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I know.. I know... quit saying "I told ya so".
My little micro 4/3rds was quite the workhorse and I didn't have any qualms about it until.... I took a bunch of pictures at a birthday party. I don't like indoors all that much, and I really try my best to avoid people at all costs and I certainly don't go out of my way to take photos of them, so this was never really a problem. But once put in that situation the lack of low light was made quickly apparent to me. Anything at ISO800 or above was pretty much completely useless, and with the standard f3.5 lens it wasn't exactly a low light monster. Andddd... I'm not a big fan of flashing everyone to death so I try to not use it if at all possible.
Anywho, enter the Nikon... I settled on a combo that would suit my needs and still remain easy and simple to carry. So I ended up with a Nikon D5100 and a 35mm f1.8. That's it, no less, no more. Eventually I would love to get the Tokina 11-16, but that is going to be a little ways down the road.
Here are some sample pictures from just messing around the day I got it.
First picture out of the camera. I have a ritual that my first ever picture from a camera is one of Rachel and this one is no different. Turned it on, Aperture mode, f1.8, take picture. I did do a minor crop to it, but that is it. I didn't want to mess with what the camera was doing just yet.
Just fooling around in the garage with the DOF.
And this was the most impressive so far. This was taken at ISO6400 and f1.8. What you don't see is that literally the room was dark when the photo was taken. We turned out all the lights and the only light coming into the room was from the window behind him. Even the auto focus was having one heck of a time trying to get a lock.
Grainy, sure. Soft, yep. But it was IN THE DARK and it now looks like it was a normal day in that office. I think I'm going to like this thing.
My little micro 4/3rds was quite the workhorse and I didn't have any qualms about it until.... I took a bunch of pictures at a birthday party. I don't like indoors all that much, and I really try my best to avoid people at all costs and I certainly don't go out of my way to take photos of them, so this was never really a problem. But once put in that situation the lack of low light was made quickly apparent to me. Anything at ISO800 or above was pretty much completely useless, and with the standard f3.5 lens it wasn't exactly a low light monster. Andddd... I'm not a big fan of flashing everyone to death so I try to not use it if at all possible.
Anywho, enter the Nikon... I settled on a combo that would suit my needs and still remain easy and simple to carry. So I ended up with a Nikon D5100 and a 35mm f1.8. That's it, no less, no more. Eventually I would love to get the Tokina 11-16, but that is going to be a little ways down the road.
Here are some sample pictures from just messing around the day I got it.
First picture out of the camera. I have a ritual that my first ever picture from a camera is one of Rachel and this one is no different. Turned it on, Aperture mode, f1.8, take picture. I did do a minor crop to it, but that is it. I didn't want to mess with what the camera was doing just yet.
Just fooling around in the garage with the DOF.
And this was the most impressive so far. This was taken at ISO6400 and f1.8. What you don't see is that literally the room was dark when the photo was taken. We turned out all the lights and the only light coming into the room was from the window behind him. Even the auto focus was having one heck of a time trying to get a lock.
Grainy, sure. Soft, yep. But it was IN THE DARK and it now looks like it was a normal day in that office. I think I'm going to like this thing.
Hopefully for the next new camera I'll have gotten better sleep the days before.
I do see what the lens sees although it is not 1:1. The DOF will be fatter when seen through the viewfinder, but thinner when actually shot. I wish I could go deep into the physics of this, but it is over my head. Much like how the DOF on a full frame is thinner than a crop sensor body all while using the exact same lens.
