Mastodawn

I'm enjoying the new (to me) camera so far - Sony a7s, with the Sony 50mm f/2.5 G lens

This is with the lens wide open and iso 10000, so I won't say that I love this shot technically but I love that Tigress came out of the closet to hang out with me and this is already satisfying my desire to have more camera than my phone (and honestly more digital camera than I ever had before, even if it's a 11 year old design)

I wanted this camera many years ago because it was a full frame sensor and optimized for low light use, and the move to Seattle and an urge to go on walks after dark got me thinking about it again, and it was a lot cheaper now, so I got it

Also feels good to kind of relive something of the experience of a 35mm camera with a 50mm lens which was approximately where I learned to be serious about photography

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LumiWorx Mar 15

@recursive

Having intentionally aquired older a7r's myself, there's certainly nothing wrong with not having the bleeding edge models. Cheaper by far, full framed, and even the possibility of having spare cash left for adding additional quality lenses is just plain common sense.

A 3% better body for 10x the price, just because it's the latest model? It is not going to guarantee you a better photo than the one you have.

Also... keep in mind you can adapt vintage manual lenses, too!

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LumiWorx

@recursive

One caveat on #adapting #lenses...

One certainly can go deeply down the rabbit hole if one isn't careful.

https://lumiworx.com/albums/lenses/content/zenza-bronica-45-90mm-f4-56-pe-aspherical-lens/

Zenza Bronica 45-90mm f/4-5.6 PE Aspherical lens

A Zenza Bronica 45-90mm f/4-5.6 PE Aspherical lens adapted to a Sony A7R with dual mount adapters, from ETR, to Nikon n-Ai, to E-Mount [ Yashica AF 60mm Macro @ f/8 ]

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