Which camera would you take to Hawaii?
May 22, 2017 12:17:50 #
I am new to the UHH but I've been taking photos for a long time. This August I am going to Hawaii and can not decide on my second camera to take. I am taking my Panasonic bridge camera that can zoom to 600mm. For my second camera I don't know, I own both of these camera) should it be my Sony a6000 with a 18-105mm f/4 lens or my Pentax k50 with a sigma 27-270mm lens. I will basically be shooting scenery, your typical tourist pictures, but also my family. Any suggestions.
May 22, 2017 12:19:25 #
May 22, 2017 13:06:51 #
May 22, 2017 14:22:32 #
Thats what I was leaning to. The only good thing about the K50 is it is weather resistant.
Thanks for the input.
Thanks for the input.
May 22, 2017 16:11:16 #
May 22, 2017 16:14:35 #
Take the Sony, but get a Metabones smart adapter for the Sigma 27-270
May 22, 2017 16:22:15 #
boces wrote:
I am new to the UHH but I've been taking photos for a long time. This August I am going to Hawaii and can not decide on my second camera to take. I am taking my Panasonic bridge camera that can zoom to 600mm. For my second camera I don't know, I own both of these camera) should it be my Sony a6000 with a 18-105mm f/4 lens or my Pentax k50 with a sigma 27-270mm lens. I will basically be shooting scenery, your typical tourist pictures, but also my family. Any suggestions.
Your kidding , you must be new to your cameras and the lens you have also , pick one
May 22, 2017 16:34:47 #
boces wrote:
I am new to the UHH but I've been taking photos for a long time. This August I am going to Hawaii and can not decide on my second camera to take. I am taking my Panasonic bridge camera that can zoom to 600mm. For my second camera I don't know, I own both of these camera) should it be my Sony a6000 with a 18-105mm f/4 lens or my Pentax k50 with a sigma 27-270mm lens. I will basically be shooting scenery, your typical tourist pictures, but also my family. Any suggestions.
I would also take the Sony, but I would bring the Tamron 18-200mm lens I just bought from KEH for $449. The III is the newest version.
May 22, 2017 17:29:26 #
boces wrote:
I am new to the UHH but I've been taking photos for a long time. This August I am going to Hawaii and can not decide on my second camera to take. I am taking my Panasonic bridge camera that can zoom to 600mm. For my second camera I don't know, I own both of these camera) should it be my Sony a6000 with a 18-105mm f/4 lens or my Pentax k50 with a sigma 27-270mm lens. I will basically be shooting scenery, your typical tourist pictures, but also my family. Any suggestions.
I'm not understanding why one would need a 2nd camera (unless it's for the pocket), when you have a bridge camera that will zoom out to 600mm (is that 35mm equiv?).
May 22, 2017 18:15:13 #
le boecere wrote:
I'm not understanding why one would need a 2nd camera (unless it's for the pocket), when you have a bridge camera that will zoom out to 600mm (is that 35mm equiv?).
The difference in sensor size could be one reason. As convenient as a bridge camera might be, if one would ever want to blow up a photo to a decent size, I'm not quite sure how well it could be done from a bridge camera sensor. I will admit, however, that they take fantastic shots to post on the internet.
May 22, 2017 18:19:01 #
Taken two cameras because my spouse will be using the bridge camera being that it is more of a point and shoot. I collect cameras of all brands. Why IBM do you think I am new to my camera?
May 22, 2017 18:42:07 #
SteveR wrote:
The difference in sensor size could be one reason. As convenient as a bridge camera might be, if one would ever want to blow up a photo to a decent size, I'm not quite sure how well it could be done from a bridge camera sensor. I will admit, however, that they take fantastic shots to post on the internet.
Steve, I often hear and read that sensor size is not really all that much of an issue, in modern times ~ it's about the lens ~ hence the complete adequacy of the compact zooms. On a recent UHH thread, this rookie (me) asked two veteran outdoor photographers about their choice of a 1/2.3" sensor behind compact super-zoom cameras.
If you'll go to page 4, you'll see these opinions (apparently) expressed by "Paul" and "Greg".
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-462132-4.html
I recently participated in a workshop ~ the instructor is a long-time professional travel photographer. He opined that 'the majority of people need nothing more than a new, premium, cell phone camera' (he uses mirrorless cameras with 1" sensors for his business). From everything I could get, his view is that most people just look at their photographic images on a small electronic screen, or a "small" print.
May 22, 2017 20:01:43 #
le boecere wrote:
Steve, I often hear and read that sensor size is n... (show quote)
You're right, le boecere. The only cameras really needed for general photography these days are premium cell phones or perhaps a bridge camera. They will take excellent snapshots for the majority of people.
May 22, 2017 20:08:25 #
boces wrote:
I am new to the UHH but I've been taking photos for a long time. This August I am going to Hawaii and can not decide on my second camera to take. I am taking my Panasonic bridge camera that can zoom to 600mm. For my second camera I don't know, I own both of these camera) should it be my Sony a6000 with a 18-105mm f/4 lens or my Pentax k50 with a sigma 27-270mm lens. I will basically be shooting scenery, your typical tourist pictures, but also my family. Any suggestions.
Most images I have taken in Hawaii don't need a long lens. Mostly it is the beauty of everything that your are trying to capture.
Long shots my include far away lava flows or distant sail boats with a Hawaiian island behind them. Or native birds. But the majority of shots just don't justify a long lens.
May 22, 2017 20:11:02 #
SteveR wrote:
You're right, le boecere. The only cameras really needed for general photography these days are premium cell phones or perhaps a bridge camera. They will take excellent snapshots for the majority of people.
Well, hopefully, I'm merely stating what I read and hear from the experts. I don't own a "smartphone" (too dumb), and I don't own what most would term a "bridge camera". I'm "old school"; still living with the myth that large (1"-APS-C) sensors have some advantages.
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