vintage glass
I’ve been spending time reading and watching what I can about different focal lengths. I have a better understanding of when some focal lengths should be used but I would like to make things more interesting. I have an a5100 dedicated to shooting vintage glass. It is the first camera that I consider a step right below my a6400. It is missing features I don’t really need such as video/view finder/hot shoe/dial and buttons. This camera excels in shooting photos and being very small. The camera gets heavy with vintage glass and an adapter. I wanted to be as light as possible. I want to take this camera out when I have any worry that it might get stolen. It will be easy and inexpensive to replace. I think the a5100 is still an amazing deal for a ton of camera. It has so many modern features like eye AF, touch to focus, touch to shutter and many more. It shoots with plenty of resolution at 24 megapixels. The NEX-6 really forced me to hone my skill pulling manual focus. I couldn’t trust the auto focus on the NEX-6 and I would end up taking several photos of the same subject to make sure I got one in focus. I started shooting manual focus so I could take one photo that was good. It seems all of those years paid off as I love using manual only lenses. It’s really fun to make it align by moving the camera back and forth. It feels like you are doing something to make that shot appear. It is a wonderful feeling knowing you nailed it and it’s going to look awesome later. You have to learn and trust the tools you use. I think far too many people get hung up on having these outlandish specs on their camera. I don’t think that matters at all. If you are a bad photographer a better camera or lens won’t fix you. Being a good photographer means you can take a half decent photo with the cheapest kid’s lego camera and it will still turn out great. It’s about composition and telling a story. I think the pairing of the a5100 and my vintage manual lenses are the perfect combo for some amazing photos.
