These are fairly common problems with the cheaper lenses, by the way. It focuses somewhat slow, and has trouble getting autofocus in low light or indoor situations. It will degrade quickly in low light though. In the case of the Tamron 's not a bad lens - best for outdoor use in good light. I know you've heard it before - but it's as true with lenses as with anything I can think of - you get what you pay for! Don't go too cheap with lenses, because the quality will suffer. I freely admit that I'm uneducated about lenses, so please keep it simple. So please, give me your opinions or suggestions. $349 after rebate (I saw this for $50 cheaper at another website, but I have to find it again.) Here are some lenses I am considering at the moment: I take mostly pics of my family, pets, vacation pics, a bit of outdoors stuff, etc. What I'd really like to have is a good, all around lens that I can just leave on the camera for the majority of the time. Plus, I have absolutely no desire to carry a bunch of lenses around. That's the ONLY thing I don't like about my new camera, is the lack of zoom with the kit lens.īecause of budget issues, I don't plan on investing in a ton of glass. I'm coming from a Canon S2, so needless to say, I've been spoiled by the 12x optical zoom that camera has. At the moment, I only have the kit lens, a DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6. I recently got my first DSLR, a Sony A350. There's also a thread on some alpha shots that I'll try and locate and bump up for you to see if you haven't already. Also, for myself I have decided that I also like to turn off the DRO when I am shooting fireworks (and probably any night shots - like the moon), otherwise the camera is working to adjust the shadows to the highlights and that isn't what I am looking for at night.Īre you shooting in Raw or jpeg? Anything more specific you're looking for tips on? There are a few other Sony users on the board with more experience than I so hopefully they'll pop in and help out. First, the SuperSteady Shot function is very helpful on the camera for handheld shots but it is recommended to turn it off when ever you have it mounted on a tripod.
#Sony a350 zoom pro
You mentioned taking firework pics and though I'm far from being a pro I've done that now both at DL and for July 4th so I thought I'd give a couple of tips from what I've experienced. It should be very good for Disney in the daylight and for fireworks too.
It's such a nice compact lens making it a good walk around with lots of reach as well as being wide. I also had the 18-200 lens but then ended up finding a very good deal on an 18-250 and decided to go with the little longer reach but I thought the 18-200 lens took great shots. I picked up the a700 two months ago and have been having a great time with it. Congratulations GoofyG in your new Sony! I'm a newbie to the Sony DSLR's myself.