Scattered Thoughts . . .

T oday, my new LCD protectors arrived in the mail so I put aside some time to install one on my newest camera body. Back about a month or two ago, I stumbled upon a great sale on a Sony camera body that I have had my eye on for a couple of years.  In short, I picked up this camera at about one-third of its retail price.  This is, by far, the most professional camera body I've ever used so I definitely want to protect it as best as possible. Admittedly, I'm a bit rough on LCD screens.  I've had to replace quite a few over the years.  Grease from noses and fingers are not good for these fragile screens.  Worse yet, sunscreen can damage an LCD screen very quickly and render it useless.  The oils from the face and fingers and especially sunscreen tend to delaminate LCD screens.  For this reason alone, I am now reluctant to use any sunscreen for fear of damaging another camera and I'm always carrying a camera when we are outside. The other problem is that w...

B ack a few weeks ago, I wrote about a Black Friday Sale that I couldn't pass up.  A camera I have had my eye on for a few years was finally in my price range as a result of this sale (used, not new) so I jumped on purchasing it.  I happened to luck out because I got a much newer camera than I thought I was getting and it was at a much lower price than the current used rate.  In the end, it was about one-third the price of a new one. Any new camera requires a bit of a learning curve but I didn't expect the learning curve for this new camera to be as steep as I have been experiencing.  This new camera is a much newer and updated version of my primary camera that I've been using for the past ten years (Sony a7) so I figured this transition would be fairly simple.  It hasn't been all that simple. It hasn't been a terrible experience but it has been more of a transition than I expected with some unexpected difficulties. First, I was sorely disappointed in Sony for ...

F or the past few years, I've had a specific camera body in my "wishlist" at a used camera website where I purchase most of my cameras and lenses.  It has sat in this wishlist for a few years because this happens to be a very expensive camera that is well beyond my budget even if purchased on the used market.  A few times each week over the course of a few years, I would check the price in the hope that the price would finally hit an affordable range.  Fortunately, this used camera store had a big "Black Friday" sale a couple of weeks ago which allowed me to finally purchase this significantly upgraded camera for a ridiculously low price. My primary camera is a Sony a7 but it is the first generation of the a7 series from 2013.  Since it was released back in 2013 and was the first full-frame mirrorless camera, consequently, it has some compromises when compared to other cameras released more recently.  I really love this camera though...  it is small and it ...