Why I Chose a Mirrorless Camera (Some Anecdotal Advice for Selecting Your First Camera)
Camera shopping is intimidating.
If you’re new to the game and don’t know what image sensor size or ISO have to do with anything, and you don’t know what you want out of a camera other than really good pictures (that was me, three months ago), it can be downright overwhelming.
And before you even get to comparing specifications—24.1 MB. 16 MB. APC-S Sensor. Micro Four-Thirds. Hybrid AF system with 25 contrast-detect and 179 phase-detect points—you have to figure out what kind of camera you want. A cost-effective point-and-shoot, a compact but powerful mirrorless camera, a big bad DSLR…
In this post, I’ll share some of the thought processes and research I went through in choosing my Sony a6000 mirrorless camera. Everyone shopping for a new camera has to figure out what is best for them, of course—and I’d recommend doing a lot more research on the topic before you decide—but I hope that my experience will help new or inexperienced camera-buyers identify some of the factors that go into finding the right camera for you.
Episode 3: In Which We Cram all of our Italian ‘Tourism’ into Two Short Weekends
Diner melodies with an electro-twang and a gust of air conditioning beckoned to us from the sweltering Venice walkway along the Giudecca Canal and lured us into a technicolor rabbit…
Pasture Hopping in Howard County
Though I didn’t know I was hiring, I have found myself a model, a critic, and a creative director. His name is Landen, and he just turned 7. He’s very good…
Episode 2: In Which I Walk to Town Uphill Both Ways, but I’m in Italy so it’s Okay
My husband, Josh, his fellow K-State mathie, Alex, and I arrived in Cortona by train a little after midnight. Still five miles away from our hotel, with no more cell service or data, no more buses running, and—as we learned after feeding the payphone a hearty chunk of change—no taxis, either.
A Case for the Dusty In-Between
Why everyone should take a detour every now and then. Five years ago, I spent six weeks in Ireland on an undergraduate research abroad grant. Caught up in a kind of whirlwind adventure…
Episode 1 (Part 2): In Which I Embrace Chaos and Dream a Little Dream
Three toddlers are intent on climbing up the slide of my sister’s backyard jungle gym (at the same time, of course). I have my camera in one hand, while the other is poised to prevent falls from all the…
Episode 1 (Part 1): In Which I Get a New Camera and Go a Little Nuts
The crisp schtlicka of my Sony a6000’s shutter button may be the most satisfying sound ever created. Sure, it’s only a middle-grade mirrorless camera, and when I bought it I didn’t yet…