I'm growing back into my love of photography. I'm older, so the pixel count isn't what is most important to me: image quality is. I used to shoot, and still plan to shoot, primarily, brown fields, landscapes, and botanicals--Though I really want to begin taking more urbanscapes and portraits.
I used to shoot with Olympus, but I only have one lens- 14-54 f/2.8. I am interested in moving into a system. I want a high quality, rugged camera with equally good glass available. I've always shot in RAW and don't tend to photo sporting events, etc. Except for the yearly motorcycle race here in town.
I've looked at the Canon 5D MkII, the Nikon D700 and D7000, and the A850 and A900...I've also enjoyed thinking about saving up serious money to buy a Leica M9 (more of a pipe dream, really).
Looking at on-line pics, the images that come from Zeiss lenses look amazing and produce the same reaction for me as does Olympus glass. I know that mega pixels don't matter to me the way they used to, but the Zeiss lenses aviailable for Sony Alphas are so attractive. ( I would consider the E5, but since Olympus has started building their camera bodies in China, I have become a bit concerned about their quality.)
Is Zeiss glass truly good enough for me to invest in the Sony system? Also, for my intended subjects, is the A900 $500 better than the A850? Or would you suggest a manual focus Zeiss on a Canikon?
I used to shoot with Olympus, but I only have one lens- 14-54 f/2.8. I am interested in moving into a system. I want a high quality, rugged camera with equally good glass available. I've always shot in RAW and don't tend to photo sporting events, etc. Except for the yearly motorcycle race here in town.
I've looked at the Canon 5D MkII, the Nikon D700 and D7000, and the A850 and A900...I've also enjoyed thinking about saving up serious money to buy a Leica M9 (more of a pipe dream, really).
Looking at on-line pics, the images that come from Zeiss lenses look amazing and produce the same reaction for me as does Olympus glass. I know that mega pixels don't matter to me the way they used to, but the Zeiss lenses aviailable for Sony Alphas are so attractive. ( I would consider the E5, but since Olympus has started building their camera bodies in China, I have become a bit concerned about their quality.)
Is Zeiss glass truly good enough for me to invest in the Sony system? Also, for my intended subjects, is the A900 $500 better than the A850? Or would you suggest a manual focus Zeiss on a Canikon?