NEW TO DYXUM: A place to introduce yourself (3)

Thanks all for the warm welcome! Many questions, it I miss one, apologies.

I'm a moron. It's a 75-300 and I believe the first version, very long and heavy. It works pretty well though, and it cost me whole $14.10. I was a tad shy of free shipping on a order from KEH and figured what the heck. It was rated 'ugly' First time I bought anything rated lower than bargain, was not disappointed. I posted a few shots from it in the Autumn thread. A bit of fringing at full extension and f/8, will have to mess around and find the sweet spot. I believe I had the same lens with my original Maxxum back in the day.

DSC00022 by telecast, on Flickr

The 18-55 will help with wide angles for the time being. I'm used to a 12 on my M/43, this is the same equivalent FL.

Yes, will be shooting film with the Minolta. I already shot a roll of the expired stuff that came with it, am dropping it off tomorrow for developing. Excited to see what comes out!

So, full disclosure, here's a link to one of the folders to my 'pro' flickr account. I shoot trackside at the local drag strip. I also post to a regular non-pro account for everyday shots, this page is reserved for cars and airplanes. Most of the glass I use for M-4/3 is Leica, but there are a few regular lenses I like. I won't post any of the photos here because of the different format. This is to one album from this season, feel free to click around.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmR1cw4G





Edited by Brownie - 26 October 2020 at 01:35

That lens you got is quite good

Hi everyone,
As a long time lurker I've finally registered as a user - and wanted to say a massive thank you: the knowledge on this site is spectacular. The extensive lens reviews have been enormously helpful in enabling me to spend my money wisely, so thank you.
I've shot with an A350 since '08, but the lack of internal GPS was a pain on my travels and I'd reverted to mostly using my Lumix point & shoot.
I thought briefly about switching to Nikon , but today, my new-to-me A77 arrived - what a beast!
I love secondhand tech; reasonably priced, eco friendly, tried and tested - what's not to love.
For sentimental reasons I'll be keeping my 350, but can't wait to get stuck in to shooting with me new A77.
Thanks everyone,
Sam

Welcome Sam, and great to hear how you got here.
No doubt you'll enjoy the gear you've acquired, but beware lens lust and other GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) attacks....
If you're dedicated to a-mount, there's plenty of well priced and excellent gear to be found.
Looking forward to seeing your images posted here.

dCap wrote: I think some people in here have more gear than most used camera stores!

Hey, I resemble that remark

owenn01 wrote: Welcome indeed, Sam, and good to see you making an ecological choice for the A77 as well! I suspect you will not be disappointed at that decision. You also joined as a consequence of the Lens Reviews - same here all those years ago. Are you 'prepared' to indicate a narrowing of location as well? The 'South' could be anywhere from Cornwall to Kent (ie where I am)? It's always good to have a rough location should there be any Dyxum meets in the distant future (held to whatever social distancing rules and regs. may be in place by then of course!). Take care and good to have you along! Best regards, Neil.

Hi Neil, I live on my boat in sunny Southampton, so in easy reach of most of 'the south'!

Guests are always welcome (outside of Covid). I have the very lovely Tokina 11-16 which I bought specifically for sailing photos - the field of view should make for some really interesting photos.

Aside from playing, I'm interested to read about getting better at taking photos - any good reading recommended?