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

I'm new ...ish but just ran across this 'newbie' thread. I started out with Canon film in the early 80's and came over to digital in 2008 with the Leica-M8 w/Leica primes. The lenses were great but I never really captured a lot of keepers'. Also, I didn't much care for the upper management of the company.

Anyway, I sold it all and just bought a Leica P&S and man was that ever boring! I sold it too and bought the A900 with CZ 135 but not before I considered the NEX7, A77 and Fuji X100. The full-frame coupled with Zeiss glass just seemed more useful without the usual conversion of equivalent focal length crap and cutesy features that brain-dead marketers like to add in.

In the end I discovered that you don't always get what you pay for, but the A900 seems like a solid peace of gear when coupled with standout glass.

Regards,
DanO.

Edited by Saber - 16 January 2012 at 12:31

Hello Eric J, Saber and Macca.
Very welcome to Dyxum.
Come and join us in the Challenges or post your pictures in the open views or themed views so we can all enjoy the pictures you make with your Sony's.

Hi Dyxum

Have been a Minolta user since age 5 when I used my Granddads 7000 to take a picture of him, a camera I inherited a few years later and still have and use to this day!

I have over the years collected some great glass and taken a lot of film and digital images, as with most amateur photographers I have had months of horror to every moment of brilliance.

I have recently got back into the world of photography purchasing a couple of new lenses including a 85mm f1.4 from Stuartcliffe (Many thanks).

I am always amazed by how much abuse good quality camera equipment can take, I have had to dry my 600si and a 28mm f2.8 on a radiator after a very, very wet climb of Snowden, will never get over the fact it worked after a couple of hours drying out.

I have always been into landscapes, but with the 85mm f1.4 and a 100mm f2 I am looking to get more into portraits, I have photographed weddings and christenings for friends but would like to get into shooting some more. I made a great flash defuser out of some tin foil and a rubber band for in church photos and it was excellent!!

Current thoughts are full frame DSLR (a900/a850) I had a test of an a65 and I have to say I wasn't all that impressed, probably needed a bit more time to get a feel for it but there was no WOW factor when pixel peeping, which surprised me??

Anyway that’s a short(ish) intro.

Lee

Hello baser/Lee,

Welcome to dyxum.
I hope you find out about the wonderful challenges we have here and join us there or post some of your work in the open views or themed views.

The lens bug can be a serious problem if it gets into your head. I remember when I became afflicted with Leica primes that ran me about $8k.

Edited by Saber - 19 January 2012 at 16:22

pureaxis wrote: Hi everyone I am Joe, I'm originally from the States but is now working in Asia in the media industry. The first camera I owned was a Minolta followed by a Sony P&S and I only recently started getting into more serious photography. I got a Sony A65 and this site has provided a great deal of info and tips. Although the problem is that now I developed a serious case of lens lust that can't seem to be cured ! Hopefully I can make some contributions once I'm more confident with my work. Cheers, Joe

Hi, Joe.   

I'm pretty new here, too. Dyxum is a great site for info and great photos. I'm not that good, but I jumped right in by posting some of my shots. Nobody's been mean.      So don't worry too much, join the fun. Everybody here loves looking at pictures. And there are folks of all skill / artistic levels.

Again, Welcome!

Mike

Edit: Sorry about your lens lust. Myself, I'm MUCH better now.    

Edited by GlassEye - 19 January 2012 at 17:48

Alex and Steven, Welcome! I'm new here, too. I have found Dyxum to be a great place to learn, be inspired and challenged. Hope to see you participate in the community. Don't be afraid,    jump right in!

Mike