Night shots with a new a6000

[Owenst7]

This is pretty much my first week with a camera that isn't a smartphone. Pretty stoked on what I can get out of it so far.

12mm rokinon

35mm CCTV lens - This lens is super fun for shallow depth of field.

 

[Creakylimb]

Seems to be working for you! How do you like the Rokinon over all? I've been thinking about picking one up.


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[cochran53]

Seems to be working for you! How do you like the Rokinon over all? I've been thinking about picking one up.


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I run the a6000 with the samyang version (it's the exact same lens). If you are on the fence, you should get it. It's a really fun lens. With focus peaking, it's also really easy to ensure proper focus.

 

[Owenst7]

I'm no expert, nor do I have much to compare it to. I just picked up a used one due to the overwhelming number of recommendations online.

I think there's even a third brand that is that same relabeled samyang too. Sounds like it's all the same company just marketed in different countries.

I haven't played with it much in daylight to use focus peaking, but it's not tough to focus on the sky if you program on of your buttons to do "focus assist"/zoom/whatever it's called. I set c1 next to the shutter so it's easy to reach.

Those CCTV lenses are probably a good way to practice/figure out if you like prime lenses with manual focus. 35mm is also a cool length on this sensor.

 

[Creakylimb]

I'm definitely a nube, but have had the 6000 and both 'kit' lenses for about a year now. My first real go at paying attention to what I'm doing instead of just clicking the shutter, it's been a learning curve for sure! A lot of fun, but definitely looking to upgrade some glass, and this little lens seems like a decent option for landscapes without dropping a ton of cash.


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[Owenst7]

I'm definitely a nube, but have had the 6000 and both 'kit' lenses for about a year now. My first real go at paying attention to what I'm doing instead of just clicking the shutter, it's been a learning curve for sure! A lot of fun, but definitely looking to upgrade some glass, and this little lens seems like a decent option for landscapes without dropping a ton of cash.


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I've been pretty successful with the 16-50 for shooting the stars too. We don't have a ton of light pollution around here, and I can just about get decent shots with my cellphone if I do a 15 second exposure.

I actually like that 16-50 a lot just for how versatile it is. It's handy to have something that's compact and has stabilizing/autofocus that is well integrated with the camera. I'd just plain miss a lot of shots if I had to fiddle with it for a minute every time I wanted to take a picture of something on the trail.

I spent some time with the 210mm today taking shots of people coming down the ski slopes. I picked up a 1.7x teleconverter for dirt cheap on ebay...I think it comes out to a little over 7x(?) with that setup. I need to work out a better mount, but I was able to get some decent video of people doing fast turns on my BeFree video head. I'll probably get a mount that supports from the end too. I've got about a week before I have to be back to work, so I'm hoping to make it out to central NV for a few days to take some pictures of sheep.

 

[sportsmans challenge]

Thanks for sharing, I have an a6000 and have played a little with it at night. I only have a 50mm prime and will be looking for a smaller lens to play with.View attachment 66939View attachment 66940

 

[cochran53]

Thanks for sharing, I have an a6000 and have played a little with it at night. I only have a 50mm prime and will be looking for a smaller lens to play with.View attachment 66939View attachment 66940

You can do some cool night shots with a 50mm prime and some stitching in photoshop!


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