For all of you Nikon lover's out there! I came upon this young lady who was shooting the same thing as I. She is using a D5300. I asked her what model she had and when she told me, I...

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

I came upon this young lady who was shooting the same thing as I. She is using a D5300. I asked her what model she had and when she told me, I told her that the D5300 was a very good camera and her eyes lit up and a big grin came across her face and she thanked me.

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What we were both actually shooting.

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Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Did you invite her to UHH?

katbandit Loc: new york city

so what camera were you using??

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Nikonian72 wrote:

Did you invite her to UHH?

I should have!

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

katbandit wrote:

so what camera were you using??

Exif info image #1:
Camera Model: Sony ILCA-77M2
Lens: 18-250mm F3.5-6.3
Image Date: 2016-08-19
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125)
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Manual

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

katbandit wrote:

so what camera were you using??

A Sony, Lol.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Wow! A Sony. That's funny. Did you notice the young lady focused her lens left-handed. A southpaw. You were right, a Nikon D5300 is a good camera, despite not having the internal body motor. Great shots too.

mymike Loc: Tucson, AZ

Question - if you use the grip thing on the camera with your right hand, how can you not focus or change the zoom with your free left hand? Being left handed and having used film SLRs with no grip, was an advantage for me because it seemed natural to use my left hand.do you right handed folks use your right hand to focus/change focal length or your left?

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Nikonian72 wrote:

Exif info image #1:
Camera Model: Sony ILCA-77M2
Lens: 18-250mm F3.5-6.3
Image Date: 2016-08-19
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125)
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Manual

Is this good or bad?

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

mas24 wrote:

Wow! A Sony. That's funny. Did you notice the young lady focused her lens left-handed. A southpaw. You were right, a Nikon D5300 is a good camera, despite not having the internal body motor. Great shots too.

Hmmm... I am right handed and I focus left handed. I have never paid attention before. Now you have ruined me Lol. I will have to start watching people focus their cameras. I wonder how you would determine which is their dominant hand while handling a smart phone?

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

tainkc wrote:

Hmmm... I am right handed and I focus left handed. I have never paid attention before. Now you have ruined me Lol. I will have to start watching people focus their cameras. I wonder how you would determine which is their dominant hand while handling a smart phone?

It's possible to go either right or left hand. If you can use each hand equally, you are considered ambidextrous.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

tainkc wrote:

Is this good or bad?

In my opinion, Sony makes excellent cameras, and the best sensors.

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

tainkc wrote:

I came upon this young lady who was shooting the same thing as I. She is using a D5300. I asked her what model she had and when she told me, I told her that the D5300 was a very good camera and her eyes lit up and a big grin came across her face and she thanked me.

I think she made a mistake in saying she had a D5300, she probably meant D3300 seeing that the camera she is holding does not have an articulating back screen which the D5300 does....just noticing ;)

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Racmanaz wrote:

I think she made a mistake in saying she had a D5300, she probably meant D3300 seeing that the camera she is holding does not have an articulating back screen which the D5300 does....just noticing ;)

My bad. It was typo.

justhercamera Loc: NW Michigan

First of all, I loved the photos that accompanied the story. The conversation you relayed, I suspect you left her feeling more encouraged about her photography since was given positive words about her equipment, even if you were holding a Sony in your hands. :) I am right handed as well, but use left hand for focusing too. Not ambidextrous but apparently my left hand can turn a ring a little. :)