BTW Bob, those are spectacular shots. Well done.

OK, here is my point of view. The full frame vs DX is not really a sharpness issues, that is really the camera and especially lens quality that affects that. To me it is the fact that the FF is roughly 1.5, different with different camera manufactures, the size of the APS-C. This creates a larger area for the sensors to collect photons or light. The light excites those points and image is created. On a full frame because it has the larger area this gives more distance between those points and less electrical noise, that noise what we see as noise or called grain in the film days. So a full frame has the potential to have a higher ISO on the full frame than on the APS-C. The images will look cleaner and smoother at higher ISOs. I do not have a FF camera and continue to shoot crop cameras because of cost. But someday I hope to move to full frame.

Thanks for the feed back guys!

Appreciated. :)

I currently have a D7100 and the 18 - 200mm, similar to the 18 - 300. I have found that it is a good lens but not a great all around lens. For example you have to know the lens and where the strengths and weaknesses are to help get the best out of it. With my lens I have found that it goes soft at around 18, 120 and 200mm. Just the nature of the beast. Also, because it is a fairly long Tele, it is also slow and not that good in low light situations.

Hope that helps.

I have just purchase an A6000 kit from Costco online. Getting older and my beloved D7100 is getting to be too heavy, causing my back to severely cramp when carrying it for an extended time. So I am trying the A6000. The kit comes with a 18-55mm and 55-210mm Zoom lens with travel bag for $669.
My question is about the 18-55mm lens as this appears to be an older kit lens. What I would to get is feedback on this lens vs the 16-50mm pancake kit lense. I am wondering if I should order a kit with the pancack and return the one I just ordered to Costco or keep the 18 - 55mm Costco kit.
I went through the search and I got a lot of different views on the 16 - 50mm, no surprise, but little on the 18 - 55mm. A lot of people say both are soft, but some of the pro reviews have said that is pretty sharp for a lens this size. I did go through a period where I thought that my lens are are soft and no good with the D7100. But that was the user. I have sense learned that my D7100 is very good by learning how use it properly. So having said that, people who just give a report of the lens is soft an no good I tend to take with a grain salt as they generally do not know the equipment.
So I am looking for every ones reasonable opinions on these two lenses.

Thanks

I have the 35 1.8 on my D7100. Paid $200 at best buy for it. It is very sharp and one my favorite lens'.

IMO for what you are getting vs cost, the 35 is a must have.

I did use the system back in the days. Most photographers and enthusiasts today will not understand what is meant by pulling zones from a print as Adams did. The best way to really understand this is to be able to view actual prints by Adams, museum visit here probably as the art books do not do it. Not only did Adams pull a rich dark to white tonality out of his prints but he has achieved an incredible depth to the image, almost 3D. They are quite wonderful.

I have the D7100 and at first had some issues with getting use to the focusing. I then set the camera up with back button focus and never looked back. The D7100 is a solid camera that will produce good output if you take the time to learn it. Plus you can fine tune your focus to specific lens.

Ameer, go to a good camera shop. Look at how the different cameras handle menus and how the camera operates. Pick different cameras, how do they feel in your hands. And, if you can afford it, rent some different models and road test them. This tends to be a matter of personal preference, so you will get answers that are all over the map. So you need to discover which you feel is best for you.

2nd this. Also, there is another prime to recommend and that is the 50 MM D. The D7100 having a drive motor in the camera will auto focus this. I got a grey market from B&H for $109.

Incoming.!!!

True but the assumption here is that the camera is a computer. My point is that it is not, but it does contain a computer. A car contains a computer, but does that make it a computer? A jet fighter contains several computers, does that make the fighter a computer? I do not think that a electrical engineer would argue that these machines are computers, but that they do indeed contain computers as part of their design and function.

Camera a computer--no

Specialized computer processor in camera--yes.

Everyone here has great suggestions. To make a list here is how I am proceeding as I am just starting out myself. In order of ease for myself, others mileage may vary.

1. Learn LR first. Simple dark room stuff but can directly import into PS as well as create a organisational data-base for you images. Here I have started with the Adobe free courses on their site. Quite good actually.

2. Again Adobe free courses on their site. This is good because it begins to familiarize you with a difficult and complicated subject.

3. Then the YouTube instructors. A lot of choice here.

4. Order some books, I have one Adobe Class Room in a Book and Scott Kelby. These are good resource after you have your feet wet from the Adobe and YouTube courses.