GaryW

As the cheapest e-mount lens (even still?) from Sony, I don't think the 16mm/2.8 was expected to be a top-tier lens.  Even so, it has its uses.  Not to mention the advantage of being a pancake. Onc ...

I don't see how this is the case at all.  I usually don't use flash, even indoors.  However, for a staged photo, indoors, flash can certainly make a difference.  Sometimes I use a bit of fill ...

Well, the Nex-6 isn't so bad.  Being a non-Pro, I find it hard to upgrade so often.  I used to be able to more easily justify upgrading ever 3 years, as cameras were making huge advancements. Yeah, ...

Wow! Well, usually when someone says "kit lens", they mean, "that crappy lens that comes with the camera that you'll soon want to replace."   This is a nice option, if the price were actually ...

Why is the 18-135 a kit lens?  Is there a kit with this lens? Looking at Amazon, it's $600, but still, sounds like good value.

With my current software, I typically can process from raw in <5 min as well. My problem is that I simply get better results from raw most of the time.  I use RAW+JPEG mode, so if I'm happy enough ...

It’s probably ok, if the a-mount lens is designed for APS-C. I’d be more worried about the FE lens on the A6500, as in another thread, it’s discussed how much less resolution is lost on some FF ...

There is definitely this opinion among many, that you wouldn't get APS-C except that you're starting out and saving for FF.  If this is what people are doing, I'd suggest trying to save up, buy ...

"could have"?  "Almost"?  What happened?  Lenses are really tough to work on.  Tiny screws....

That's interesting.  I wouldn't have thought the difference would be so profound!

You can get fine results from minor edits to jpegs.  Raw just has more information, so a lot of edits are less destructive, and you have more headroom.  With raw, you can recover a bit more from ...

If only someone made a 24mm/1.8!  ;-)  Wait, I mean, if only there were an affordable 24mm, period.  :-(

Based on these observations, if I were buying today, I'd probably lean towards the 18-135.  Since I already have the 18-105, I can't justify getting a new lens that has such a similar range -- ...

And lightweight.  And cheap.  ;-) You could always get one for the a-mount and use an adapter.  Then again, you lose half a stop with the LA-EA4, so that lessens the advantage.  I really liked the ...

I have reached a critical mass.  I have lenses to cover just about everything, although I think 24mm would be my ideal FOV.  I'm not too excited about paying so much for the Sony 24mm lens, ...

It really isn't a great example, but as it turned out, I still had it set to too high of a shutter, so the aperture is a non-optimal f5.6. Still usable, as the corner softness just doesn't matter ...

His 10 year old DSLR probably lacked the image quality of today's "toy" cameras.  *shrug* Yeah, this was basically the attitude of many photographers online back then.  I was another one who got ...

I took this one yesterday.  I don't recall if I had the UWA on it or not, but probably?