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TomD<\/a><\/p>\n

A lot of my shots aren\u2019t planned shoots, they\u2019re targets of opportunity so to speak. I have 2 cameras; one, like yours is a Sony A7IV and a fair collection of large and expensive lenses. It\u2019s great for planned shoots but is simply too big, too heavy and too expensive to have with me nearly always.<\/p>\n

For close to the last 10 years, I\u2019ve also had a camera from the Sony A6000 series (currently A6600). I tend to keep a Zeiss 16-70 f4.0 on it. They\u2019re not exactly cheap but you can get a package 40% the size, 33% the weight, 40% of the cost and 95% of the capability of more upscale Sony (or any) cameras.<\/p>\n

I know I\u2019ve used the following analogy here before but when business and practical considerations forced me into concealed carry in downtown Atlanta, when over a 10-year period, I had to survey the structural conditions of old boarded up downtown buildings prior to renovation. Things got pretty scary on a number of occasions and I\u2019m close to dead certain that having that pistol with me, despite never having even been cocked, saved my butt on several occasions.<\/p>\n

The best pistol for concealed carry is the one you\u2019re likely to have with you when needed.<\/p>\n

The parallel is obvious.<\/p>\n

The now-ubiquitous cell phone works for most people and even me on occasion. You can get good snapshots but photographs, no.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a photo of my version of a \u201cconcealed carry\u201d camera. By that, I mean it will fit in a coat pocket or a console.<\/p>\n

The lens is a f4.0 Zeiss 16-70 which, since the camera has an ASP-C sensor, is the equivalent of a 24-105 in a full frame camera. That\u2019s mild wide angle to mild telephoto and is a pretty good and useful do everything lens. ASP-C lenses are very small compared to their 35mm counterparts.<\/p>\n

This camera is probably 90%+ as capable as its much larger and more expensive cousins. Unless I was pushing in extreme conditions, I am unable to identify which camera shot which photo.<\/p>\n

And though the margin is decreasing, in virtually all respects this camera is quite superior to phone cameras .<\/p>\n

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An analogy<\/p>\n

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