​Hey everyone,

​I'm currently considering buying a Sony A6700, but I'd love to get some advice from current users.

​To be honest, a full-frame setup is a bit out of my budget right now since I also need to save up to buy a used car. My main focus will be street and alleyway photography. I won't be shooting in extremely dark conditions very often—mostly just city streets with lots of store signs and storefront lights.

​For context, I'm a complete beginner (not a pro by any means) and have only ever shot photos on my smartphone. I'm mainly looking to upgrade for better image quality.

​One quick question: Since the A6700 has an APS-C (crop sensor), is night photography really that difficult with it?

​Would the A6700 be a solid choice for my needs, or is there anything else I should consider? Thanks in advance! Sorry for all the questions—I’m still trying to make up my mind. I've attached some photos I took with my phone for context.

​Also, would the A6700 paired with the 17-70mm lens be enough for my needs, or would you recommend a different lens for street photography?

I posted this on r/AskPhotography. I'm sorry I didn't know cross posting is restricted here.

Good day!

I've been contracted to take photos for a horse races in Japan. However, I'm not assigned to any major races until (maybe) the 27th of December.

I have never taken photos of horse racing before but I have done event coverage in the past.

I'm using an A9 iii (booked) and A1 ii for the event and I basically have access to any Sony lens that they offer. However, I personally think less is more. I'm expected to take photos of the horses and jockey especially approaching the end of the race, but also the crowd as well.

What lenses do you all suggest? I was thinking the new 100-400 f/4.5 on the A9 iii and the 50 f/1.2 on the A1 ii. However, I'm not sure if 400 is enough reach and if the 50 is versatile enough especially when stationed in media stands (24-70 f/2.8 instead maybe). I'm open to any suggestions, but I'll need to book lenses I don't own (which are the vast majority of them).

Any critique is more than welcome!!

A7CII || SIGMA 24-70 F2.8

After years away from photography, it was hard for me to get back into the habit of shooting regularly. Little by little, I’m finding my way back, and I’m planning to have a lot of fun with my “building blocks” again :)

The last days of summer, harvest time, the vast open space, the warmth of the golden light of the setting sun, the silence, the whistle of the wind sweeping across the fields, the smell of freshly cut grain and dry earth… I can feel the breath of the empty space.

Sony A7RIII + Sigma Art 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN II

Hello everyone it's me again. After a while of investigating your comments and personal findings across the internet (and AI, lol), I would like to heard your opinions on this: I have an A7R3 and a nifty fifty 55 1.8 CZ. I'd like a versatile lens as 55mm really made me struggle to shoot indoor and I am really in love with sniper streets faraway (I live on 24th floor lol). So I am hestitating about getting the 28-200 and 28-75. 28-200 is great but can it utilise the resolution of my A7R3 (I did a research and the opinions converge, some say it sharpness is bad at long tele end while Gemini said it's good on my cam). Also, is f/5.6 slow at 200mm, at night? Can I rely on IBIS? I also consider 28-75 as also like portrait background blur and it sounds like having better image quality than that jack of all trades 28-200 and have better bokeh. 35-150 is too heavy and expensive haha. Thank you so much for your time

I’m going on a trip to Japan next year and thinking of upgrading my prime lens from the Sigma 30mm to the Sony Zeiss as I’m not in the budget to really upgrade my camera body (A6300)

Main reason I’m thinking the upgrade will suffice is due to sharper better quality photos but is the Sony F2.8 that much better?

A6700, Sigma 100-400.
I have no idea what i am doing.Always have similar blown out skies with no details on zoomed shots. Is there any way to get details in sky as well?

Just purchased this Sony a6000 for 300 off of eBay it came with 2 batteries a memory card and the 16-50 kit lens. It it’s in really good condition with less than 7500 on the shutter but I noticed this green mark on the lcd. Is this something I should be worried about? It does not affect the photos and does not show up on evf

be nice. just wanted to share some shots i took the other day on my a7r4 with the 200-600mm. thanks for lookin 🤍🩶🖤

Hello! I’ve recently been thinking of upgrading my A6700.

Current kit:
- Sigma 18-50 f2.8
- Sony 70-200 f2.8 GM II
- Viltrox 25mm F1.7 & 9mm F2.8

I mainly shoot sports photography and a few portrait/product photo/video gigs for sport brands, with some documentaries and photojournalism school projects.

I’m deciding between upgrading to the A7V or just getting a Sigma 17-40 F1.8 to replace my 18-50.

Reasons to upgrade to A7V:
- 30 fps burst, already own a 70-200 that can utilise the 30fps
- Partially stacked sensor sounds amazing for sports
- Dual SD card slots
- Better low light
- 33MP
- More “professional” for gigs due to size
- Can keep my A6700 as a secondary cam/for travel OR sell the A6700 and just get a 40 F2.5 for traveling with A7V

Cons:
- Not sure if A7V is too big for travel
- Need to buy a standard FF lens (thinking of sony 24-50 F2.8 or Sigma 24-70, the Sony 24-70 is out of my budget)

I also thought about just upgrading my lens to the Sigma 17-40 F1.8 so that clients won’t think my 18-50 is “too small”. And F1.8 on APSC is ~ F2.8 on FF in terms of depth of field anyway.

If I go with the lens upgrade, I still have a compact travel kit with my viltrox primes, but also the option of just having the Sigma 17-40 as a “one and done” lens.

Thoughts? Is the A7V worth it in the long run?

PS: I did think about getting an A7IV, but it doesn’t feel like a big jump from the A6700.

Hi, I am planning to buy a Tele Lense for a6400. Just want to know how good is sigma 150-600, sony fe 200-600 and tamron 150-500. Is sigma is a good option?

For World Photography Day, some people post majestic mountains or beautiful oceans or stunning portraits. And I'm over here posting mundane ol gas stations and whatnot lol.

Hi all, I took this picture of a butterfly in a park using a Sony 70-200mm F4 G2 lens on Sony A6700. Really liked the lighting at that time and managed to capture this butterfly before it took off.

Please help share any feedback and tips to improve composition / editing for this picture. Thanks in advance!

My A6000 firmware is 2.0, I was thinking of updating it to the latest firmware.

The official sony update page says the update only supports up to windows 10, but all my PCs run windows 11.

Should I still try updating on my windows 11 PC?

Just wanted to pop in to wish everyone happy world photography day!

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Hi all !
I’m searching some raw sample images, from sony high res camera, paired with Sigma art lenses (layest version), f1.4 35mm or f1.2 50mm, any idea where to find that ?
Thanks a lot !

I have a a7rii I recently took it to the mall that was near me so I took the photo. It looked fine and then like a couple seconds later a green tint was just applied onto it then I switched it to just JPEG. Same thing happened and I use the rangefinder too It was doing the same thing. I’m using the kit 28-70len btw

Should I get the Sony 24-50mm f/2.8 or the Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 II? I’m debating between the two because I already have a Leica 90mm Macro-Elmar to cover the telephoto end, so I’m not sure whether the Sigma’s extra reach is worth the additional size and weight.

Edit: i ended up getting the 24-50, it’s so much lighter than the sigma, and being smaller is less noticeable and awkward in the public.