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Yes, I'm also trying not to load up on APSC lenses, but think a good lightweight, fast-ish prime in the 12-15MM range would be a great addition to the kit.  Very fun for street photography and ...

haha yes on f8!  There are only a couple of situations where I don't use it as a starting point, with this lens.  Funny how folks are always talking either shallow DOF and/or really stopped down ...

When I plan a trip these days, the first question I ask myself is how seriously I am going to focus on photography compared to other activities such as touring, hiking, eating and drinking with ...

One does have to be aware of the potential of not recovering shadow when using the highlight metering mode.  It does depend on the lighting situation, but with a lot of contrast you might loose ...

I only carried the 70-300 around when I knew I needed it.  I had a small bag for walk-around shooting, and generally just dropped the A6500 with the 16-70 zoom in that. Japan is a very safe country ...

Welcome!  Looks like you have your long night exposures in hand.  For subject matter, composition and cropping, as well as processing, I like #1 the best - it is a very interesting photo!  Your ...

Well, yes, I think because of the sensor size and MP the noise is more apparent with the A6500, especially when you zoom in at 100% on your actual pixel dimension size.  But for smaller prints, ...

I actually have both of these lenses at this point.  I needed the 300MM end for the reach, and even that wasn't really ideally long enough.  I made a lot of photos between 250-300MM. Between the ...

well, thanks to you for all your settings tips!!!!  They worked well for me - even though I deleted them from my memory settings by mistake at least once....  My BIF's still need a lot of ...

A novice Sony APS-C user here - I usually use the full-frame, with primes, primarily shooting landscapes.  Took the A6500 on a trip to Japan this winter, primarily for use as a wildlife camera ...

recently took the A7rii and A6500 on a trip to Japan.  Wildlife was featured, so my primary camera/lens combo for wildlife was the A6500 + FE 70-300MM zoom, but I also occasionally used that zoom ...

you are on to something here, Jim.  I think that while your color is lovely, that perhaps black and white is the way to go with this series - one step more towards abstraction and perhaps adds to ...

If you are looking for an all-around zoom, I would recommend the 16-70MM f4.  Along with your faster 50MM f1.8, this pretty much covers you for family and travel.  And it is very compact. If you ...

love seeing your push of technology to make artistic images. I did look up how to do slit scans at some point in the recent past and found it very interesting. The first of the "foggy morning" in ...

Thanks for the photos and the feedback on how you used the two bodies and cameras.  It is helpful.  Planning a trip myself that involves some wildlife and had pretty much decided to take the A6500 ...

thanks for the posting!  Love seeing your photos, whatever lens you are using, but nice to see how well this Loxia 85MM works for you.   Tempting!  I do think it is good to rid oneself of the ...

and a beautiful little bird it is. It is hard to shoot little birds, period, and Sony full-frame mirrorless system isn't the best tool, maybe.  Perhaps someday it will be better for birds, hard to ...

The new carryon specs, generally, are going to be tough on photographer with large gear!!!! Hello, mirrorless.... You are going to get a lot of replies. Here are some idea from a camera bag queen ;-) :

I don't have the A7ii, but there is a significant difference in size and weight from my A7rii with any lens except perhaps the little 35MM f2.8, and the A6500 with the 16-70 zoom. And I think that ...

I haven't used the 90MM macro lens, but I have been using the A7r and Nikon 55MM f2.8 macro on a copy stand for photographing various objects, some objects are as flat as slides. What seems to make ...