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Just picked up a Sony A6000

Started Jul 4, 2014 | Discussions thread
tjuster1 Senior Member • Posts: 2,241
Re: Just picked up a Sony A6000
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I have a NEX-5R which IQ-wise is about the same as the A6000. This is my experience:

1. Sony APS-C lenses basically suck unless they're very expensive (e.g., Zeiss), and almost all are significantly larger than their m43 equivalents. There are three "small" APS-C Sony lenses: your 16-50mm zoom, and 16mm and 20mm primes. All are lousy--I know, I've owned them all. The 16-50mm is far inferior to any of the m43 kit lenses, especially the 14-45mm, and of course either of the premium kit f/2.8 zooms. Its one virtue is that it's small, but when you compare it to the even smaller 12-32mm for m43 it's night and day.

2. The IQ differences between the APS-C and m43 bodies are negligible.

3. On the other hand, a big difference is the crop factor, which makes legacy WA and normal lenses much more interesting to me with an APS-C camera. Focus-peaking with the Sonys is really good too, so it's quite honestly a joy to shoot with my NEX + small RF lenses like the Canon 35mm f/2 and the Voigtlander 15mm f/4. To ME, that's the real call of Sony's bodies.

Have fun and be sure to share some pictures!

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 Olympus E-M5 III Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH OIS Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 ASPH +6 more
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