Say hello to Al. My Sony Alpha A6000. AKA: My Precioussss….
We’ve been best friends since shortly after Father’s Day (all the pictures on this blog since then have been taken with this camera). Al is a BEAST. Blazingly fast auto-focus, the option for full manual control, a hot-shoe for my flash, all in a lightweight and compact body. I can carry this thing around all day. It’s going to be a great camera to have on our family vacations.
It’s not all roses though. The current lens selection of Sony E-Mounts is abysmal. Luckily, I shoot mostly portraits of my kiddos at a relatively close range so the 35mm f1.8 and 50mm f1.8 are perfect for me. However, if I wanted to shoot a kid’s sports game I’d be hard pressed to find a good quality zoom. One that I could afford anyway. The 70-200 f4 looks AMAZING but at twice the price of the camera itself, it’s a hard pill to swallow. I think I would just rent one instead.
Anyway, this camera has been a joy to shoot with. I’ve even been surprised by it’s automatic modes. If you don’t want to think about ANYTHING you just set it to auto mode and turn on face detection and you’re all set. Just point-and-shoot. Seriously, I’ve even felt kind of guilty using face detection auto focus. It almost feels like cheating. 🙂
You’re welcome. Glad to have helped fund the new hardware.