Good Morning.
I recently tried a Fuji X-e2 kit with standard zoom lens but found it was far too small for my clumsy hands and I kept on accidentally hitting buttons. After about a week I realised it was just not for me and gave it to a friend in whose hands it is a perfect fit. She's an absolute beginner but is happy enough with the camera and is slowly working her way through basics: aperture, shutter speed, ISO etc. Apart from generally snapping with the zoom, she principally wants to take pictures of the flowers in her garden and the birds which feed there. To that end she has picked up a Novoflex adapter a couple of manual lenses (as recommended by me), a Contax 300 mm telephoto for the birds and a Yashica 55 mm macro for the flowers. Obviously there is the magnification factor to be taken into account given the size of the Fuji sensor.
My question is: can anybody recommend a full frame digital camera which does not have a byzantine menu system and which lends itself well to manual lenses? She'll only want second hand but it should also have decent build and image quality. My instinct is to think that there must be something suitable from Nikon or Canon but I am familiar with neither system. I can't imagine her being prepared to spend anything more than 1,000 quid.
Any suggestions?
I recently tried a Fuji X-e2 kit with standard zoom lens but found it was far too small for my clumsy hands and I kept on accidentally hitting buttons. After about a week I realised it was just not for me and gave it to a friend in whose hands it is a perfect fit. She's an absolute beginner but is happy enough with the camera and is slowly working her way through basics: aperture, shutter speed, ISO etc. Apart from generally snapping with the zoom, she principally wants to take pictures of the flowers in her garden and the birds which feed there. To that end she has picked up a Novoflex adapter a couple of manual lenses (as recommended by me), a Contax 300 mm telephoto for the birds and a Yashica 55 mm macro for the flowers. Obviously there is the magnification factor to be taken into account given the size of the Fuji sensor.
My question is: can anybody recommend a full frame digital camera which does not have a byzantine menu system and which lends itself well to manual lenses? She'll only want second hand but it should also have decent build and image quality. My instinct is to think that there must be something suitable from Nikon or Canon but I am familiar with neither system. I can't imagine her being prepared to spend anything more than 1,000 quid.
Any suggestions?