August 30, 201510 yr I second that, and the Sigma 60mm would be nice for portrait on APS-C if you find 85mm too long. Heck, I use the Zeiss C/Y 60mm macro sometimes for portrait on FF, just because it's such a fine lens. For landscape the 19mm Sigma still won't be really wide, if you love wide (and can handle it) I'd suggest the Samyang too. Regarding the Minolta 85mm f1.7: while the description is to the point, it probably won't match the OP's price expectations (they went up quite a bit recently) and it's a serious chunk of glass and metal on the small A6000 – that's why I suggested the f2.0. But regarding manual focusing, all AF lenses are "fly-by-wire" – the just don't feel like the mechanics of a Rokkor 85mm f1.7, not even close…
August 30, 201510 yr Author I second that, and the Sigma 60mm would be nice for portrait on APS-C if you find 85mm too long. Heck, I use the Zeiss C/Y 60mm macro sometimes for portrait on FF, just because it's such a fine lens. For landscape the 19mm Sigma still won't be really wide, if you love wide (and can handle it) I'd suggest the Samyang too. Regarding the Minolta 85mm f1.7: while the description is to the point, it probably won't match the OP's price expectations (they went up quite a bit recently) and it's a serious chunk of glass and metal on the small A6000 – that's why I suggested the f2.0. But regarding manual focusing, all AF lenses are "fly-by-wire" – the just don't feel like the mechanics of a Rokkor 85mm f1.7, not even close… Thanks for your help and opinions! I also want to say that I'm thinking about getting lens which will be usable with full frame in the future, because in a couple of years, if my photography hobby/job will be successful, I will want to go for the future A7s or a7s II, whichever will be suitable for video and beautiful pictures
September 15, 201510 yr Regarding the APSC versions of the classic short tele, portrait FLs [85 or 90mm for FF], you get an 83mm equivalent with the 55mm Micro Nikkor. Classic smooth manual focus [down to 0.5X] and reasonable f/2.8 speed. `
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