Sony A 6000 lenses: I mostly use my Sony A 6000 with its 10-18mm and 50mm lenses to walk around. What do you suggest for better street and landscape photography with this Sony?

AMD Loc: Houston,TX

I mostly use my Sony A 6000 with its 10-18mm and 50mm lenses to walk around. What do you suggest for better street and landscape photography with this Sony?

Gifted One Loc: S. E. Idaho

Practice! The wide zoom is to die for. I would use it for landscapes. The 50 is a great lens. Like a 75 on FF, great for prospective. I would take those two in a heart beat.

J. R.

Iron Sight Loc: Utah

If you haven’t tried RAW processing for a quality improvement you might do that.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

AMD wrote:

I mostly use my Sony A 6000 with its 10-18mm and 50mm lenses to walk around. What do you suggest for better street and landscape photography with this Sony?

When you say "street photography" what do you mean exactly, candid's of people, street scape's, what exactly?
The following is what Canon recommends.
Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM. Best wide Canon street lens. ...
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM. Best all-round Canon street zoom lens. ...
Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM. Best Canon street lens for dreamy bokeh. ...
Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM. Best Canon RF all-rounder zoom street lens. ...
Canon RF 35mm F1. 8 Macro IS STM. ...
Canon RF 50mm F1. 8 STM.

If your talking about candid photography of people on the street, BEWARE, we are in a new world out there.
I only do street candid's during parades and street festivals, and I wear an official photographers vest. If you value your equipment, and don't want to end up with a black eye, be very careful when doing candid street photography in general on non parade and festival days. You have been fore warned.

AMD Loc: Houston,TX

Thank you for the warning.
You are talking about FF Canon lenses, they are good ones. I like to carry small, light cameras (Sony A 6000 is an APS-C ) I do not have experience with the Sony or Zeiss lenses.

AMD Loc: Houston,TX

Thanks.
Do you have any experience with other Sony or Zeiss wide angle lenses ?

AMD Loc: Houston,TX

Thanks. I have very little knowledge about computer and PP. I heard about RAW and DNG but have not tried. I shoot JPEGs and rely on my luck !

FalconChase Loc: Canton,Ohio, USA

I like my Zeiss Touit 32 /1.8 or the Sony Zeiss 35 / 2.8. The Samyang 24/2.8 is also a nice lens on the a6000. The Touit is an apsc lens. The other two are full frame.

Iron Sight Loc: Utah

A nice little carry around lens for me and my Sony A 6000 is the Sony 18-135 F3.5-56.

Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida

Gifted One wrote:

Practice! The wide zoom is to die for. I would use it for landscapes. The 50 is a great lens. Like a 75 on FF, great for prospective. I would take those two in a heart beat.

J. R.

You wont find any better for that than what you already have!! Just do it! Enjoy this system. I have the a6000 & a6300 with those and a couple other lenses.

rdgreenwood Loc: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

When I bought my A6000, it came with a Sony 18-55 that was softer than a princess’s pillow. I’m a nut about sharpness, so I checked around and bought a Zeiss 16-70. The lens cost more, a lot more, than the camera; but it’s tack sharp. The Sony is my travel camera—I shoot with a Nikon at home—and I want my memories to be clear. As I said, Zeiss rhymes with “price,” but it’s worth it. BTW, this lens lives on my camera 99% of the time.

Good luck with your search.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Iron Sight wrote:

A nice little carry around lens for me and my Sony A 6000 is the Sony 18-135 F3.5-56.

I have an A6300 with the 18-135 lens. It’s a very nice lens and performs well.

timcc Loc: Virginia

rdgreenwood wrote:

When I bought my A6000, it came with a Sony 18-55 that was softer than a princess’s pillow. I’m a nut about sharpness, so I checked around and bought a Zeiss 16-70. The lens cost more, a lot more, than the camera; but it’s tack sharp. The Sony is my travel camera—I shoot with a Nikon at home—and I want my memories to be clear. As I said, Zeiss rhymes with “price,” but it’s worth it. BTW, this lens lives on my camera 99% of the time.

Good luck with your search.

I also use the 16-70 as my walk-around lens. A bit pricey, but its small size and low weight are a perfect balance
on the a6000 -- it's especially good for travel. While early on there were problems with some 16-70s, current copies seem to have better quality control. Mine is tack sharp, has very solid construction, and is a pleasure to use.

I also carry two primes (12mm and 35mm) for super wide angle and low-light shots, and a 55-210 zoom for telephoto (some 55-210 lenses apparently also had quality control issues, but mine is sharp and seen lots of use).

Bob Locher Loc: Southwest Oregon

I have the 18-135mm lens too - and I find it to be terrific. At f5.6 - f8 it is as sharp as some very good fixed focal length lenses but offers the significant benefits of a zoom.

Note too that the 18-135 is a stabilized lens, which is a huge plus when used with a camera without built in stabilization, such as you A6000.

Cheers