Millismote Loc: Massachusetts

I am seriously looking at the Sony a6000. Adorama has it for $399 new (I think) with a bunch of other stuff, (camera card, cleaning cloth,etc) the thing holding me back is the shortest of lens selection. I would like something in the range of 24-70 mm f3.5 or less. It would make a nice walking around lens. I welcome suggestions.

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

I have a a6000. Bought it as a kit with the 18-55mm f/3.5‑5.6 OSS lens and the 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS lens. Shortly after purchasing, I added a 10-18 f/4 OSS and more recently the 18-105 f/4 OSS. All the lenses are Sony e-mount. Without an adapter, I think your options are limited. That said, the 18-105 f/4 ($600 new from practically everyone) rarely comes off the body.

billnourse Loc: Bloomfield, NM

I have the A6000 with the 16-50 and 55-200 and this works pretty well, but I am looking at a Ziess 16-70 f4 for a walk around lens. That would give you 24-105 with the crop sensor. A little pricey at 899,but a nice lens. Another choice is Sony's 18-105 f4 for about 600. This would give you 27-158mm. The Sony is little big, but the range would be great.

Bill

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

Both of the kit lenses work fine for me!

repleo Loc: Boston

Due to poor planning and lack of self restraint, I have more lenses than I need for my A6000. (16-50, 55-210, Rokinon 12mm/2.0; Zeiss 24mm/1.8; 35mm/1.8; 50mm/1.8). My favorite is the 18-105 / f4.0 G mid zoom. It is quite a bit bigger than the the other lenses, but I like the flexibility. I considered the Zeiss 18-70 instead, but it was twice the price of the 18-105 on sale at $500.
If I had to trim down I think I would forego the 16-50, 55-210, and the 35mm, but wouldn't part with the 18-105.

melueth Loc: Central Florida

I've only used point and shoots up until the A6000, so i don't really have a strong frame of reference. But - i love my Sony A6000. Easy to understand, lightweight, crisp shots, and really good in low light. I use a lot of older lenses with adapters, and i think i've learned to shoot better overall because of that. But i generally use either the kit 16-55 or the Sony G 18-105 as my walk-around.

ML

NorthPacific

I have the Sony A6000 (two years now) and several other NEX cameras ..recently i picked up two NEX 6 cameras use both for about 275 dollars without a lenses since these APS NEX 6 cameras are similar to the A6000....I consider the NEX 6000 one of the best engineered and cameras ever made and I would put it in the category of the Nikon F2s, OM1, Nikon F100, Nikon F5, Sony DSC HX9V, Nikon D1, Mamiya RB67...classic piece of camera equipment....

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I use the Sony 16mm lens and the 18 to 55 with steadyshot since the camera itself has no stabilizers... The use of this camera for me has been to use it as a travel and street camera because if you mount big heavy lenses, it totally defeats the purpose/advantages of this little precision built gem... I love the Sony A6000!!!!..and the NEX as an alternative is a fantastic camera as well with a low price point now in the used market...and remember it too has the big APS-C sensor as well.


I have copied here a note I sent to a friend two days ago re the Sony manual focus protocols...maybe this will encourage you a bit to see what this could open up for you in terms of lenses......

There was mention here about using adapters and using other lenses like Nikons....or Canon FD (with glass lens) since there are no EOS to E mount adapters made to my knowledge... for some reason Sony graciously made it possible to use manual focus lenses like any Nikon lenses using a nice electronic focusing system inside the Sony to assists in getting a proper focusing which of course includes Sony's own E mount lenses...

> this camera is capable of advanced peak focusing ...can be used with your existing lens or with non Sony lenes that you can mount with a lens adaptor and then use the manual focus assist settings ....
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> these two videos are a good reference using sony lenses and older lenses from other lens companies...except Canon EOS lenses to the best of my knowledge due to an unsolvable flange problem.
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> this of course will help on using your mirror lens and also any of your Nikon lenses

> you must do two things when you mount the nikon or the t mount mirror lens..
> . 1. ..enable this setting in the menu... called the "release w/o Lens"...see picture below.......it will then allow the camera to operate with other types of lenses like the t mount or the Nikon lens with the appropriate adapter...The naming of this menu option is misleading as heck ...and should have elaborated by saying it was for t mounts, using lens adapters etc but instead mentions the far less used terms such as being for the use with telescopes which of course is basically a T mount adapter...If you do not do this menu input, then the camera will not operate with lens adapters and T mount lens adapters ...This menu option is a generic menu option in most Sony E and Sony A/Mionota AF capable cameras.

2....set the upper dial to A (aperture preferred)...this is shown in one of the videos I have included....when you do this, the camera will automatically select the shutter speed which ....or you can also use trhe manual setting...and you can use the exposure compensation to further control the exposure and also manually reset the ISO speed....This is all fantastic since though the lens is not a Sony, you have a tremendous amount of control of that lens via various functions of the Sony cameras in terms of settings...

3. Then you set up the peak focusing/manual focus assist settings...again see videos to introduce yourself to where this is all going....

this ability on Sony cameras to make easy the use of manual focus is really quite fantastic since it allows you to exponentially expand the kinds of excellent but older Nikon lenses to your Sony camera.... Of course there other lens adapters available for other camera makers but since you only have Nikon lenses this will work fine......Nikon to Sony E mount adapters are plentiful and inexpensive on Amazon.com and Ebay....using only simple adapters vs some with added contacts is the best way to go...

I know this sounds kind of scattered but once you figure this out using the above video, the camera manual, and your common sense logic, this will really be an eye opener.... Please first watch the videos to understand where this is all taking you..

Sony has bent over backwards to enable camera users to dig back into their "old glass" and be able to use them again...

Understand Sony's peak focusing/manual assist features is critical .... .....also using the red shading is best since it stands out better and also use the HIGH contrast setting to better assist you in doing the manual focus..

This is really an amazing feature nearly unique to Sony cameras since Sony is saying to its camera owners....we encourage you to use other lenses from other manufacturers though this could mean you will NOT buy a Sony lens for your Sony camera,,,,,This is a huge marketing concession by Sony to facilitate the use of old glass from other competing companies like Nikon.

Sooner or later the Samsung Galaxy S7 smart phone will relegate all of our equipment to Goodwill Industries but in the meantime the process of doing all this is too much fun re getting to the end result....

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Very nice little camera. I got one a few weeks ago with the 16-50mm lens for $548. Then I found a nice 55-210 lens on ebay. There are adapters that let you use lenses you already have.
https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dphoto&field-keywords=sony+e-mount+adapters&rh=i%3Aphoto%2Ck%3Asony+e-mount+adapters

I also got the Busch book and the Gary Fong video series ($29). And you'll like this dual battery charger.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JG54F3C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

muggins88 Loc: Inverness, Florida

Kit lens are fine for me.

Toment Loc: FL, IL

A6000 is fabulous-all of the above PLUS WYSIWYG in the EVF
Enjoy!
BTW, thanks NorthPacific for the resources. EOS lenses are fine using meta bones/fotodiox adapters.

NorthPacific

I still cannot find a EOS to NEX (aka Sony E mount) adapter!!!! only Canon FD to NEX (E mount) with glass lens to be able to do infinity or without the glass insert to make the EOS lens only a macro...

But I spent the longest time on google, EBAY, and Amazon and for the life of me could not find EOS to NEX (E mount)..so if you have found it, can you please supply the link?

All I got with EOS to NEX inquiries is it can't be done due to a flange problem...

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Zeiss makes lenses for Sony. Zeiss quality is superb but their lenses are pricey. I own Olympus mirrorless cameras and I am very satisfied, not saying you should go Olympus. The A6000 from what I know is a great tool.
Since I am not familiar with Sony I do not know how many lenses they have available to use with their cameras. For sure some Zeiss lenses are available for use with Sony bodies.
If you think you are going to be limited by the selection of lenses perhaps you should look into other systems but that is your choice.

A.J.R. Loc: Devon, UK

I had the A6000 with the Sony Zeiss 16-70 f4, (have now changed the body to 6300, with same lens), lens expensive but great combination.

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Try this:http://smile.amazon.com/Fotodiox-EF-Sny-Adapter-EOS-E-Mount/dp/B00D9BKLX8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482244429&sr=8-1&keywords=Fotodiox+canon+to+Sony+e+mount
It works fine with EF and EF-s.

RWCRNC Loc: Pennsylvania

Ditto