Sony Alpha 6000
16 - 50 mm, 24 Mpx, APS-C / DX
Question about Sony Alpha 6000
Question: Which lens is best suited to the Alpha 6000 for photographing helicopters? Is the 16-70mm lens included in the kit suitable? What shutter speed / aperture is recommended to make the rotor blades appear as a disc instead of frozen blades?
Counter question Do you want to photograph helicopters in the air or on the ground? And how close do you get to them?
The difficult thing about what you want is photographing something moving. A helicopter in flight, for the blades to get motion blur, you need a longer exposure. But since you want the helicopter to be sharp, you can't use too long an exposure time. So set it lower than 1/200, but don't think that this is enough to make the leaves look like a disc.
So it would be more possible on a tripod with static helicopters that have taken off or landed.
As a lens I would advise you to use something of higher quality not a kit lens. Because of the distance, I would lean towards a slightly longer focal length.
What I would recommend: Sony E 18-105mm f/4.0 G OSS, E-mount
Or for longer distances: Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS