A Little bit of G.A.S.
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:35 pm
So, and old friend called recently. Seems the photographer had bailed on his daughter's wedding, and asked if I could step in.
Doing his oldest daughter's wedding in 2008 was what got me into digital in the first place.
Taking a look at what I have: my 2 350s still take good pics, but since I dropped both of them and broke the rear screens in the same month, I updated to a couple of 580s. I had bought a 700 from Pako, but after a few years it would lock up after every photo, so it's toast. Some wonderful person here sent me their 700 when they no longer had need of it, and it's still working great.
One of my 580's has become flakey - a stuck contact somewhere, cant figure out where, that causes it to continuously flip thru the settings, making it hard to set it how you want to. So, can't trust that one, and the other one has been showing no lens info at times, even though it doesn't seem to effect the photos.
Since Alpha mount is in reality dead, and I don't have the money to switch mounts, - e-bay to the rescue!
There were a a couple of tempting a65s, which I was outbid on, and would have been a problem as I believe they have the updated flash shoe, and my flashes are the old shoe. I picked up a very nice a550 for $120 from a camera dealer in Indianapolis, and also my very first Zeiss, the 16-80, for a sweet $215. Arriving tomorrow should be another 580, listed only as "used, working good" for $220.
With this bit of kit I'll feel confident I can do a great job for him again, and extend my Alpha line for a while longer. I still wish Sony would put together an a770 and an a990, but it seems the future with them is e-mount.
Dusty
Doing his oldest daughter's wedding in 2008 was what got me into digital in the first place.
Taking a look at what I have: my 2 350s still take good pics, but since I dropped both of them and broke the rear screens in the same month, I updated to a couple of 580s. I had bought a 700 from Pako, but after a few years it would lock up after every photo, so it's toast. Some wonderful person here sent me their 700 when they no longer had need of it, and it's still working great.
One of my 580's has become flakey - a stuck contact somewhere, cant figure out where, that causes it to continuously flip thru the settings, making it hard to set it how you want to. So, can't trust that one, and the other one has been showing no lens info at times, even though it doesn't seem to effect the photos.
Since Alpha mount is in reality dead, and I don't have the money to switch mounts, - e-bay to the rescue!
There were a a couple of tempting a65s, which I was outbid on, and would have been a problem as I believe they have the updated flash shoe, and my flashes are the old shoe. I picked up a very nice a550 for $120 from a camera dealer in Indianapolis, and also my very first Zeiss, the 16-80, for a sweet $215. Arriving tomorrow should be another 580, listed only as "used, working good" for $220.
With this bit of kit I'll feel confident I can do a great job for him again, and extend my Alpha line for a while longer. I still wish Sony would put together an a770 and an a990, but it seems the future with them is e-mount.
Dusty