new camera

So, I sold a bunch of Pentax mount lenses that I wasn't using very often and used the proceeds to buy a new camera. I got a Sony NEX-5N with 3 lenses- the 16mm/2.8, the 18-55/3.5-5.6 and the 55-210/4.5-6.3. I was loooking for something that was lighter than the Pentax K20 and lenses that would have equal/near equal image quality. I certainly got that. Way light with excellant image quality.

It did take a bit to get used to shooting with a LCD screen again after using a DSLR for eight years. I have the external EVF on order because there are those times when the LCD just doesn't work too well. Namely for portrait orientated shots, which I tend to do a lot of. It's supposed to make manual focus even easier than the LCD, and with focus peaking and magnification it isn't that hard with the LCD.

Oh yeah, manual focus. This camera can be adapted to almost any 35mm format lens ever created.Very cool. I can use my Pentax lenses on it. In fact, the ornament pics below were shot with a Tamron 28-75mm/2.8 Pentax mount lens on an adapter.

Here's some initial shots as I get a feel for the gear.























More later, after the camera gets back from being serviced. Unfortunately it suffers from the dreaded "video clicking noise" which Sony fixes for free, so the camera goes in on Monday.