Sony A6000 image sharing thread

[Sukoo]

FE 70-200G

Taken using the 4D continuous AF mode. Works very well for shooting concerts.

Hi, am a new user here.
I'll be appreciative if you can share what's a "4D" continuous AF mode in A6K? Or a link to read up?

 

[MontoyaSG]

Hi, am a new user here.
I'll be appreciative if you can share what's a "4D" continuous AF mode in A6K? Or a link to read up?

Enable wide AF & switch AF mode to AF-C

Doing this will enable the souped up AF feature

 

[Sukoo]

Enable wide AF & switch AF mode to AF-C

Doing this will enable the souped up AF feature

:thumbsup: I see. Sounds familiar.. think Gary Fong mentioned in his video before..

 

[krion]

Solar peek by Kristian Maglalang on 500px

 

[Zig Ziggler]

Cheer Girl

Lens used: 50mm f1.8

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[weeshern]

 

[kimurayuki]

Hi folks, i'm new A6000 user. I've the 16-50mm kit lens.
I'm looking for a zoom lens. But I'm wondering if 55-210mm can be considered a good choice compared to 18-200mm lens.
I heard from someone mentioned in a overseas forum, all-in-one purpose lens(18-200mm) lens usually would be compromised in photo quality, if we compare the photos taken using a short zoom lens, for example 55-210mm lens.
I'm not sure this is true.
Therefore, would like to seek for your advice.

 

[TAYKT]

DSC03790_1 by Tay William, on Flickr

HDR3 (2)-1 by Tay William, on Flickr

DSC05821_1-1 by Tay William, on Flickr

 

[weeshern]

Hi folks, i'm new A6000 user. I've the 16-50mm kit lens.
I'm looking for a zoom lens. But I'm wondering if 55-210mm can be considered a good choice compared to 18-200mm lens.
I heard from someone mentioned in a overseas forum, all-in-one purpose lens(18-200mm) lens usually would be compromised in photo quality, if we compare the photos taken using a short zoom lens, for example 55-210mm lens.
I'm not sure this is true.
Therefore, would like to seek for your advice.

First of all, I think you should post this in the A6000 thread, not here.

Secondly, in my opinion (not a pro), a lens IQ is not relative to other lens. A good lens is a good lens. For example lens A may be better than lens B, but that doesn't mean lens A is good. It could mean both are crappy lens, just that the level of crappiness is less in lens A.

As for compromise in IQ of lenses. I think zoom lenses are generally compromise compared to prime lenses.

However, that doesn't mean all zoom lenses are bad. There are very good zoom lenses and also crappy prime lenses. So as I mentioned, it's not a relative kind of thing, but rather a stand alone.

If you want to compare, compare lenses that are similar in focal length. It's fairer.

Also there's issue of price, size, weight, purpose.

My opinion and I'm not a pro.

 

[hawthorne]

First of all, I think you should post this in the A6000 thread, not here.

Secondly, in my opinion (not a pro), a lens IQ is not relative to other lens. A good lens is a good lens. For example lens A may be better than lens B, but that doesn't mean lens A is good. It could mean both are crappy lens, just that the level of crappiness is less in lens A.

As for compromise in IQ of lenses. I think zoom lenses are generally compromise compared to prime lenses.

However, that doesn't mean all zoom lenses are bad. There are very good zoom lenses and also crappy prime lenses. So as I mentioned, it's not a relative kind of thing, but rather a stand alone.

If you want to compare, compare lenses that are similar in focal length. It's fairer.

Also there's issue of price, size, weight, purpose.

My opinion and I'm not a pro.

Another non pro opinion. Try to look at the MTF chart. It will tell you how well the lens perform under different configurations. From there u can agar agar know whether the lens suits u.

For example, a landscape photographer will appreciate a lens that works well in the small aperture range, and not too concerned about the performance at larger apertures

Normally, the sweet spot is a focal length range of 3x. Lenses tend to perform more poorly at the lower and upper focal length range. The higher the zoom range, the poorer a lens normally fair. That's y u see most zoom lenses are about 3x zoom.

That being said, there are always exceptions. And for what lens to buy, u need to understand ur use case. Don't fall into the trap of thinking the larger the zoom the better. Do u really need a 18-210? Do u envision yourself using those focal lengths? Or does an 16-70 already fulfil ur needs.

For my case, I normally use my 18-105 on most outings. This lens covers most of the focal length I uses, and reduces the hassle of switching lenses. For landscape outings, I normally equip myself with either a 12mm or 20mm. Primes are normally sharper than zoom lenses

For times where I need to shoot in poor lighting and I still need a relatively fast shutter, I will equip myself with either the 20mm f2.8 or 50mm f1.8 (depending on situations like indoors vs outdoors, enclosed spaces or wide spaces)

 

[TAYKT]

Some Seagame 2015 Fireworks Shot.

DSC09757_1-1 by Tay William, on Flickr

DSC09745_1-1 by Tay William, on Flickr

DSC09759_1-1 by Tay William, on Flickr

 

[Zig Ziggler]

Gundam Battle

Lens used: 10-18mm

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[TAYKT]

2015 NDP Rehearsal

DSC00248_1-1 by Tay William, on Flickr

DSC00256_1-1 by Tay William, on Flickr

DSC00257_1-1 by Tay William, on Flickr

Custom House-1 by Tay William, on Flickr

 

[klim828]

 

[Zig Ziggler]

Mountain Sunset

Lens used: 10-18mm

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