Re: advice please: mirrorless + lenses for normal use + underwater
Hello. Your budget is quite short as previous poster mentioned.
I have had great results with the Nikon AW1 and kit lens up to 49' underwater without housing. Nikon only sells two lenses that you can use underwater, the others like an ultrawide angle, some primes, some zooms you can not use underwater, but you can mount them on the camera and use it on land.
Here are some shots I did with the AW1















Eman82 wrote:
Hello people! I am new to the forum and I am kinda new to the photography world.
well, not that new as I always liked to take pics, but I never really bought any particular gear.
now I want to finally buy a camera and I was thinking of buying a mirrorless as I don't need a super professional full frame camera and also I really would like something more portable because I don't want to go on holiday with a 5kg camera on my neck.
I also think, correct me if I am wrong, that a mirrorless can be a good solution also for scuba diving photography.
I don't have any particular "need" except that I would like a camera that I can use both for landscape / portrait photos but also a camera that I can use underwater.
therefore, in all of my ignorance, I was thinking that maybe I need a camera which is good with macros and also a camera that is fast to turn on and take the pic, right?
forgive my "not-very-technical-language"
I am thinking of buying 2 lenses - I quite like a lens like the sigma 18-35mm F1.8 and then maybe a 50-200mm and I also need a underwater protection for my camera.
well, the camera I had in mind are sony nex 6000 (or similar like nex 6), lumix GX7 or any other camera that you think it is good.
what I need are advices about the "whole package" which I mean camera, lenses and underwater protection.
you might tell me: go to the store and check by yourself what you like and how is your feel with the cameras.
I understand, I can and I will do it, but I don't have that particular needs as I am not a Pro.
my girlfriend bought few months ago a sony nex 3 and I used it during our holiday in cuba.
to me it doesn't really matter how and where the setting are, buttons etc, as I won't use it on a daily basis so my needs and sensitivity about those things might be different from yours.
as a budget I can spend up to:
1800 USD equals to 1200 euro equals to 1000 UK pounds.
any advices?
thank you so much in advance, you are not dealing with a Pro so please be patient with me
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