The Move “Welcome Home”

I’ve started with my Sony DSLR around 1.5 years ago. Back in the days I was unexperienced and just wanted to get my hands on something better than those digital cameras. So I bought a Sony a380 which seemed to be great in the beginning as it had so many features. But there is always a snag.

As I already mentioned I was unexperienced so I did not look at the ergonomics of the body. I just went ahead and bought it. Even worse I got myself an 18-200 lens. Of course I was expecting a lot on my first shots, but it just did not work out. First thoughts of having done the wrong decision came up. But after half to a year collecting experience I went over to some better lenses (50/1.8 and 90/2.8). The quality of images changed drastically from my very first pics. After I got those both lenses I did not really use my 18-200 as long as I was not forced to do so. But once again there was a problem. Ergonomics. When I put the Tamron 90/2.8 macro lens on my cam , it just felt wrong. The balance was off and tilting towards the lens. There was no way I could hold that cam for a longer period without hurting my wrist. But I tried to live with it because there was a point that was much more crucial to me. The viewfinder: It was just way and I mean it way to small to work with. Second thoughts of having done the wrong choice came up. After lenses the next big step was to get a flash. And now the Fun stopped. The cam was totally not balance-able anymore. Probably the guys over at Sony did not think about people using such a big Flash on such a cam (Metz 50 AF-1). So it had stopped right here. My decision to sell my equipment came up.

I can’t really say that I regretted getting the Sony. It helped me to learn a lot of crucial things about taking pictures. And that’s what counts. The only reason I am jumping over to Nikon (d90) is because of comfort. The body of the D90 is much more thoughtfully designed. Controlling the cam is much easier as well as the twice in size viewfinder makes it much more comfortable to focus manually. This cam is just an enormous update to my predecessor. And I totally am happy with that. In the end it’s the photographer who makes the pics. It does not matter which camera you use as long as you feel comfortable and have fun with it.