Wife just ordered a Sony 18-135 3.5-5.6 for my A6000 for my upcoming birthday. Reviews look pretty good on it, and it appears to be about the perfect size for travel. I am thinking I can ditch the 16-50 and the 55-210 and just use 1 lens. I have found that I hardly ever use the 55-210 and the 16-50 is not a favorite.

I tried one at a store in Denver and it seems to be a nice compliment to the A6000. Not too heavy or bulky and balances nicely on the camera.

Bill

I have a Benro travel angel II that works well. They are not cheap, but not as expensive as some of the other quality tripods. Mine has been thrown off the top of a jeep at 50 mph and suffered no more than slight cosmetic damage.

Bill

Actually it was a single car on the road. I had just started a 25 sec. exposure when I realized the car was coming. Figured sure it would ruin the shot, but I was lucky and it was just the right amount of light.

Haven't posted in a while so here are a couple from Arches NP in Utah. Had to take the wife to a Dr. in Moab and made the trip dual purpose.

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I have been there on my motorcycle. It is a great road and the highest paved road in the US. Just slightly higher than Pike's Peak.

The animal is a young bighorn sheep, but there are also mountain goats up at the top. They are so used to people that you can almost pet them.

Nice pics.

Bill

My choice is definitely flip. I have a touch on my 5D Mk 4 and never use it. I don't like fingerprints all over the screen.

Because of some of the shooting I do, very low angle, night skies, and other odd angles, I had to get an angle viewfinder for mine. If I had a flip screen it would aid in composition.

Bill

Hate to disagree, but a 24-70 f2.8 (35-105 equivalent) makes a good indoor sports lens as does a 70-200 f 2.8 if you have to shoot longer distances. In my opinion the 50-100 is a little long on the short end for indoor arenas in some circumstances.

Bill

The 50-150 on a Nikon crop would be equivalent to 75-225, but the Sigma that MT Shooter recommended is a 50-100 so it would be 75-150. This would be a very nice length if you can't get any closer to the action than 30 or so ft.

I think the biggest consideration is having a lens that is fast enough to work in low light conditions. Focal length can be compensated for to some degree by changing position and getting closer or further from the action or cropping, but there is not much you can do about bad exposure.

Bill

High school gyms usually don't have great lighting and a faster f2.8 or better is desirable. Image stabilization is usually not an issue as you will be shooting at high shutter speeds anyway.

Keep in mind that on a crop sensor you lose 1.5 or 1.6 x the focal length depending on whether it is Nikon or Canon so the 50-100 that has been recommended is going to become a 75 or 80 mm. This is possibly going to be a little wide if you are right under a basket where I often shoot from, but it would be great for covering anything where you have some breathing room.

This example is 33mm on a full frame, 1/800, f3.2, ISO 3200. That 33mm on the full fame is going to equal 50 on a crop sensor so if you needed any wider shot or needed room to crop it wouldn't be there with a lens that was equal to 75-80. However for down court shots, the 70mm high end of my lens leave a lot to be desired and the 50-100 that has been recommended would definitely be a plus.

I want a 16-300 f2 that weighs about a pound if someone can get started on that.

This is just my personal observation. Your mileage may vary.

Bill

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"High Road to Taos" the back road to Taos from Sante Fe. "Enchanted Circle" Taos, Red River, Eagle Nest and back to Taos. Visit Vietnam Memorial in Angel Fire along the way.
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge about 10 miles west of Taos.

Bill

Kinda of a snarky answer considering Canon makes many different models and knowing whether the camera is a crop or FF is certainly relevant in trying to give the OP an answer to his question. Just saying.

Bill

There is a round dust spot slightly above and right of dead center. You might have to blow the image up to see it. It has been there for a while and will not blow off. I just haven't used a cleaning kit to get rid of it because it not posing a problem.

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This is what the sensor looks like right out of the camera a f11, f14, and f16. One small dust spot that I can see and a bird on the power line. Just posting 1 of the 3 because they all look the same. I'm satisfied that what I am seeing on the image in my original posting is something in the air. Thank you for all the replies giving ideas and thoughts.

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Not nearly as concerned about level as that is an easy fix with the crop tool in PS. As many spots as I saw in this image was of much more concern because it was unexplained. But thanks for your insightful info and for pointing out that I have a level finder in the camera. I'll have to check, but I think I have one on the tripod I was using also.

Close. Engineer Mountain just north of Durango.