Hey there,
I am also in process of consolidating images from Picassa, Photo, and other programs (iPhone images, etc.). After searching a bit, I landed on Adobe Bridge. It is free, and updates are free as well. It has many good organizational tools and, although I haven't yet explored, reportedly good basic editing tools. Might be good, especially since you do also have and use sometimes Lightroom.

Sony has several FF lenses that, in 2 lenses, cover your desired range. There are two 16-35's, f2.8 & f4. Similarly, there are two 24-70's, again f2.8 & f4. The faster lenses are considerably more expensive and heavy, while the f4's are well rated.

Thanks for info. The images are really good!

Chris T,
I know the Nex 7 is defunct, but, as so often is true, what seems obsolete actually works very well, despite apparent shortcomings in comparison to the newer APS-C cameras. So, yes, I have not purchased any of the a6000 series, waiting for what hopefully is coming soon.

As a note on perspective, I was a mechanic for a few years back several decades, working on VW's and Porsche's. I presently have an X-Terra, with four cylinders, five speed, and absolutely nothing automatic. If I learned anything back then, the simpler something is the less likelihood of it coming undone. For example, a hammer is pretty indestructible with only the handle subject to probable breakage. On the other hand, nail guns are much more complex and often malfunction. Yes, if I were still doing carpentry, I would get a nail gun, but I am not a carpenter anymore, so the hammer path is just fine.

I use the Nex 7 mostly in outdoor activities, where weight is often critical. I have used bridge cameras and often use a TG4 on demanding climbs. But a new APS-C camera with good features would allow me considerable benefits: using the 16-70 and the 70-300 allows with two lenses amazing versatility with more weight than a bridge camera but substantially better images.

I am still back in prehistory with a Nex7, but yes, a cropped sensor at 32MP.

I bought my son a Sony Cyber-shot RX100 IV, which has, as well as the version III, a 24-70mm, f1.8-2.8 Zeiss lens. The only complaint he had was that it is so small that one could drop the thing. There is an inexpensive add-on grip for it that seems to help. The images are exceptional!

The anticipated 32MP is not for the full frame cameras; it is for an updated APS-C model. Especially when weight is important, the smaller bodies (at least so far) are helpful. Right now there is only one 'really good' lens for that series, the Zeiss 16-70. But the images from that lens are very good. So, if the next model is really going to go to 32 MP, while now the series is providing 24MP, that would be a really fortunate development for times when being light is important. And, although not immediate, Sony is talking about producing more upscale lenses for the series...perhaps a 70-200, f2.8??

I do own and use a Sony A7rii. I surely wanted to purchase the A7riii, but the price was too much. I am now waiting until the next iteration of the A7 series arrives before considering yet a newer model. The A7rii is a fine camera, but the successor has distinct benefits/advantages: the batteries, while more expensive, are much longer lasting; the A7rii "eats" batteries rapidly; the other really big advantage to the newer model would appear to be exceptionally fast focus on eyes, such that it is all but impossible to shoot an image of humans that is not in focus.

While those virtues are nice, the older version still is an amazing camera! Sony seems hell-bent on releasing new models at a rapid rate, which is no doubt part of how they have surged in the market, especially for the mirrorless. I am first waiting for their update on an APS-C line, as my Nex 7 still is my choice for interchangeable lens, light body. But the Nex 7 is now so antiquated in comparison to the newer models that I am ready to go for the new model, which purportedly is supposed to have a 32 MP sensor, which with stabilization would be a great body for climbing and other high activity efforts.

But your dilemma is not in the future, so, I am not sure what I would be inclined to do. Waiting for the next A7 iteration could be a long wait. If money is not a real issue, I'd probably go for the riii. But if frugality matters, either find a reconditioned riii or a rii. Either way, you'd have an exceptional camera. And Friedman puts out the best manual for the Sony cameras: in-depth and making some of the complexities not so daunting.

I've gotten some of my best shots with a bridge camera; I've had a at least four different ones. But the TG4 is almost as good at a fraction of weight. What bridge camera do you use or see as best presently?

No sherpa needed. Climbing is always trying to balance what one needs with what one can actually grunt upwards. On big walls, a haul bag is often 200+ pounds; on simple rock climbs, it is much less daunting; and on mountains, invariably there is huge struggle to get everything to a base camp, so that one might proceed upwards.

But the use of individual cases makes the process of selecting photo gear relatively easy: 1-3 lenses, 1 body, maybe a light auxiliary camera (TG4), & a couple filters.

And, if totally nuts, one can always adopt Honnold's fearless approach...

I'll offer yet another possible way to carry photography gear. I am a climber -- mountains & rocks, such that carrying a specific pack for photography gear is not practical. Instead, I carry camera and lenses in insulated cases that I have sewn to include durable slings for each case. Filters and such, I do put in a pack, but the pack invariably is also committed to clothing, rain gear, food, water, first aid and emergency supplies, and other specific climbing gear. By having lenses in cases, I can stuff them into a pack (if large enough), but they are readily accessible while climbing. Hence, while I do have a couple specific photography packs, I usually am not going out just to take pictures; the pictures are in process.

Of possible further help, I always carry extra plastic baggies, often obtained at the grocery store in the produce section, so that, if need be, I can put each piece of photography gear inside a plastic bag and then in a case. Yes, the case might get soaked, but the gear, no. I also keep batteries and cards inside plastic cases, again to protect against that horrific storm...it might happen only once every few years, but the plastic bags weigh nothing and they do provide needed protection against moisture.

And in purchasing a general pack, you would have a tool that could be useful for many other tasks or adventures. But, as several have suggested, it all comes down to what you need and how it fits you, physically and operationally.

Just a note that might be of value to those caught in the struggles of ever-changing (improving?) Apple products. There are several competent technically savvy Apple systems developers, who are able to upgrade Macs, particularly the Power Mac's. Stephen Esser in Phoenix is a person who has put together 3 different Power Mac's for me; he usually puts in a more up-to-date motherboard, a very good graphics card, an SSD start-up disk and a larger standard hard drive. His prices are a lot less than buying something new, and, the Power Mac's are amazingly adaptable; at this point, on my main system, I have 3 scanners, 6 hard drives, & 4 printers, with a 32" TV for a monitor. His number: 602-809-2595; he is a really good fella, who does great work.

Very, very nice pics! Were you in a blind or using a remote trigger? I struggle to get shots of deer and coyotes in my yard; if I even hint about seeing them, then they are gone! I have a covered porch, so I can set up camera on tripod outside, but no way so far to figure out how to frame shots without access to the camera. Any advice is much appreciated.