Sony lense options (Page 4): :sm24: :sm24: Cheers and best to you. Have a great trip .

gwilliams6

Nortfish wrote:

Based on the collective input from all of you, I b... (show quote)

Cheers and best to you. Have a great trip .

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

Glad we could provide you with some of our own first-hand experiences. It helps to ask those who've been there and done that before.

Jagnut07 Loc: South Carolina

Nortfish wrote:

Hi all. br br I am taking a trip next month (A ri... (show quote)

I had a somewhat similar situation, although I already had the a6500 so it was a matter of lens choice for me. I had both kit lenses and wanted to trim down to one lens. I chose the 16 - 70mm f4 Zeiss lens. I could not be happier. It’s a compact lens so easy to carry, it’s a pretty good wide angle and the telephoto is long enough. I hardly ever needed the 200mm of my previous lens and with the quality of the 70mm Zeiss i can use the digital zoom or crop the photo later. It was the best decision I made.

Nortfish Loc: Port St. Lucie, Fla

Jagnut07 wrote:

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I had a similar experience on my last trip to Europe. I took a Lumix FZ 280. It zooms from 20 to 1200mm. When I reviewed my pictures I found that the vast majority of them were under 100 mm .Many at the 20mm point. If the sensor was a little larger I would stick with it.

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

It would seem, at least based on adverts that I've seen at Adorama and B&H Photo, that Sony is now including either the 16-50mm lens or the 18-135mm lens as part of the two basic packages that are being sold. Now don't get me wrong, the 16-50mm lens provides for a very neat and compact package but since I got my 18-135mm lens and the fact that I'm never without the 10-18mm wide-angle, my old 16-50mm has been collecting dust in a drawer somewhere.

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

OldCADuser wrote:

It would seem, at least based on adverts that I've seen at Adorama and B&H Photo, that Sony is now including either the 16-50mm lens or the 18-135mm lens as part of the two basic packages that are being sold.

And I just got this from Sony themselves and it appears that the only 'kit lens' being sold as part of a Sony a6600 package is the 18-135mm lens:

Nortfish Loc: Port St. Lucie, Fla

To all,

Thanks to the input from all of you , I ended up getting the A6600 from MPB, and the 18-135 from KEH. Both experiences were seamless. nothing but good things to say. Thee 6600 that was rated "Like New" really was. Not a scratch, In the original box including the original warrantee(US).I know it is no longer good but it showed that this was not a grey market product.
I must say though, the NEX is significantly lighter and smaller than the 6600. The trade off is a significantly longer battery life as well as the rest of the improvements. I am looking forward to a great trip with many good photo ops.

Thanks for all the help you all provided.

gwilliams6

Nortfish wrote:

To all, br br Thanks to the input from all of you... (show quote)

Nortfish Loc: Port St. Lucie, Fla

The end of the story.

I bought a Sony A6600 and an 18-135 lens.

The trip is over. I took over 500 shots in the 3 weeks I was away.

Totally happy with my choice. I only used CIZ a couple of times, only to see how it works. I found most of my shots were in the lower ranges (25-75 mm) with some longer. Mainly shots from the boat on the river while cruising.
The image quality was fine(for me). not being a professional, I'm sure my standards are a lot lower than some of yours are. I found 18mm(=ff25) to be sufficient for street and interior shots.. At times I would have liked to have a wider lens but not often enough to really bother me, I might invest in a 10-18 mm if I find a good deal on line. no biggy.

I thank all of you who contributed to my decision. All the responses were extremely valuable.

To any of you considering a river cruise, Viking is a super great line to travel with. I will give them a perfect 10.

Thanks again.

rbmcdill Loc: St. Louis, MO

I was just looking at the Sony Alpha site this morning and saw a professional using the kit lens for most of her work. If it is sharpness that is an issue with those lenses, Topaz Sharpen does a wonderful job of addressing that issue.

Nortfish Loc: Port St. Lucie, Fla

rbmcdill wrote:

I was just looking at the Sony Alpha site this morning and saw a professional using the kit lens for most of her work. If it is sharpness that is an issue with those lenses, Topaz Sharpen does a wonderful job of addressing that issue.

Sony kit lenses seem to have a pretty good reputation. A while ago I shot a scene with my 16-22 kit lens on my NEX-6 along with my son in law who had a Leica. They were very close. Much to my sunrise.

russjc001 Loc: South Carolina

What is the impact of using the 18-135mm on a full frame Sony a7r?

Nortfish Loc: Port St. Lucie, Fla

Nortfish wrote:

Sony kit lenses seem to have a pretty good reputation. A while ago I shot a scene with my 16-22 kit lens on my NEX-6 along with my son in law who had a Leica. They were very close. Much to my sunrise.

Typo- The lens I used was a 16-50 not 22. Sorry.

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

Yes, when first went mirrorless (2013) it was with a Sony NEX-3 and it came with the 16-50mm lens. I'm now two generations past that, first with a Sony a6000 (2016) and then a Sony a6500 (2020), I've still got that 16-50mm lens. However, I've moved-on to an 18-135mm as my standard lens. I also have a 10-18mm wide-angle. Between those two lens, I'm pretty well covered for most situations, with that old 400mm 1:6.3 Tele-Astranar for when I really need to reach out there.

Nortfish Loc: Port St. Lucie, Fla

OldCADuser wrote:

Yes, when first went mirrorless (2013) it was with a Sony NEX-3 and it came with the 16-50mm lens. I'm now two generations past that, first with a Sony a6000 (2016) and then a Sony a6500 (2020), I've still got that 16-50mm lens. However, I've moved-on to an 18-135mm as my standard lens. I also have a 10-18mm wide-angle. Between those two lens, I'm pretty well covered for most situations, with that old 400mm 1:6.3 Tele-Astranar for when I really need to reach out there.

Sounds pretty well rounded. I sold my 16-55. I now think that was a mistake. Do you use your 10-18 often?
I'm seriously considering a 1.8 35mm prime.