I have been looking at the 16mm e mount Sony lens for use as a landscape lens. The problem I seem to be having is if that equals a 24mm full frame then it’s not really a wide lens is it. I need a lens that will give me a wide view with a apsc camera and even the more expensive Sony 10-18 will still only gives me a 15-27. I have looked at the Rikonon 12mm that comes in an e mount but there again I am in the 18mm range. Any suggestions? Or do I need to trade in the camera. I have seen an adapter that you can use on the Sony 16mm, has anyone had any experience with going that route. I don’t want the fisheye effect either. Am I asking the impossible? I would like to have a 14mm with a low fstop like a 1.4 or possibly a 2ish. Have I backed myself into a corner 🙄.

I finally pulled the trigger on an upgrade from my Canon T1i with the purchase of a used Pentax K3 from B&H Photo. I did a lot of research before making this used purchase and recommendations here on UHH did indeed influence my decision to buy from B&H Photo. This camera body was rated 8+ and I was a bit concerned about that when I placed the order. However, upon receipt the only wear I can find on the whole camera is that the print on the "Menu" button is beginning to wear off, but is still readable. Otherwise, this camera looks brand new, appears to work perfectly, and apparently has only 1850 shutter actuations!

Anyway, I am very pleased with the overall condition and think I paid a very fair price as well. This camera came in it's original box, also came with a brand new strap, and all the accessories that normally come with a new camera, along with what appeared to be a brand new, printed manual (which is already looking somewhat worn now). The only thing I didn't get in the original box was the Pentax software disk and since my current raw editor would not load the Pentax raw files, I called B&H about this and received missing disk just 3 days later. Thankfully, the camera will also save raw files as .dnf files, as I was not impressed with their editing software, but that's another story and at least I got to see their software for myself. Anyway, I gotta say that I think this was impressive customer service, a good value for my hard earned money, and that the folks here that recommended B&H have my thanks and respect for their recommendations. I will be a returning customer to B&H as my budget permits and would recommend a used purchase from B&H to anyone interested, due to my personal experience and all the previous UHH comments. Now it's time to get back to my new toy, good luck and good shooting to all.

There is a discussion going on elsewhere about editing other's photos. The person who edited the photo did it to point out a suggested edit that would work; turning the photo to B&W. The problem is the original photographer did not like it. To me, the B&W corrected two problems and lessened a third problem that anyone with a good photographic eye would have picked up on. Those photos were (in my opinion) mediocre and lacked critical appeal. It would have taken so little to take them to great shots.

So that leads me to these questions.

1) Are people posting their photos so that others can just pat each other on the back and say "good job"? I'm not talking about images I find uninteresting (most bird shots, pets - especially cats, macro-flowers, painted flowers, and PaintShop twirling), but images that have no redeeming interest and honestly just suck.

2) How many are uninterested in improvement and are satisfied with their current level of mediocrity?

3) Does anyone care if their highlights are blown?