This is one of those, “If I were a reasonable man.”, scenarios.
As in, if I were a reasonable man I would use this digital rig every day instead of film.
Other lenses, including Sony 50mm-ish AF lenses, would do just fine also. As I have stated previously I did not get this camera at first but it has proven to be an all-time favorite.
I already wrote about this camera many times before but in short:
- It has provided rock solid shot capturing consistency that eventually displaced a beloved DSLR.
- Does the above in a full frame package barely larger than Sony’s own compact APS-C cameras.
It catches flack for its EVF and old menu structure, but it is my most used digital camera ever even including cameras I have owned much longer. I hear an A7C II is on the way, but I am quite happy with this one and do not see myself upgrading. Similar to how my long-standing A7III did, I see the A7C hanging around for a few more years.
Took me a long time to get this lens but I really like it.
- What was once a very expensive lens for its spec (Personal opinion. My own issue. I will own it.) years later is now quite a good deal used.
- Small in size and weight with image quality rivaling much larger and heavier lenses.
Put them together and you not only find a very relatively small and light pairing…
Sidebar: I noted something Father’s Day. When I handed this pairing off to my wife when my kids insisted that I get into the shot she said something.
“Wow. This is light.”
Why is this significant? This is a fast 50mm-ish lens and full frame camera with stellar focusing that is very user friendly. A far cry from the much loved melee weapon of a DSLR it replaced. Mission accomplished. And we are back in 3, 2, 1…
…but an image capturing solution that makes a suitable alternative for my beloved film cameras. No small feat. So once I ran through the film I had on me I pivoted to this set up. One could argue that I could have used this alone if I were a reasonable man. But as I have repeated often in this space that does not apply here.
No special event. This time around I decided to use this as my carry around image capturing dealie. Have already gone back to film, more on that soon, but it served its purpose well.
On to the images.
Photo sidebar: Our daughter took a picture of me taking a picture of my wife.
Result? Logic screams, just use this camera and lens would you!
My internal nonsensical film head… Nope.
In fact, I went through a roll of film in the middle of this photo run.
I keep reminding myself that this is not a this or that, but a this and that kind of a thing. I do not have to choose one over the other and I will not.
There are photos I quite honestly would not have created above had I been using film. Either the method of capture was beyond the technical capabilities of film cameras.
There are film exposures that would not have been as special to me or I would not have ever thought to capture had I been using digital.
Logic has nothing to do with it.
-ELW
Eric L. Woods 