make a wild guess and say ten years from now some kind...

Wow, I am shocked to hear the original 18-200 is discontinued.  I guess I am glad I kept mine, even if I only used it 10% of the time compared to my Tamron because my NEX7 feels so much better...

I also feel that the duck adds to the image by just taking out some of the perfect reflection, not all.   I have a feeling I may have been at this castle before.  I hope the OP tells us where it is.

I did not notice that one of the lenses was counted twice.  Thanks for pointing that out.   Maybe Popular Photography is trying to give Pentax every break it can.

Here is a link http://www.popphoto.com/buying-guide/lenses?compatibility=digital&sort-by=1

It sounds like you are kind of wide open in your thinking, so this dpreview article may be of interest http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6698413448/dpreview-recommends-top-5-compact-cameras Like...

I too would simply like to see a few more Iraq pictures.

I was searching on the Popular Photography websitefor lenses and decided to click the "sort by rating" button.   Then I simply counted how many lenses from each manufacturer got the top rating of...

This German website named the Sony 18-135 as a winner over the Sigma 18-200.  (page 39 of the website/brochure) Even if you do not read German, you can pick out things like 1600 lines of resolution...