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Oct 6, 2016 17:51:04   #
I got started with my Canon t3i w/18-200 lens and i'm still appreciating the photographs I took from that combination. I offered that lens to you awhile back, but now I gave it to my daughter. I don't know anything about the Sigma 18-250mm, but my Canon was nearly a macro lens that gets close-up @ 200mm and and great for action, too. I have shots of dogs at play, flying seagulls, surfers, flowers and bugs.

To consider both of these lenses, please check out is how close the Sigma 18-250mm really gets you when comparing it to the Canon. When I first got my Sony, I bought the E mount 28-240mm lens on that same day. I picked up my Canon that was set at 200mm and my Sony set at 240mm. I used both cameras to shoot the identical thing, same settings from the same prospective. With my SONY a6000 @ 240mm magnification, my image was way smaller than the image from my Canon at 200mm. In other words, a Canon t3i shooting at 200mm got me a lot closer to my subject than the Sony a6000 at 240mm lens. I also think that the image quality was not any better on the Sony 28-240mm, even though that lens costs over $1000.00.


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Sep 24, 2016 12:21:07   #
I am looking at dates when I started this photography hobby. I was surprised to find how long ago that I got started. It was soon after that I joined Ugly Hedgehog: August of 2013. I started with a Nikkon super zoom bridge camera in the Spring of 2013. My first DSLR was a Canon t3i and I started shooting with it by June of 2014 and by August of 2005 I was shooting with a SONY 6000 and in September of that same year, I began shooting with the A7R2.

I have been a lone photo shooter for the past 3 years. Anybody from Orange County California want a photo activity partner?
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Sep 22, 2016 01:44:33   #
Thank you. I didn't know that the SX50 shot any faster than one at at time, and it is faster than most DSLR's!! It must be another advantage of the smaller sensor camera. One of the reasons I bought the SONY 6000, ("crop" size sensor") was that it shoots 11 frames per second. Later, when I went back to buy the SONY a7R2 ("full frame" size sensor")it shoots only 5 frames per second. What I think that tells me is that a bigger sensor makes it harder to shoot like a machine gun. Almost like, I can get only 4 bullets in my big gun bullet clip because my bullets are big.

My friend's daughter, however, is needing camera that can give fast shutter speeds, like above 1200 per second, or thereabouts. 2500 if she can get it. I didn't tell her about frames per second for fear that it would add another hundred to the camera cost, but as it may well turn out, it would have been better for me to promise her frames per second and worry about her blurred action photos, for lack of shutter speed, later.
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Sep 21, 2016 02:21:30   #
I was thinking that a reconditioned SX50 would be perfect, too, but now she wants to shoot action as well as to have the zoom. I don't know if the SX50 is capable of fast shutter speeds.

I'm back to square one. Does this camera even exist or is it too expensive for a kid? It would be a super zoom bridge camera with shutter speeds fast enough to shoot action. If true, I might buy two of them. lol
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Sep 19, 2016 18:27:37   #
Anyone have a favorite super zoom bridge camera to recommend for a 12 year girl who wants to be a photographer? I am thinking that a entry level point and shoot is what she needs to get her started. I also think that she would like her first camera to be one of those super zooms like the Canon sx50 that I heard used to sell reconditioned for $179.00
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Sep 5, 2016 10:02:43   #
If your spots are the same as mine, they come off with the touch up brush on Lightroom, if necessary.
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Sep 5, 2016 06:26:02   #
I started getting them on my SONY a7R2. Then i noticed a cleaning item on the menu. It shook the camera hard for a second and I guess knocked the spots off. I being cautious and was not using an aerosol can to blow out the dust from the sensor area. I wonder is it okay to use aerosol?
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Aug 21, 2016 20:41:23   #
I only learned about the "international" lens and that the mfg. will not cover those, even though they are the same maker. I am now wondering if I own any such lenses. I recall buying a lens that said it was made in china. How do you know? Do you just ask?
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Aug 18, 2016 22:18:32   #
I bought my first DSLR in March of 2014; It was as Canon T3i w/Canon 18-200mm lens and i was really enjoying photography, all the while, alternating between The Green Button and The Sports setting and watching Youtube.com to learn about photography. By the end of 2015 my entire home was filled with beautiful birds in flight, surfers riding the waves and dogs playing at the dog park. The artist in me was out and i was ready for more.

I went to the camera store to buy a Canon f/5.6 400mm prime, but when i left the store I bought a camera instead; a Sony a6000 with the kit lens. It was more high tech and more to learn than from my Canon, and i still needed a bigger zoom for my dogs and surfers and seagulls.

I decided I wanted more, so I gave my Canon to my daughter and bought the Sony a7R2 with the 70-200mm f/4 lens, the 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 macro lens. The didn't have enough telephoto magnification to satisfy my surfer shots, but I still shoot the dogs and the seagulls. Now, I spend time with photography that does not require anything more than 200mm.

Yes, i still regret not having enough magnification for wildlife or surfers, but I don't regret that I have a camera with one of the best in image quality. I'm glad i switched and am busy finding new things to photograph and to blow up to 20"x30", and display above the mantle place.

If SONY should fail and not come out with a adequate prime telephoto lens I might just buy a Canon 7DII with a 400mm to 500mm lens, but if I had to do it all over again, I would still have bought the SONY a7R2.
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Mar 5, 2016 13:56:29   #
Thank YOU, Mac, for your post about switching to mirrorless and if we thought the switch was a good one or not.

Your topic was my favorite and i learned from what others said.

My DSLR investment was under $1500.00. Some have over 10 times that much invested and, you know, that kind of money has a way of forcing us to never change. Like being held hostage by our equipment, so to speak, because we just can't seem to be wasteful, no matter how much we want something new.

What all of this has me wondering about now is that some of us think the Sony auto focus is the best, but I get fewer good, in focus, shots with the Sony and morel with the Canon. I still don't know if it's because I'm newer than others or not but soon i will know better with experience.

Thanks, again Mac for that thoughtful post.
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Mar 5, 2016 05:32:08   #
What i learned about shooting zoo animals through glass is that to avoid reflection, shoot very close to the glass.

Use manual focus because you do not want your camera to focus on a blemish or scratch on the glass, but on the ship.
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Mar 4, 2016 14:52:32   #
I turned 70 last December
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Mar 4, 2016 13:21:36   #
Thank you for passing along your knowledge about the 150-500mm Sigma that may work well for my a7R II with the adapter.

I have already asked them to reserve for me the Canon 400mm f/5.6 prime, but i'm not hopeful that it will work on that lens. I will also rent the Sigma 150-500 and will check back and tell you how well it works.

bwana wrote:
I find the (Canon EF mount) Sigma 150-500 zoom w/ Metabones IV adapter on the A7R II has pretty reasonable autofocus speed. You might rent one and give it a try.

I notice that Sigma has released their own adapter for Sony A7 cameras. It might even be better?

I've used a Kenko 1.4x teleconverter w/ Canon EF lenses and adapter on both the A7 II and A7R II; works quite nicely. I've also tried the Kenko 2x teleconverter as well but the autofocus is a little shaky.

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Mar 2, 2016 23:29:23   #
Since you have both the a7RI and the a7RII, are there occasions when you do better with the older model and choose it over the a7RII?
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Mar 2, 2016 20:09:41   #
I switched, but without as much cost as most of you would experience. I recently started with DSLR equipment including the Canon t3i, Canon 18-200mm and Canon prime 50mm f/1.8.

I needed new equipment, anyway, so I took the plunge with a new Sony a6000 with a kit lens. I'm still amazed at what that camera can do and on my second trip over to the store I bought a Sony a7RII, Sony 70-200mm lens and the Sony 28-70mm lens.

As impressed as i am with both my Sony cameras, they don't have affordable lenses with enough reach for action or wildlife photography and Sony does not recommend using the doubler and even so, it's not available yet.

They just announced 3 new Master G lenses including the 70-200mm and the 24mm-70mm. Therse are a f/2.8 version of what I already bought, but these lenses can use doublers.

I don't know if it's just me learning how to work these very techie cameras or if i bought too soon. I am having focusing problems when it comes to tracking fast moving subjects. If i continue to have these problems, I intend to buy a Canon 7D II w/Canon 400 prime to use when i shoot surfers, birds, dogs at play or anything that moves quickly and need good auto focus and tracking.
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