J Birn

The "equivalent" f-stop is only useful if you are trying to match the DOF of a full-frame camera. It's not even really useful in terms of exposure. If you shoot at 100 ISO, 1/100 shutter speed, f/4 ...

If you know you can afford the 24mm, and will appreciate what it gives you in aperture, bokeh, and wider coverage, and don't mind that it's a little bigger and heavier, and don't mind waiting a ...

That's what I did! The 28mm f/2 is an easy choice as a lens: affordable, light, portable, and bright enough for even extreme low-light situations when combined with a camera with good high-ISO ...

Yes. I have the same combo. Of course a longer zoom lens would have advantages for capturing your dog in different positions, or any sports/action photography, but the 85 f1.8 has good AF and ...

What I see there: ...I was using a Unix system, so I checked again on a Windows system -- the compareplans.html page offers the 20GB option on Google Chrome, but not on Firefox. Now I can see why ...

Adobe just confirmed the $9.99 plan has been "discontinued," even as they offered to set me up with it when I asked for it. Adobe no longer lists any 20 GB plans as an option for new customers. If ...

The 24 f/1.4 - I just pre-ordered one. But that's because it's a focal length and aperture I was looking for, and I love the look of the lens and its bokeh in the samples. (Of course I'm just ...

The Sony 85mm f/1.8 is a gem -- reasonably small and light, great bokeh, sharp, and reasonably priced. The 28mm f/2 is even smaller and cheaper, and also a nice sharp lens (although I recently ...

I followed the link you gave, the only thing it lists for 9.99 is "The Lightroom CC plan" which doesn't include Lightroom Classic or Photoshop. (Maybe you saw an old version of that page or haven't ...

Lightroom works fine with Sony. It seems as if the plan I have (Lightroom Classic plus Photoshop for 9.99/mo) has doubled in price on Adobe's website, though, so I don't know if I'd recommend it ...

What really bothers me most about my a7r iii is that I only have one of them. Owning multiple bodies would be such an amazing luxury. I could choose my two favorite lenses for a given situation, ...

I really want this lens. With its relatively small weight/size I think it would fully replace my Sony 28mm f/2 -- that is a bargain lens that I still use a lot because it's so handy and portable, ...

I have the first-generation 70-300 (as you probably know, the first two generations were a-mount, so I'm using an la-ea3 adapter on an a7r iii.) Even on the first-generation ones, the ...

The Sony 28mm f/2.0 is an alternative to the 16-35 f/4 zoom. Of course it's not a zoom, but it's brighter and better suited for interior shots of people, and it better fits with your budget.

Now that I have both, for pictures of my family and travel purposes, the 28-75 is the clear winner. I'm considering selling the 24-105, because I can't imagine I'll use it much anymore. The 28-75 ...

If the only lenses you have are crop-sensor lenses that aren't well suited for use with the a73, you might be better off saving the cost of the adapter and putting to towards a new full-frame ...

I ordered mine from B&H on 8/14 and got the ship notice that it shipped on Monday 8/27 -- that's just under 2 weeks. (Of course I'm sorry that I had cancelled an earlier pre-order because it didn't ...

If a firmware update adds timelapse shooting via a new Drive Mode, it would also be nice to have a flexible Timer mode as well, so after the 5 or 10 second countdown, a number of shots at a ...

Based on the needs you just stated, you might look at the Sony 28mm f/2 as well. Great lens with the same kind of small/light/bright feeling as the 55 f/1.8. Of course a wider lens won't blur the ...

Thanks! I'll just file your work under "Reasons why the rx100 VI could be a more versatile travel camera than the previous rx100 models."