I like it. It avoids the question 'Do you have the money?'

WOW!!!! Eye opening. Not the usual basket of cranks and conspiracy theorists.
Thanks for posting.

Using legacy glass makes sense for telephoto range on the A6000. Sony options for long e-mount lenses is bit thin and they are expensive.

Nice shots.
Is that the mountain from 'Close Encounters'?

The aperture is the aperture, it doesn't change regardless if it is a FF or an APS-C lens or if it is on a FF or crop sensor camera. Comparing depth of field for aps-c vs FF lenses gets much more complicated and can depend on whether you are shooting from the same distance or are zooming with your feet to get the same FoV.
The main thing you are loosing with adapted legacy lenses is auto focus and exif data. Manual focus is very easy with the A6000, but it just isin't going to be in the same league as a native Sony lens for speed. If you take portraits, make sure to set your camera up for 'eye focus'. This feature can detect an eye on a face and fine focus on that. It is not easy to set up, but it is worth it. I believe it only works with Sony lenses. Doesn't work with Sigma or other 3rd party lenses.
Also, many of the old legacy film lenses just aren't up to the quality of the native Sony lenses - even the kit lenses. The Sony E lenses can't be beat for lightness and compactness.

Nice. Well done. I recognize the second one - La Foce I believe. Travelling by bike was smart if you have the energy. Not enough places to park with a car. Next time I go I think I'll rent a motor scooter.

I use Photopills too. I recently posted a MW shot that I had planned months ahead with it. Went to the exact spot and took the shot with no messing around. The MW was exactly where I expected it to be.

The Sony Zeiss 24 mm f1.8 is a beautiful lens. I think you would like it.

Watch your cellular data usage. Cellular data roaming charges are horrendously expensive even with an international plan. I got hit with a $600 charge by my carrier after using my cell phone as GPS in Portugal.

Cat,
I have been following your posts. I think you might enjoy this site if you are not already familiar with it.
http://seeingfresh.com/

I'd suggest starting with a Depth of Field calculator. There are numerous Apps for your phone or try this on-line version. http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/dof-calculator.htm
This should give you a good idea of focus depth for any of your lenses under any given aperture or distance to subject. Cambridge in Color is a great site for digging in a bit deeper for a lot of technical aspects of photography.

I like them. Makes a welcome break from the many excellent close ups of flowers and bugs we usually see.

Hi Jon,
I went through the same struggle earlier this year and stepped up from an A6000 up to a FF A7Rii and a couple of FF lenses. I definitely found an improvement in IQ, but the real improvement came in the elimination of 'gear' as an excuse and got me to concentrate on basics like composition and exposure. Its sort of like the golfer who goes out and buys the latest '20 yards extra' driver and ends up putting the ball 20 yards further into the woods. You only get the benefit of the 20 yards extra if you have proper grip and swing.

I am am continuing to invest in high quality equipment because I have plenty of disposable income at the moment and I'm confident my skills will grow into the better gear. I expect I won't have that much disposable income in a couple of years when I retire. If I have any regrets with my decision to upgrade it is only for the weight and bulk. Even mirrorless FF's are heavy compared to their crop sensor versions. I will take the A7Rii when I know specifically where and what I am going to shoot, but I prefer the A6000 when I am just browsing around.

Nice shot.

I have shelves of photography books. I think the most important one in getting me to my current level is Michael Freeman's - The Photographer's Eye: Graphic Guide: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos. This is an easy read for even a total novice and the lessons learned can be applied to any photographic device including phone cameras.

I think that an understanding of composition is even more important than understanding exposure. All cameras nowadays come with an auto mode that will give 'correct' exposures that we could only envy back in the 70's, but there are no auto composition settings. (Actually, my Sony A6000 does have a composition setting but that's beside the point). Understanding composition techniques will draw the student into the use of DoF, freeze action, light, shadow etc as composition tools rather than mathematical formulae.