The final camera decision...

StevenS said:
The Author, Tom, has an A7. Good choice. Hopefully one day he will put a 35 prime on it.
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Definitely ^^

A 35mm or 50mm would be perfect on the A7. I had a couple of zooms for my 6D and found that they can become cumbersome after a while, especially if you are hiking around. As handy as they are at times, having now switched systems, I'm not considering zooms any more.

I found that when I had my X Pro1 with a prime that my photography changed completely. Rather than relying on a zoom, I was having to work to frame the picture based on a fixed lens. It definitely improved my photography and not having a big bag of kit was most liberating.

Hopefully you can find peace with the A7, Tom. I get that the lenses are expensive but if you were to get just the one now, you may find that's all you'll need for most of what you shoot.
 
[QUOTE="Ruffmeister, post: 7892649, member: 66001I found that when I had my X Pro1 with a prime that my photography changed completely. Rather than relying on a zoom, I was having to work to frame the picture based on a fixed lens. It definitely improved my photography and not having a big bag of kit was most liberating.

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Yeah primes certainly offer a different approach to photography which I like at times. I have a set of zooms and a set of primes and depending on my mood and the location take either my zooms or my primes. I enjoy using both but the primes require a different approach and you have to think about the composition a lot more and move about to get the correct framing. I've tried to tell that to a mate but he is a dedicated zoom user and just doesn't get primes at all, shame.
 
Kiwi Paul said:
[QUOTE="Ruffmeister, post: 7892649, member: 66001I found that when I had my X Pro1 with a prime that my photography changed completely. Rather than relying on a zoom, I was having to work to frame the picture based on a fixed lens. It definitely improved my photography and not having a big bag of kit was most liberating.
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Yeah primes certainly offer a different approach to photography which I like at times. I have a set of zooms and a set of primes and depending on my mood and the location take either my zooms or my primes. I enjoy using both but the primes require a different approach and you have to think about the composition a lot more and move about to get the correct framing. I've tried to tell that to a mate but he is a dedicated zoom user and just doesn't get primes at all, shame.[/QUOTE]

It makes you look at the little things more too. Details etc.
For me it definitely brought a different approach.
 
Kiwi Paul said:
[QUOTE="Ruffmeister, post: 7892649, member: 66001I found that when I had my X Pro1 with a prime that my photography changed completely. Rather than relying on a zoom, I was having to work to frame the picture based on a fixed lens. It definitely improved my photography and not having a big bag of kit was most liberating.
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I got my 13 year old a Fuji XE-1 and 35mm. He is now 17 and knows how to create an image. He still has the 35mm, but I got him a second hand XT-1 forces last birthday. It's great discipline and really fun. I use 35mm 90% of the time.

For travel and avoiding lugging cameras around, I've always carried a pocket camera. For years it was a Sony S90, until my elder son left it in a taxi in Madrid last summer. Now it is a Sony RX100 Mk3, great value at £450 ex-demo. It's 20mp, great processor, good lens and fast. There aren't that many such cameras these days that are much better than a Samsung S7. The RX100 was at Radiohead Tel Aviv on Wednesday, hopefully on its way back today.
 
StevenS said:
My son showed me an auction site yesterday he uses and there was an Olympus Trip 35 on it for £70, immaculate. I used one for years - a perfect camera with no faults I can remember!

The Author, Tom, has an A7. Good choice. Hopefully one day he will put a 35 prime on it.
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I had a Trip. They crop up on this site, £70 seems a bit much.
 
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