Scattered Thoughts . . .

A s I mentioned in this blog many times in the past, I've always wanted to move into medium format digital photography.  Cost is a huge factor but patiently waiting for a decade while keeping an eye on prices daily has helped me slowly acquire a couple of medium format cameras recently.  One camera is an old film camera while the other is a digital camera from 2021.   Twelve years ago, I upgraded into Sony's full frame format and I still love that system.  Even compared to medium format, this Sony system has some significant advantages over medium format.  My Sony camera has great image quality and is ideal for sports, wildlife and fast moving grandchildren so it gets a lot of use and I'll likely never put it to rest anytime soon.  The image quality of this full-frame system is great and it is a fast shooting camera which definitely comes in handy when there are kids often nearby. As good as the images are when captured on full-frame sensors, medium fo...

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 ...