did I do it wrong?

[Jerry R]

Bad advice from your brother. He is not well informed. None of the reasons he gave you are valid. There are reasons for getting a Nikon DSLR or a Sony mirror less camera, but IQ and reliability are abou the same for both.

 

[captura]

Thank you. Lesson learnt, the hard way.
But do you think getting the a6000 is a better choice, in term of features and IQ?

I would never have bought a DSLR. I've owned both a D200 and D90, and once I went to mirrorless (I used M43 for almost 4 years and now have an A7), I NEVER went back. DSLRs feel like large dinosaurs to me now.

The only thing that DSLRs are better at overall is continuous tracking autofocus. Otherwise, you have more flexibility with the Sony. In terms of IQ, the Nikon JPGs are a little nicer than the Sony JPGs, but if you decide to use RAW to process your images, you are going to have a hard time picking one over the other.

Or maybe it's not that much of a difference to justify the hassle of selling it? I know the Nikon kit lens is much better than Sony's kit lens and I can use it for a long time before considering buying a new lens.

It's an interchangeable lens camera. If you are planning to use a single lens and don't want to change lenses, you might actually be better served with a large sensored superzoom. There are a few out there now that are pretty good.....

There are also other advantages to the Sony....if you decide to give manual focusing a try, you can buy a whole lot of legacy or vintage manual focus lenses for not a lot of investment, and they will work quite well with inexpensive adapters. You can't do that with the Nikon....

A camera with IBIS like a smaller- size Sony A body or an A43 might be better if you want to stabilize the manual lenses. If you are shooting with Sony E-mount OSS lenses, then you will be OK.

A question for you Jalywol....? How well did IBIS work on M43 for people with Olympus cameras...do you remember anyone reporting about this, perhaps on the M43 forum?

Sorry for the questions sounds stupid. It's my first time buying an ILC

Not stupid questions. You are trying to figure out the right thing for you. It's a lot of information to work your way through when you are new at it.

-J

 

[captura]

Thank you. Lesson learnt, the hard way.
But do you think getting the a6000 is a better choice, in term of features and IQ?

I would never have bought a DSLR. I've owned both a D200 and D90, and once I went to mirrorless (I used M43 for almost 4 years and now have an A7), I NEVER went back. DSLRs feel like large dinosaurs to me now.

The only thing that DSLRs are better at overall is continuous tracking autofocus. Otherwise, you have more flexibility with the Sony. In terms of IQ, the Nikon JPGs are a little nicer than the Sony JPGs, but if you decide to use RAW to process your images, you are going to have a hard time picking one over the other.

Or maybe it's not that much of a difference to justify the hassle of selling it? I know the Nikon kit lens is much better than Sony's kit lens and I can use it for a long time before considering buying a new lens.

It's an interchangeable lens camera. If you are planning to use a single lens and don't want to change lenses, you might actually be better served with a large sensored superzoom. There are a few out there now that are pretty good.....

There are also other advantages to the Sony....if you decide to give manual focusing a try, you can buy a whole lot of legacy or vintage manual focus lenses for not a lot of investment, and they will work quite well with inexpensive adapters. You can't do that with the Nikon....

A camera with IBIS like a smaller- size Sony A body or an A43 might be better if you want to stabilize the manual lenses. If you are shooting with Sony E-mount OSS lenses, then you will be OK.

A question for you Jalywol....? How well did IBIS work on M43 for people with Olympus cameras...do you remember anyone reporting about this, perhaps on the M43 forum?

The 5 axis IBIS that Olympus introduced with the EM5 a couple of years ago is downright remarkable. It really is quite amazing to be able to hand hold to VERY slow shutter speeds and still get sharp results. Currently, the EP5, EM1 and EM5 have this IBIS, and the EM10 and EM7 have a slightly less expensive version of it that is almost as good. The IBIS in all of the other Oly cameras is a more traditional type, and it is not nearly as good (the IBIS in the Panasonic GX7 is most similar to the traditional Oly version, not the 5 axis, also).

It's really quite an impressively good bit of technology. If Sony could figure out how to put that into the A7 series cameras, they would have quite a winner there.

-J

Thanks and my humble apogies here, Jalywol. I meant to ask you about how effective was IBIS for dealing with people with shaky hands, etc. like the OP I believe? As opposed to Sony-E type OSS?

Steve

 

[blink667]

Stop lamenting, read the manual and learn how to use the camera. The 5300 is an excellent tool and is a great starter if you know very little about photography. And you'll now have access to a fair amount of accessories and lenses that the Sony system is lacking. I would have bought the 6000, but there's something about Nikon color that's a little less "digital" looking.