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The Roundtable / Re: Photography - Mirrorless Cameras
« Last post by AZRedhawk44 on March 27, 2023, 11:24:07 AM »I never got the photography bug back in high school like it seems most photogs get; but it did strike about 2 years ago. I ended up diving in to the mirrorless world without a legacy of older lenses to frustrate the investment. I got a Sony a6400 APSC camera, and started off with Sigma's E-mount 18-50mm lens.
I'm very much still studying photography principles; I have a book I'm going through as well as a hokey online course I'm doing, and I have a couple of photog friends that coach me from time to time. Since the first lens, I've invested in a Sigma 16mm F1.4 prime for landscapes and astro stuff, and a Sony 70-350mm zoom that I have yet to put to good use; I didn't get drawn for elk this year so maybe I'll go practice my stalking in a different way. At first I was afraid of taking the camera and glass on motorcycle trips and I also ended up buying a used Sony NEX-5, along with a couple older generation 16-55mm and 50-210mm kit lenses. Got them used off of KEH for a song, compared to the cost of the new a6400 and other lenses. I bounce back and forth now whether I take the new or old camera on trips.
I seem to have drunk deep from the Sony kool aid, because I didn't much care what model of phone I carried before all of this but now I seem to really like the general Sony UI mentality, and my smartphone is a Sony Xperia. It doesn't take terrible photos either. Kind of funny that my smartphone has image stabilization in it while my purpose built camera body does not.
You might benefit from browsing KEH, Ben. There are a host of different adapters out there for older gear to work on new stuff.
I'm very much still studying photography principles; I have a book I'm going through as well as a hokey online course I'm doing, and I have a couple of photog friends that coach me from time to time. Since the first lens, I've invested in a Sigma 16mm F1.4 prime for landscapes and astro stuff, and a Sony 70-350mm zoom that I have yet to put to good use; I didn't get drawn for elk this year so maybe I'll go practice my stalking in a different way. At first I was afraid of taking the camera and glass on motorcycle trips and I also ended up buying a used Sony NEX-5, along with a couple older generation 16-55mm and 50-210mm kit lenses. Got them used off of KEH for a song, compared to the cost of the new a6400 and other lenses. I bounce back and forth now whether I take the new or old camera on trips.
I seem to have drunk deep from the Sony kool aid, because I didn't much care what model of phone I carried before all of this but now I seem to really like the general Sony UI mentality, and my smartphone is a Sony Xperia. It doesn't take terrible photos either. Kind of funny that my smartphone has image stabilization in it while my purpose built camera body does not.
You might benefit from browsing KEH, Ben. There are a host of different adapters out there for older gear to work on new stuff.