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Very real answer from someone thinking of selling the RX100 V because I don't use it anymore. Get a cell phone with a good night mode and buy a custom camera app with manual controls as backup.

Fundamentally, the rule is "Sunny 16". 1/100 at f/16 ISO 100 at high noon in the sun on Full Frame where a 1-inch sensor (or 1/2.3" sensor) isn't that. You can trade stops for a smaller sensor, ...

Daytime, you're going to be sitting up at f/5.6-f/11 where the similarly priced, not-much-larger 24-105/4 (or 28-200, signed the one person on the site who picked the 24-105 over the 28-200 purely ...

https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/108165/sigmas-for-sony-can-be-calibrated-with-sigma-docker-what-about-sony-lenses Stackexchange says Sigma says it's not their problem. OK, let's return ...

Sadly no. I take it there's no way to adjust it except the dock?

So I bought a Sigma 100-40 and I'm wondering if this is a bad copy or just expected on a cloudy day. So it's a great little lens from about 100-250. Sharp, fast-ish for the weight on a 400mm, OSS ...

As someone who does nighttime handheld sometimes, there's definitely tradeoffs between DOF and ISO handholding late at night, and IMO, f/2-f/2.8 ends up being the "best" tradeoff of those things ...

Zooms. It's just purely a question of suitcase space. 16-35 + 24-105 is a walkaround daytime lens + a walkaround night-time lens. With that said, my philosophy is that you should only BUY things ...

24-105 or 28-200 16-35 GM if you can afford it. 85mm prime or 100-400 zoom. Depending on weight tolerance, f-stop tolerance and bag policies. 24-105 for walkaround zoom, 16-35 for interiors, 16-35 ...

I rented one for zoo lights and I can't quite justify owning one.  But.

For $1000 on a zoom, there's no beating the Sigma. If you don't need 180-400 or surprisingly excellent OSS, you could get the Tamron 70-180 or even replace your 24-105 with a 28-200.

I would strooooongly reccomend verifying this, but that sure looks in general BUT NOT SPECIFIC like my Watson and my Watson does sell that sort of plates for cheap. So in theory yes, and in ...

If you want to go wider, the 17-28 is a decent wide-angle. If you want to go longer or want better quality, get the 28-200, then sell your 28-70.

Samyang wins on IQ and CA. Sadly, the 85/1.8 *cannot* be worse in terms of mid/low-light/AF-C AF than the Samyang.  On the days the Samyang hits, it *hits* and it's a beautiful amazing lens. And I ...

I would add "Extremely high MP sensors which allow for extreme cropping at high ISOs" but Yup. You might not like carrying an 85/1.4 on a 43MP body around all day (at the low, low price of $5000 ...

Yeah, a little bit.  I like 24mm a lot actually, it's the widest prime I have an eye for, but if I go in on a second body, I'd love to walk around with 16-35 on the RIII and the 28-200 on the A7 IV. ...

Own - Lenses I own Pack - Lenses that made it into the backpack/suitcase/whatever. Could be one lens on a weekend backpack trip, could be 5 lenses and a tripod on the 2-week photo trip. Carry - ...

As someone who also does 1 and 2 depending (with a 24 over a 35). I distinguish between Own, Pack, and Carry.  I pack things some subset of things I own in the suitcase, I carry some subset of ...

1) Clean ISO is, sans EV compensation, 100-800 on the III and 100-~500 on the RIII.  Noting that the sensors get a (noisy) stop back at 800 so it might be worth trading noise for DR. 2) Usable... ...

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