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learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh

grassy gnoll posted:

My plan is to take pictures of still objects from fairly close up, mostly scale models and the occasional cat or human.

I found a reasonably good price for a Sony A77 and a 35mm f/1.8 lens. One of my friends is really ride-or-die for Fuji and is recommending a X-T1 and the Fujinon 23mm f/2 lens, on the grounds that the Fuji film gimmicks will give better color results. If I decide to start shooting things that aren't staged lumps of plastic, the Fuji definitely seems like less of a pain to haul around.

Are either of these options terrible choices, and if I'm pretty comfortable doing post-processing work, is the Fuji genuinely going to make a difference as far as color reproduction goes?

I’m hugely massively late to the party, if you went with Sony then the Sony 35mm 2.8 macro lens on any model post A37 is extraordinary good value for money and will do exactly what you want - the complaint with it is that it’s not very good for bugs, but anything still and for close up portraits it’s a cracking lens, plus it’s £150 new and £70 second hand.

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