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<p>The classic New England church.</p><div></div>

<p>Fat biking on snowmobile trails in Hollis, NH</p><div></div>

<p>Most of your criteria were the same as mine when I went through the same decision process. I finally chose the NEX-6 and I have no regrets.</p>

<p>Snow biking in Southern New Hampshire.</p><div></div>

<p>I recently purchased a Sony NEX-6 as an alternative, not a replacement, to my Nikon D600. It has an APS-C sensor, fits into a large jacket pocket, has full PASM control, can shoot RAW, and has a viewfinder. I had considered smaller alternatives like the Canon G16 and Nikon P7800, but they had too many drawbacks. The NEX-6 has received numerous very positive reviews.</p>

<p>Here's another...</p><div></div>

<p>I went to my grandson's basketball game this past weekend. Taking advice I found from many of you, I shot at 1/400 at as wide an opening as I could. Since the lighting wasn't great, my D600 set the ISO at 3200 for most of the shots. Noise wasn't too bad as you can see.</p>

<p>I was really surprised how seriously these kids take playing. It was intense, almost like a pro game.</p><div></div>

<p>No, I did not have to lie down in the middle of the road to take this shot. It's just one of the benefits of the articulating LCD on the back of my NEX-6.</p><div></div>

<p>Cycling, both road and mountain bike, in spite of the fact that I just turned 70. In fact, one of the reasons I recently picked up a Sony NEX-6 that's much smaller than my Nikon DSLR was so I could take it with me cycling.</p><div></div>

<p>Fog in my front yard as a result of warm air (40+ degrees) and cold snow (-9 degrees last week).</p><div></div>

<p>I guess I've been hoping that someone would see this and say "Hey, I have one of those. It's an xxxxxx".<br>

One problem is that the shot of it that I have shows the top. Most photos of cameras on the Internet show the front.</p>

<p><br /> One can hope.</p>

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<p>Beaver Brook Reservation, Hollis, NH</p><div></div>

<p>That doesn't sound familiar but any and all hints and guesses are appreciated.</p>

<p>Try once more....</p><div></div>

<p>Here's the camera:</p>

<p>This is the only shot I have of a camera that my wife had back in 1993. It was well before my first Nikon DSLR and my wife doesn't remember what it was. Does anyone recognize it? I suspect it might have used 35mm film but I'm not 100% sure.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>CA? I used some green magic marker around the logos to give them color. Moisturizer? Can't you see the improvement between the first and second shots? Nails? I'm a guitarist. If these don't work, please take two doses of Photoshop and call me in the morning. :-)</p>

<p>Sorry, Jamie. I know I should not have posted that shot. How's this? Not perfect, but better.</p>

<p>Happy New Year</p><div></div>

<p>I went through a similar soul searching experience recently. I have a Nikon D600 that I love, I took it on a recent trip to Paris, but I've felt it was just too big to carry around at [nearly] all times for those spontaneous photographic opportunities. </p>

<p>I looked seriously at both the Canon G16 and the Nikon P7800. The Canon just didn't "feel good" in my hands and I hated its viewfinder (having a viewfinder was very high on my list as was RAW, good image quality, and size). The Nikon P7800 looked like a good candidate until I read reports about how slow it was in saving images (especially RAW). I then stumbled across the Sony NEX6 and almost immediately fell in love. Size was OK (a bit larger than my original hope), but it offered full control, RAW, a decent EVF, and a large sensor that I had gotten used to with recent DSLRs.<br>

<br />I got it with the kit 16-50 zoom but have replaced the lens with the Sony 35mm f/1.8 that I really enjoy. I'm not going to sell my DSLR -- I still will need it for serious birding, nature photography, macro, etc. However, I expect to get many miles from the NEX because it will be with me nearly all the time.</p><div></div>

<p>At the Gibbett Hill Grille.....</p><div></div>

<p>For an interesting look at this whole topic that I'm sure will create a lot of controversy here, check out this recent essay on Luminous Landscape:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/full_frame_myth.shtml">http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/full_frame_myth.shtml</a></p>

<p>Hi Andy:</p>

<p>If all you're ever going to do with your shots will be to post them on photo.net at a 700 pixel width and with NO cropping, then there is little need for a high resolution sensor. However if you want to print at 250-300 pixels/inch you'd be limited to very small print sizes. And then if you want to severely crop, this gets much worse. As long as your lens is sharp, your shot is in focus, and you're practicing good photographic technique, there is no reason why you can't crop at 100%, for example, the center region of a long focal length wildlife shot and get very good results.</p>

<p>I have a 24 Mp D600 and I do this all the time. For Christmas, I too am getting a NEX-6 and I'm looking forward to using it in the same way. It's kind of like having enough horsepower in your car. For cruising at 55mph on a flat road, you don't need much power but it becomes essential if you have to pass a slow truck within a short passing-allowed zone or you encounter a long steep climb. Pixels, like horsepower, are nice to have when you need them as long as your shot in in focus and is not overwhelmed with noise. However, if you're using a high pixel count camera phone and your shot is blurry, it makes no sense.</p>

<p>I was not suggesting that Sony would reap big benefits from releasing a FF interchangeable lens camera (ILC) or even become a major contender in the FF camera market as a result of the A7. They might or they might not. Legacy, current, and future lenses certainly are a major concern. What I was suggesting was simply that given the simpler mechanics of a mirrorless design which is inherent in ILCs, we will likely see mirrors disappear or certainly become less common in the future because they are a carryover from an era when there was little other choice. ILCs are beginning to move into high-end territory and I'm sure they will continue to advance, whether by Sony or someone else.</p>

<p>I'm not saying this because I am opposed to DSLRs; on the contrary, I continue to enjoy and appreciate my D600.</p>

<p>We should not forget that the SLR concept originally came to being during the age of film, not digital. At that time there were few ways for the photographer to see the same exact image that the film would see, and the combination of a mirror and a prism provided an excellent solution. However, now that digital has largely taken over, the mirrorless ILC concept makes a lot more sense. A mirror that must be mechanically moved out of the optical path is quite anachronistic. The fact that a photography magazine with wide circulation has given their top annual award to the first full-frame mirrorless ILC with interchangeable lenses and a high-quality viewfinder suggests to me that we will be seeing more full-frame, interchangeable lens ILCs from other major manufacturers. There is of course the issue of lens compatibility between ILCs and SLRs on account of the different lens-to-sensor distances for these two approaches. However, I'm sure that this will somehow be worked out and that we'll be seeing more ILCs and fewer SLRs as time progresses. At least this is my humble opinion.</p>

<p>The NEX-6 will be a lot more pocketable than my D600 + 24-120 f/4 :-)</p>

<p>Right now I have no plans to abandon my Nikon gear. I want to keep the NEX-6 small (so it will fit in a pocket, albeit maybe a large one) and I'll use the D600 where I need the extra reach or other features. Of course, who knows what'll happen in a few years. Sony's introduction of their A7 and A7R could have a big influence on the future of large DSLRs.</p>