tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post1077048587229463904..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: The smallest full-frame cameraEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-51135065188356840372014-04-15T21:33:18.938+00:002014-04-15T21:33:18.938+00:00It's all pretty tricky.
I think Sony's ca...It's all pretty tricky. <br />I think Sony's cams are great, but the limitation for some of them are the too-short lens ranges. Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-3274258769078248522014-04-07T15:09:24.355+00:002014-04-07T15:09:24.355+00:00My first digital camera was a 1 megapixel Sony tha...My first digital camera was a 1 megapixel Sony that I actually made a lot of money with, but it took a 'memory stick' that fit nothing else and cost twice as much as any other kind of media, the camera took a bunch of very expensive accessories, and then when it developed a glitch, the repair people said Sony made these so they could not be repaired-you bought a new one. I had several hundred, or maybe a couple of thousand, dollars wrapped up in memory sticks, special lenses, chargers and other stuff, so I considered it. If it was $ 500, $800, or even $ 1,200, I might have done that, but it was $2,500. As I was carrying the box to the check out line at the camera store, I decided NO, I'm not getting on that treadmill. I started thinking of all of the broken Sony TVs, camcorders, and other stuff that I owned that I bought because I thought is was really great quality, but all turned out to be basically disposable. I sort of made a decision to never buy a Sony product again, or at least to realize Sony products are not really high quality, but disposable, when I look at buying them. But that was probably a dozen years ago. <br /><br />I have been looking for a DSLR to shoot aerials, and I need stupid high resolution, like 40MP. Sony has a product called the A7R that looks like it might work, and I can get a gizmo for it that allows me to use the dozen or so Minolta lenses I have on it instead of buying all new lenses. The midwest Sony rep is really wanting me to try it. The reason I haven't bought a Nikon D800 yet is because I would have to spend another three grand or more on lenses. <br /><br />I watched this video, and the guy started talking about how the camera was really great, but it doesn't do X, but you can buy a gizmo from Sony that lets you do X, and I started getting flashbacks. I started thinking about the various things the rep was saying I could get for the A7R that would make do the various things I needed. It looks like Sony is still into business tricks to get people on a treadmill. I am now wondering if the quality really sucks. I wonder if the first time the camera hickups if I'm going to wish I had simply upgraded my Nikon stuff to a D800 and got a real camera. Kelly Trimblehttp://www.marritza.comnoreply@blogger.com