I guess the new 70-200mm GM lens should be high on my priority list for this

It’s New Year’s Eve. And for one time I will take the chance to ask you a presonal question. Next year I do plan to hike a lot on the Alps and I want to take the chance to take some great photos. I am absolutely no expert in “mountain photography” …or how should I call this? :)
I therefore wanted to ask the SAR folks if they can help me out by telling me what’s the best and must have gear. Here are some key info about my trips:

1) All trips are at High altitude (over 2.000 meter up to 4.000+)
2) These are many day long trips (means I will shoot in all kind of different light conditions)
3) I will also hike in harsh conditions (rain and snow)
4) I will hike a lot on glaciers
5) I will use the A7rII (or A7rIII or A9 if it comes out in time).
6) Obviously I can take only few lenses with me (although we are two people doing that and we can share the weight)

I need advice on which lenses to buy, filters, tripods, bags and book to get prepared for this. Thanks!

And I wish you all a great new 2017!

The year is ending and it’s time to let choose the SAR community what’s the best gear of 2016. Let’s see who gets the first place!

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Imaging Resource posted the first part of their A99II review. Of course they like the camera a lot, particularly the image quality. The only real downside is that:

Overall, the biggest issue with the A99 II’s performance is its buffer clearing performance. The occasional slowdowns in the field, such as when the camera is writing files, can be frustrating as well. It is puzzling why Sony opted not to include UHS-II support in the A99 II as it would have surely helped accelerate buffer clearing. With all that said, the A99 II still offers very impressive overall performance. Being able to capture 42-megapixel uncompressed RAW images at over 11 fps, while just shy of the advertised burst rate, is excellent.

Also the German site Photoscala. tested the camera and writes that it’s impressed by the fact that the semitransparent mirror seems to not deteriorate the image quality. For them it is as good as the A7rII and the superb A99II autofocus makes it more useable than the A7rII.

One more A99II review by Francesco Carucci.

Sony A99II preorders at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. PhotoPorst, Calumet Germany, Amazon UK and WexUK.