Tests
Last week, I did something that I don't do nearly enough of anymore. I grabbed my camera, jumped in my car, and headed out to take pictures. And I know what you're thinking: Ross, you and DW seem to head out all the time to capture photos of birds and wildlife . But this time, I wasn't going out on some nature trail: I was going downtown. Apart from photographing nature—and that one time where I tried some studio photography —I haven't gotten to know my Sony α6700 for any other settings. And as I explained last week, I have my camera set up so that I only have to turn a custom dial and I'm ready to go bird-nerding. Bird-nerding mode on my Sony α6700. I wanted to see what the α6700 could do when I have no subject recognition turned on and when I was controlling the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. I also wanted to see how good (or bad) the kit 16–50mm lens was; after all, I had only really used it a couple of times, while I was waiting for my 70–350mm lens, and ...
