Trbo323
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Ok so long story short I am going into photography and will be studying it at college starting in the Fall, I have already taken a few classes at a community college and have a sony A-300 (not the newest style body, but i dont know if that changes anything) with a sigma 18-200 on it, for a graduation present from the community college my parents basically said i could choose a gift for myself so i settled on a fish eye lens and have a few questions
first, i know the sony DSLRs are not the most popular cameras out there so i was wondering if you think this A-300 will be able to cut it for the long run or if another sony camera will because i dont want to get down the road, have 8 lenses and decide a nikon or a cannon is the way to go and none of my lenses will mount to them, if another sony alpha series will work then thats great i can worry about that when the time comes but if getting something else now would be the smart move i may do that with this graduation present, sell the a-300 and use that money to get a fish eye for the new camera instead
secondly, price needs to be under 1k, i know some fish eyes produce round images, i want a rectangular image, i know there were terms for that but i forgot what they were, a little help there would be appreciated. I would like to get a full 180 degrees horizontally but would go to around 160 at bare minimum, i dont think id like a 120 though, doesnt seem fish eye enough if you know what i mean, macro would be a plus (idk if some are not macros or not) but not absolutely needed, iv seen a few that are MF only and would like to keep AF but if i cant to keep it under 1k then i cant
I think that pretty much explains my situation, I am working at a summer camp right now so I will only be able to get on on the weekends, so my responses may be a bit spread out
thanks for any help as the camera jockeys at the local shops seem to know little to nothing about fish eye lenses
first, i know the sony DSLRs are not the most popular cameras out there so i was wondering if you think this A-300 will be able to cut it for the long run or if another sony camera will because i dont want to get down the road, have 8 lenses and decide a nikon or a cannon is the way to go and none of my lenses will mount to them, if another sony alpha series will work then thats great i can worry about that when the time comes but if getting something else now would be the smart move i may do that with this graduation present, sell the a-300 and use that money to get a fish eye for the new camera instead
secondly, price needs to be under 1k, i know some fish eyes produce round images, i want a rectangular image, i know there were terms for that but i forgot what they were, a little help there would be appreciated. I would like to get a full 180 degrees horizontally but would go to around 160 at bare minimum, i dont think id like a 120 though, doesnt seem fish eye enough if you know what i mean, macro would be a plus (idk if some are not macros or not) but not absolutely needed, iv seen a few that are MF only and would like to keep AF but if i cant to keep it under 1k then i cant
I think that pretty much explains my situation, I am working at a summer camp right now so I will only be able to get on on the weekends, so my responses may be a bit spread out
thanks for any help as the camera jockeys at the local shops seem to know little to nothing about fish eye lenses