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Hello from Spain, this is my first post on this forum and as you can see I´m a total noob!
I need to decide on which camera to buy as I´m going on a cruise to (try) and see the northern lights in a weeks time.
I know both of these cameras are very different, but that´s what is making it so hard to decide.
I have always felt like I would like to learn photography, but as I have never had a camera to try, I don´t know if I will have the patience or time to really learn and enjoy this hobby.
The main first reason to buy a camera is to take pictures of the northern lights, and afterwards try and enjoy learning about photography.
As I´m not sure if I will really have the patience to take this hobby on, I would like a camera that I could also use for "normal holiday photos" (if the learning didn´t get anywhere)
I first looked at the Sony a6000 and the Olympus OM-D E-M10 II, but decided towards the Sony because I read a lot about the a6000 being better in low light and higher iso.
I spoke to somebody that I know and that is an expert, and he told me to get the Panasonic Dmc-fz1000 as he had it for his "holidays with wife" and used it a lot when he didn´t want to carry his dslr with all it´s lenses around.
He said that with the Sony I would have to buy lots of lenses to do the same I could do with the Fz1000.
After reading a lot about northern light photography and also the fz1000 I´ve come to the conclusion that the fz with it´s shorter focal length (not sure if this is the way you say it) might not be that great for the photos I want to take.
Against it is also the weight and size, as if I use it in the future as a "normal holiday camera" I think I might get tired of carrying it around.
The other option that I´ve been thinking about is to buy the Sony A6000 and as well as the kit lens (that most people seem to dislike) get a sigma 19 f2,8 for the northern light photos (and maybe some others) and use the 16-50 included in the kit for holiday photos as well as learning and in the future if I get hooked on this hobby invest in a Zeiss 16-70 or any other lens.
There is also available in Spain a kit with the 16-50 and 55-210, maybe this with the sigma 19 f2.8 would be a good option for northern lights, learning and holiday photos.
This is slightly out of budget, but if it´s worth while I might go for it.
An important question is: for the "normal holiday photos" would the 16-50 be enough?
As I said before I don´t want to carry a lot of weight or lenses around on holidays.
I hope all this makes sense, and please forgive me if I didn´t express myself in the correct terms. As you can see, I´m "almost" totally lost in this amazing world of photography!
I have to order the camera by tomorrow to get it in time, so I would be very grateful for any suggestions or help
I need to decide on which camera to buy as I´m going on a cruise to (try) and see the northern lights in a weeks time.
I know both of these cameras are very different, but that´s what is making it so hard to decide.
I have always felt like I would like to learn photography, but as I have never had a camera to try, I don´t know if I will have the patience or time to really learn and enjoy this hobby.
The main first reason to buy a camera is to take pictures of the northern lights, and afterwards try and enjoy learning about photography.
As I´m not sure if I will really have the patience to take this hobby on, I would like a camera that I could also use for "normal holiday photos" (if the learning didn´t get anywhere)
I first looked at the Sony a6000 and the Olympus OM-D E-M10 II, but decided towards the Sony because I read a lot about the a6000 being better in low light and higher iso.
I spoke to somebody that I know and that is an expert, and he told me to get the Panasonic Dmc-fz1000 as he had it for his "holidays with wife" and used it a lot when he didn´t want to carry his dslr with all it´s lenses around.
He said that with the Sony I would have to buy lots of lenses to do the same I could do with the Fz1000.
After reading a lot about northern light photography and also the fz1000 I´ve come to the conclusion that the fz with it´s shorter focal length (not sure if this is the way you say it) might not be that great for the photos I want to take.
Against it is also the weight and size, as if I use it in the future as a "normal holiday camera" I think I might get tired of carrying it around.
The other option that I´ve been thinking about is to buy the Sony A6000 and as well as the kit lens (that most people seem to dislike) get a sigma 19 f2,8 for the northern light photos (and maybe some others) and use the 16-50 included in the kit for holiday photos as well as learning and in the future if I get hooked on this hobby invest in a Zeiss 16-70 or any other lens.
There is also available in Spain a kit with the 16-50 and 55-210, maybe this with the sigma 19 f2.8 would be a good option for northern lights, learning and holiday photos.
This is slightly out of budget, but if it´s worth while I might go for it.
An important question is: for the "normal holiday photos" would the 16-50 be enough?
As I said before I don´t want to carry a lot of weight or lenses around on holidays.
I hope all this makes sense, and please forgive me if I didn´t express myself in the correct terms. As you can see, I´m "almost" totally lost in this amazing world of photography!
I have to order the camera by tomorrow to get it in time, so I would be very grateful for any suggestions or help