Re learning Old Truths

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I recently bought a Sony NEX 6. I have been learning the in and outs of it with sample photos. Or maybe I should say that I am relearning old truths that have been forgotten.
The first truth is that it is better to have a high ISO with some grain or noise than it is to have a soft or blurry picture. The top picture here of scarves is the crispest one of a set, and it is still too soft and blurry. I would have done better to increase the ISO decrease the shutter speed. In this case ISO 800 shutter 1/6 sec. Since I was in walk about mode, there was no tripod.

The on camera flash for the NEX 6 reminds me of ET. It does not work very well with the lens that I have on the camera.That big black blob in the bottom left is the lens blocking the flash.  I need to add an external flash (it is on its way). And from the above awful pic of my lovely wife, that on camera flash is AWFUL.

 

The next truth that I am relearning is that smaller sensors have greater depth of field, which sometimes you don’t want !aperture of 7 needed to be much more open.

 

I very much do appreciate the higher dynamic range of the NEX 6 compared to the Point and Shoot.