I'm happy I made the move to the a7iii in December. It's amazing how much easier it is to take and edit pictures with a better sensor.
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What gear to do you use? 2020 edition
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I've used Fuji since the early days of the X-E1, whenever that was and worked my way through several models to the X-Pro3. However, this year I went back to the X-Pro2. Recently I bought an X-T20 as back up but now find myself using it the most! Also have an X100F. Lost my mojo for quite a while but have been shooting in a small way again recently. Nice to see a lot of familiar faces again!
Welcome back, Ish! I went through that "losing the mojo" for a while, too, and actually, that RX10 IV that I mentioned in another post is one thing which slowly brought me out of the funk and back into photography again. Since then, and especially since I bought the A7R IV, I've been shooting on nearly a daily basis and loving it as much, if not more, as I ever did!
I think it’s hard when you run out of interesting things to photograph, especially right now when life is upside-down. I think many folks are rediscovering the craft, as it is still something you can do for recreation, so long as you have some sort of subject matter to work with.
Hi Clix Pix, a sincere thanks for your post. I think it's something we all go through from time to time, maybe equivalent to writer's block, but it's been quite a long one this time. I'm just dipping my toe in the water at the moment.
Hi DNJ, agreed. I'm a bit remote from my favourite spots at the moment so I'm going to have to learn to look at things a bit differently if I want to keep going. What do you like to shoot?
At the moment there's only 40 Eur between them in one of the local shops, so I might get the 17. I'm just hoping it's as good quality as the 45.
Hi Clix Pix, a sincere thanks for your post. I think it's something we all go through from time to time, maybe equivalent to writer's block, but it's been quite a long one this time. I'm just dipping my toe in the water at the moment.
Hi DNJ, agreed. I'm a bit remote from my favourite spots at the moment so I'm going to have to learn to look at things a bit differently if I want to keep going. What do you like to shoot?
I think you're right that it's akin to writer's block or burnout..... It was a fairly long time for me, too, and then I gradually stuck my toes in, and the POTD thread here helped enormously, because I could put in older images or I could put in something new that I'd just shot, and at first I was sharing mostly older images, but then as the old mojo started kicking back in again I began shooting more and more and sharing the results here..... One day I realized that I was actually almost doing a POTD. Once I got the new camera and lenses I definitely was shooting on a daily basis, even if it wasn't always with the new camera. Just something satisfying about taking a photo or two or three every day!
I will say, too, that my timing was pretty good, as when we were suddenly confronted with the pandemic and lockdown, everyone needing to stay at home, I had my camera and lenses (especially that 90mm macro) to keep me happily preoccupied and busy. As nice weather came along and restrictions eased up, even though I was (and am) still staying near home most of the time, again, my camera gear provided me with plenty to do, whether it is shooting photos, editing photos or backing them up, sorting my archived files, etc., etc. A real sanity saver!
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I shoot almost everyday. It’s a bit like hunting, some days you go out with the rifle and come back with nothing for dinner.
These days, lots of nature. Bugs, butterflies, birds. The kids, too, but I don’t post those online.Hi Clix Pix, a sincere thanks for your post. I think it's something we all go through from time to time, maybe equivalent to writer's block, but it's been quite a long one this time. I'm just dipping my toe in the water at the moment.
Hi DNJ, agreed. I'm a bit remote from my favourite spots at the moment so I'm going to have to learn to look at things a bit differently if I want to keep going. What do you like to shoot?
Here are 91 pages of user samples of the 17mm 1.8. I think you’ll like it. I believe it has the manual clutch on the focus ring, where you pull it toward the camera to engage manual focus mode. Push it forward to drop into auto/focus by wire mode. My 40-150 2.8 has that feature, and it can be really handy. The Oly primes all seem to be really good.
Thanks for this. I shall have a look for your pictures!
Haha, love it! ?
Using the original Sony A7 for now. Thinking of upgrading to the A7iii. It is better in every aspect.
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The new a7c is looking very tempting too.
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Check out our complete overview measuring up the Sony A7 with the Sony A7 III and come to a smart choice.
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The new a7c is looking very tempting too.
In the film era I used Nikon cameras (FM, and F3HP), then switched to Canon once this company went the digital route. Have stayed with Canon, now with a 7D and 5DII, and soon the Canon R6 for wildlife and the Auroras. Would go to a R5, but the handling of 45MP images is not something that I need. Also, I am not interested in video.
So, it will probably be the R6 plus the existing Canon lenses I have been using for a few years.
So, it will probably be the R6 plus the existing Canon lenses I have been using for a few years.
Using the original Sony A7 for now. Thinking of upgrading to the A7iii. It is better in every aspect.
Sony A7 vs Sony A7 III Full Comparison - PXLMAG.com
Check out our complete overview measuring up the Sony A7 with the Sony A7 III and come to a smart choice.
The new a7c is looking very tempting too.
If you shoot more video, then A7C is better. If photo, I’d say get the A7III.
Currently using A7III with Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 and Tamron 17-28mm f2.8
Eyeing the Sony 70-200mm f4 as the Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 is more than I would like to spend.
Btw, for those of you using X100F, is it worth to buy in late 2020?
Or I might just buy Samyang 35mm f1.8 for street photography (if I ever going on the street again).
Eyeing the Sony 70-200mm f4 as the Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 is more than I would like to spend.
Btw, for those of you using X100F, is it worth to buy in late 2020?
Or I might just buy Samyang 35mm f1.8 for street photography (if I ever going on the street again).
Currently using a Canon 5D MKIII & a Canon M6 Mark II, have also got a Canon 7D. Love all types of photography but recently started indulging more in Sports photography after a number of years being a published model photographer. Next year I look to be adding a R6 to replace my beloved ageing 5D MKIII.
Canon EOS R5 and EOS M6 Mark II. All native glass plus adapted 85L II and 100-400 II. RF 24-70, 50L and 70-200. EF-M 16mm (Sigma), 22mm, 32mm, 11-22 and 18-150. Really happy with the versatility I get from this combined kit. I'm a gear junkie but I can't think of much else to add. I'd like a 24 or 35 RF and I've considered the Sigma EF-M 56mm.
Bodies:
Sony a5000, a6000, a6400.
Lenses:
Sony 16-50mm + 55-210mm
Sony 35mm f1.8
Samyang 12mm f2.0
Sigma 16mm + 56mm f1.4
I was just about to purchase the 18-135mm and pretending to sell the 35mm and 55-210mm, when I realised I have GAS: gear acquisition syndrome. That was not a happy moment. So I cancelled the order before it arrived.
I'm still tempted by the 70-350mm G lens, but I will give the 55-210 some love before, to figure out if I'm really in the market for a more expensive telephoto zoom.
Would also love to have a Sigma or Sony 23mm as 35mm full frame equivalent, and just sell off the 16mm and 35mm...
Sony a5000, a6000, a6400.
Lenses:
Sony 16-50mm + 55-210mm
Sony 35mm f1.8
Samyang 12mm f2.0
Sigma 16mm + 56mm f1.4
I was just about to purchase the 18-135mm and pretending to sell the 35mm and 55-210mm, when I realised I have GAS: gear acquisition syndrome. That was not a happy moment. So I cancelled the order before it arrived.
I'm still tempted by the 70-350mm G lens, but I will give the 55-210 some love before, to figure out if I'm really in the market for a more expensive telephoto zoom.
Would also love to have a Sigma or Sony 23mm as 35mm full frame equivalent, and just sell off the 16mm and 35mm...
Was thinking I'd be buying a wide-angle lens this fall but instead, a new car took priority, so the wide angle perspective will just have to wait a while longer.....
Yeah, it is...... the Sony 12-24mm f/2.8 GM. That's the lens I really want and it's worth waiting a little longer for!
Hee, hee!!! Well, I came to the realization that this autumn would be a really good time to replace my fifteen-year-old Acura RSX before anything major went wrong with her and before winter sets in..... I decided I actually needed a new car, whereas I really could put off purchasing another new lens for a little while, anyway. I'm loving the new car, a Honda Civic Sport Hatchback that is a lot of fun to drive!
At least you can enjoy driving the new car. I bought a Canon R6, and haven't been able to use it because all the US stores have the lens adapter I need ( Canon EF to RF adaptor) on backorder. It seems that there is a high demand for the adapter since it allows for all the EF and EF-S lenses to be mounted on all Canon mirrorless cameras with R mounts (R5, R6, R, and so on).
