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Folks, I'm toying with the idea of buying an Alpha 6000. Which lenses would a boy get to cover most bases.
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The good lenses are expensive and the inexpensive lenses aren't very good. The E-Mount bodies are nice, but the E-Mount lenses leave something to be desired. You may be able to find a combination that works for you, but I'd need a better idea what you want to shoot in order to make any kind of recommendation.
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BTW, the same is true for all mirrorless cameras.
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Tcav, I always appreciate your insight into camera gear.
Most of my photography is based around family and vacation outings where I'm on the move. I recently spent a long weekend hiking thru NYC and my DSLR gear just wore me out. I've sold all of it and I'm teetering between the Sony A6000 and the Oly OMD EM1. I understand that Oly has better and more lenses but I'm also intrigued by the reviews I've read about the A6000. I do understand that lenses is Sonys weak point. If I go with the Sony, I'll have more $ to invest in a complete kit. I've thought about buying a Zeiss prime lense (not Sony) and then supplementing that with the best zoom available but can't decide what that is? |
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There are a number of nice primes for the E-Mount.
The Sony/Zeiss 16-70/4 is a nice lens, but it's $998. The other general purpose zooms for the E-Mount have a lot of distortion and other flaws.
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Is the Sony 35 or 50 1.8 decent lenses? If I went that route I could afford the zoom you referenced
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The Sony 50/1.8 has a lot of field curvature (soft corners) at apertures larger than f/4.
The Sony 35/1.8 is better, but it costs $449. If you can handle the smaller aperture, the Sigma 30/2.8 is about as good but it costs a lot less.
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I would like to add that Sony's cameras can "compensate" for some of the problems with its lenses, but a big issue with Sony's E-Mount zooms is distortion, which cameras "compensates" for by playing with the pixels, reducing the sharpness of the corners where they're already not very sharp.
I consider that to be an unacceptable compromise, but if you're ok with it, then you might find the Sony 18-105/4 to be acceptable. And, btw, everything mentioned here is available at LensRentals, if you want to try it before you buy it.
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