Anyone into photography?
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UnframedDave
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I've been taking snaps for over forty years.
There are basically no bad current digital cameras. I chose the sony system over my previous nikon, because it felt comfortable in my hand and at the time they had the best lens availability. I believe they still do for my requirements.
For woodland photography, are you talking landscape or wildlife? 100-400 will be OK for the latter, but not much use for the former. Light in woodland tends to be dappled to dark, so faster lenses will help to keep the iso down. Some may argue that doesn't matter with post processing software these days, but I'm traditional and prefer to start with a sound image. By a faster lens, I mean the lower the f stop number, so a f2.8 will be faster than an f5.6 and let in more light.
If you are going to be doing birds, eventually you will want a 600mm lens. Maybe consider a 200-600 now? 800mm lenses are available, but they tend to be quite slow and are limited to use in only the very best light.
A good phone can take superb photos, but the lenses don't really have the reach for small wildlife. Excellent for landscape and macro though.
Photography is all about compromise, there is no right or wrong answer.
There are basically no bad current digital cameras. I chose the sony system over my previous nikon, because it felt comfortable in my hand and at the time they had the best lens availability. I believe they still do for my requirements.
For woodland photography, are you talking landscape or wildlife? 100-400 will be OK for the latter, but not much use for the former. Light in woodland tends to be dappled to dark, so faster lenses will help to keep the iso down. Some may argue that doesn't matter with post processing software these days, but I'm traditional and prefer to start with a sound image. By a faster lens, I mean the lower the f stop number, so a f2.8 will be faster than an f5.6 and let in more light.
If you are going to be doing birds, eventually you will want a 600mm lens. Maybe consider a 200-600 now? 800mm lenses are available, but they tend to be quite slow and are limited to use in only the very best light.
A good phone can take superb photos, but the lenses don't really have the reach for small wildlife. Excellent for landscape and macro though.
Photography is all about compromise, there is no right or wrong answer.
Pine Marten
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I find myself compelled to answer "Holiday snaps? On the beach? Eh? Eh? Say no more! Know what I mean? Nudge nudge!"
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