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| Sony E-Mount 16mm f/2.8 |
First, if you think you might learn something here, you’ll probably be disappointed. Sorry about that. 🙂
This is a camera lens. It sucks in the light from in front of the lens, flips it around upside down and backwards, and focuses it on a small area behind. We’ll call this area the sensor (could be digital – could be film).
Now, in this photo, you may notice that something is missing . . . you got it, the camera! More specifically, however, the missing piece is my “next” camera, the Sony NEX-7.
I used to have the NEX-5N and loved that camera. Like new lovers, every time I saw it I could hardly keep my hands off of it. ☺ It is very small and takes wonderful images, but I found I can’t live without a viewfinder. After using one for about 50 years, I may not be able to adapt to just using the screen for all of my photo work. . . but that’s just me.
Unfortunately, I had to sell the 5N to begin to raise money for my “next” camera. If you’ve known me very long, you would also know that I do that quite often. I’m sort of a borderline compulsive switcher when it comes to camera gear.
So, that brings us to my next camera, the NEX-7. There are several reasons I decided to do this upgrade:
• The viewfinder – electronic, but very well done.
• built in flash (plus a hot-shoe)
• better camera controls – Sony calls them “Tri-Navi”
• 24 Megapixels
• Size – slightly larger than the 5N, but still very small
The sad news is – I probably won’t get this “new toy” for another month. I’ve been looking since before Christmas and was finally able to preorder it about 10 days ago, but still have some time left to “anticipate”.
