TheVoid

September is a great time to visit with smaller crowds. Make some time to watch elk herds in the evening - if you're patient you'll see (and hear?) some elk bulls crashing their antlers together.

Thanks. I know exactly what you mean - instant traffic jam at the first spotting. I only go to Yellowstone in late May or wait until September. The crowds are much smaller and it's a better ...

Taken last month with the a77m2 and a few with the a580, various lenses. Hope you enjoy. Lamar Valley research station Mammoth Springs Near Soda Butte Creek Town of Mammoth viewed from the hot ...

I really enjoy dark sky storm shots, especially in rural settings like this. Nice capture.

These are all taken with the a77m2, and some cropped a bit as well. But I think other posters with the a99ii have demonstrated some great sharpness with the combo. As you might expect, my results ...

Hot spring drainage, Midway Geyser Basin Lamar Valley research base Grizzly showing some paw

I admit I haven't read all the responses and am just jumping in here because back in 2011 I was in the same situation with an a580 (same sensor as a55) and wanting to simplify things with a good ...

Under the Rivals section I'm surprised the Sony mirrorless were mentioned, but not the excellent and comparable-price-point, similar form factor a77m2, which offers weather sealing and was/is...

You can also experiment with the different display modes on the LCD, by toggling the DISP button through the options of what to show back there. One of them doesn't show the preview image - only ...

Thanks for looking Steelhead!

Over spring break I took my family to Carlsbad, California. One evening we enjoyed watching surfers from the pier at Oceanside. I don't know much about surfing, but these guys are very athletic! ...

These are great results - clearly you planned ahead and knew what to do once there. I'm impressed with the excellent exposure of each subject's face, and great handling of light and shade outdoors. ...

Glad you like it! Thanks.

Great idea! I just aquired the 70-400 ssmii lens and by happy coincidence it has the same filter diameter as my Tokina 11-16mm wide angle. So the 10-stop ND filter I got last year to shoot crazy ...

From one of my first outings with my new 70-400 on the a77ii. Held in my lap, manual focus using tilt screen, high speed burst. Still learning...

Very cool. Foxes are some of my favorites but so far have eluded my lens. I did capture one from a long distance last week but just pixelated mush in the coniditions I had. Now that I know where ...

This would give you stellar AF performance, no adapter needed, and in cases where extra reach is valuable you'd have the crop factor available in a body that feels just like the a99ii, shares the ...

Depending on your faeture priorities, the a580 would be a good option. Others have pointed out it was Sony's last optical viewfinder DSLR. It also has a very highly reguarded 16mp sensor that was ...

I'll post some pics sometime soon assuming I can get the hang of it. This might necessitate a lunchtime trip to the aviary..

I wish I had read this earlier - but I ended up ordering a used 70-400 G2 last week. It's from LensRentals so I'm sure it will have a lot more mileage on it than yours, but the price was right and ...