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Decided I should come in and say hello after posting in a few forums. While not currently an E Mount user, I have a deposit on an A7 IV and am hoping I see it by year's end.
I'm old. Not real old, but old-ish. My first photography experience was with a Kodak Brownie (like the one in my avatar) with which I documented a train wreck at the crossing down the street. This would've been around 1967 or '68. Moved from P-n-S to SLRs in the early 80's. I still shoot film and have a small collection of cameras, primarily Argus 120s (620) and 35s, (since they were local to me) and Brownies with a few oddities in between. SLRs include Pentax, several Minoltas, a Miranda, and an Argus. I develop my own, both black and white and more recently color.
My main digital is a Panasonic G9. Other cameras are a Panny GX9 and a couple of Sony A-Mounts, an A700 and an SLT-65. I love my G9, it's a wonderful camera and may be the most ergonomic I've ever held. It does everything needed except action focusing, the DFD contrast based just isn't fast enough. A lot of folks 'come over' from a different brand. The G9 won't be going anywhere anytime soon, although the GX9 and SLT-65 will probably end up sold. For some reason I can't yet bring myself to get rid of the A700 brick of a camera.
I'm decidedly not a pro but have enjoyed an all-access media pass for the last few years at the Milan Dragway in Michigan where I was one of the trackside photographers in 2019 and 2020. Unfortunately the Owner didn't pay bills and went bankrupt and there was no racing in 2021. The track has been sold and I'm hoping the new owners will allow those of us who were established there to continue. The link below is to one of my Flickr accounts. It's for racing/auto/airplane/air show stuff, and is the main reason for my interest in Sony.
When I started at the track the other photographers told me to come up with an identity/name/logo etc. because we have to provide the track an album link from each race for their website.
I've seen some really nice shots from you folks when poking around in here. Looking forward to hanging out and learning this new camera.
I'm old. Not real old, but old-ish. My first photography experience was with a Kodak Brownie (like the one in my avatar) with which I documented a train wreck at the crossing down the street. This would've been around 1967 or '68. Moved from P-n-S to SLRs in the early 80's. I still shoot film and have a small collection of cameras, primarily Argus 120s (620) and 35s, (since they were local to me) and Brownies with a few oddities in between. SLRs include Pentax, several Minoltas, a Miranda, and an Argus. I develop my own, both black and white and more recently color.
My main digital is a Panasonic G9. Other cameras are a Panny GX9 and a couple of Sony A-Mounts, an A700 and an SLT-65. I love my G9, it's a wonderful camera and may be the most ergonomic I've ever held. It does everything needed except action focusing, the DFD contrast based just isn't fast enough. A lot of folks 'come over' from a different brand. The G9 won't be going anywhere anytime soon, although the GX9 and SLT-65 will probably end up sold. For some reason I can't yet bring myself to get rid of the A700 brick of a camera.
I'm decidedly not a pro but have enjoyed an all-access media pass for the last few years at the Milan Dragway in Michigan where I was one of the trackside photographers in 2019 and 2020. Unfortunately the Owner didn't pay bills and went bankrupt and there was no racing in 2021. The track has been sold and I'm hoping the new owners will allow those of us who were established there to continue. The link below is to one of my Flickr accounts. It's for racing/auto/airplane/air show stuff, and is the main reason for my interest in Sony.
When I started at the track the other photographers told me to come up with an identity/name/logo etc. because we have to provide the track an album link from each race for their website.
I've seen some really nice shots from you folks when poking around in here. Looking forward to hanging out and learning this new camera.