All the pics I posted yesterday were in Zone mode just FYI. I like it a lot, especially for birding.
Ohhh, interesting. As a landscape shooter that's a smart choice then. What glass are you using with it? I'm assuming the 24-105? I'm usually either in expanded focus or flexible spot M or S.
That's a great lens combo and probably all you'll need, excellent. I want the 24-105...but the aperture kills me for indoor events, which I don't always use flash for...plus I don't have a Sony flash yet.
I stayed away from the Z cameras for AF reasons, you in theory could have gotten a better camera in getting a Sony A7R2 for even less than the A7III, but the Z6 isn't that bad. What Nikon glass do you have?
This just makes it look like i over reacted when I bailed on Nikon and bought an A7R2 and I actually have a Nikon ecosystem, I just didn't care for what felt like an over priced half measure. The Z6 is fine, just nothing I'd pay the current MSRP for.
Super happy she made the logical decision. She'll love it.
You're a professional and you made the correct decision for you. I probably would have done the same if I was in your situation. For us we just play around. Our needs are less and different. And honestly these are more camera than we'll ever need or use but it's nice to own great cameras and both the Sony and Nikon appear to be very highly regarded.
Don't let her see any of the portraits I have with the 70-200 then. Don't worry about it, these days it's almost hard to get a bad camera, just stay away from Canon's. I actually do feel like I made a good choice, it was a choice I didn't even think I would like, but I love it so it pretty much just showed me that a good photographer can get a good image out of more or less any camera.
Welcome to photography, don't forget. Your wallet is here, forever.
That was not a logical decision but it's been glued on tight. I love it.
Tripod is not something you want to cheap out on. Just be sane, buy something good and never buy it again.
I'd recommend saving up some more and getting something like the Sirui N-3004X with a K-30x ball head.
Check adorama's used site.
I have a Manfrotto travel bag for my lighting gear. It's dirty, but it's sturdy, should last a bit. I believe it's this one:
Isn't the 126 and 126S basically the same battery, and therefore a wasabi 126 will work just fine?
They're not the same. From what I've heard the non S batteries manage heat differently and probably expand if you charge them in the battery grip.
I don't put third party batteries in my camera anymore. I have one Watson battery, the rest are OEM's. Must be some Jewish holiday going on. Check a Texas based retailer or pay full price, best I could tell you. It's the same battery in the X-T2 there are third party options, but it's not something I would use too often since my X-T2 used to go bat shit with a third party battery and not fast enough memory card combo.
Decent AF, pretty sharp, great bokeh, but terrible CA at 1.8-2.0, which kills it for me. Not sure if the CA would be as bad on a film cam though, but it's basically unusable in bright light at 1.8 on a DSLR. In low light, it becomes very usable.
Edric Portrait by Scott Tucker, on Flickr
Phones have god awful bokeh. People can be pleased with digital bokeh, but it's not the same.
But I was agreeing with you, I just tend to have overly long tangents.
I bought this:
I hate beer but those ingredients make it sound sweet so I'm down to try it.
