Comments on: use what you have — the sony nex-5n/2023/02/20/use-what-you-have-the-sony-nex-5n/various and sundry notionsFri, 24 Feb 2023 13:24:39 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Not half bad… – Wolfgang Lonien/2023/02/20/use-what-you-have-the-sony-nex-5n/comment-page-1/#comment-1711Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:24:39 +0000/?p=10726#comment-1711[…] William Beebe, recently wrote in a series of articles titled “Use what you have” (part 1 and 2) about some cameras and phones, and that he’s tired of RAW processing and mostly uses […]

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By: whbeebe/2023/02/20/use-what-you-have-the-sony-nex-5n/comment-page-1/#comment-1708Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:50:17 +0000/?p=10726#comment-1708In reply to Marc Beebe.

It is the hard part. And it’s hard in my case because I keep drifting away from the desire to make photographs. It’s in part due to having to remember how to properly operate the device, and even more, going through the post processing to make the image “right” or “better,” whatever “right” or “better” may mean. Instead I’ve been re-learning the subtle nuances of the camera, and basically setting it up so that all I have to do is point and shoot. Composition and paying attention to lighting is still important, but there’s no reason why I have to do much on the camera besides setting it on aperture priority and may give the EV a nudge plus or minus. As for post processing I don’t capture anything in RAW anymore, preferring to live with the JPEG output. I also do a lot of in-camera curation. The tools for “chimping” or viewing in the camera are ample enough that I can toss the really bad ones. I then wait a bit longer to determine the real keepers.

What I also found in the cabinet behind where the Sony sat was a Fotodiox Sony to Olympus OM Zuiko lens adapter. I’ve used that in the past as well with my OM Zuiko 50mm/1.4, and I’ll use it again. It gives me a manual focus 75mm short portrait lens equivalent.

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By: Marc Beebe/2023/02/20/use-what-you-have-the-sony-nex-5n/comment-page-1/#comment-1707Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:27:32 +0000/?p=10726#comment-1707Now keep using it! (Yeah, that’s the hard part.)

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