SONY A900 on loan to me from the SONY Artisan program

[DavidConn]

Hi all, i am a new user on the this forum, and just got my hands on a A900 kit with the CZ 16-35 and CZ 24-70 and a HVL-58 strobe. I just used it to photograph the birth of my daughter on Friday, and i was blown away in every respect. Build quality, ease of use, features etc. I am hanging up my Nikon kit and going Sony as soon as my financing allows for it. The real test will be on New Years Eve, for a very high end wedding im photographing. I will post images from that shoot a soon as i can. Here are the images from the birth.....(sorry if this is in the wrong topic section)

[KevinBarrett]

Welcome! We're glad to have you here. It's always interesting to have the perspective of another working professional switching systems to the A-mount. These are wonderful pictures you've shared with us--you have a very photogenic family. Your son, "the big brother" is a spitting image of the bearded fellow with the glasses...I'll suppose that's you?

[pakodominguez]

Wellcome onboard, David. And congratulations for the baby.

Be aware that there is a man named Barry ready to ban you only because you got some sort of Sony sponsorship and/or if you have any kind of commercial approach on your posts. Don't be affraid, he's not a bad guy...

We can go for a coffee anytime (I'm in Brooklyn, NY)

Regards

[David Kilpatrick]

Hi David - welcome. 35 years ago Minolta loaned me an XM (XK) with some wonderful lenses - 21mm f/2.8, 35mm f/1.8, 50mm f/1.4, and the first generation zoom which I am pretty sure was 80-200mm f/4.5 not the 75-200 which followed. One of the first things I used it for was to cover the birth of our first child, though I didn't get to be present at the actual birth; my newspaper shift ended at 5.00pm, the hospital was 20 minutes away, they wouldn't let me leave and I arrived ten minutes after the event.

Tri-X, I remember processing in Microdol-X diluted 1+3 and exposing at 320 ASA (British Tri-X was rated at 400, Tri-X Professional as widely used in the USA was 320 native speed, but this roll was the faster stock corrected for compensating development to handle high contrasts). I didn't end up buying the XM, as the XE-1 appeared not long after and was much better suited to what we were doing.

David

[Birma]

Welcome David, and congratulations on the birth of your daughter They are fantastic pictures which I'm sure you'll always treasure.

[DavidConn]

Thanks for the warm greetings! I have no "official" sponsorship with Sony, although they were kind enough to allow me a free trial period before i go out and spend over $12k in a new full frame sony kit with lenses, 2- body's, and strobes.....try before you buy is a good concept! So far im very impressed, and having been medium format Haselblad shooter for years im so happy to have Carl Zeiss back in my kit! I really missed those lenses.....

[jbtaylor]

Welcome David.
That first shot is hauntingly beautiful. It burned right through me.
Congratulations and keep posting.

[Dusty]

Welcome David, and double congrats! First on the birth of a beautiful daughter, and second on the decision to switch to Sony.

Dusty

[Dr. Harout]

Congratulations and I hear her cry in the first shot saying: I want an Alpha too...

[Winedarksea]

Welcome and warm congratulations, David. A new-born child is always moving, especially when she is your own.

Dulaney