dslrs Good Choice? Sony A390

[LN20]

Hello, 

I recently bought the Sony A390 as a starting out DSLR as I want to learn.. I was told this is a good camera to start using for beginners are they correct? Also what lens would be good to use that aren't too expensive? I tried it out and like it so far just worried I chose a wrong camera lol

 

Thank You

Let me know if more details are needed.

Lewis!

[Arceles]

On 28/05/2024 at 07:55, LN20 said:

Hello, 

I recently bought the Sony A390 as a starting out DSLR as I want to learn.. I was told this is a good camera to start using for beginners are they correct? Also what lens would be good to use that aren't too expensive? I tried it out and like it so far just worried I chose a wrong camera lol

 

Thank You

Let me know if more details are needed.

Lewis!

As a photographer I can tell you what should be something printed in big letters in the manual of any camera.

The camera is just a tool.

Learn how to use it in manual mode and experiment with some lenses. All cameras will have more or less the same controls (some hide more than others). You will also find that having more than one camera is akin to have more than one tool. The thing is to get the moment with the appropriate tool.

As a suggestion, try to start where everybody starts. Get a nice 50/55 or 35 mm lens and take photos of anything until you feel comfortable using it. use 90+ mm lenses for portraits or anything focused on an object. Try to avoid using zooms, composition largely is influenced by limitations.

That is it, the rest depends on your creativity.

[LN20]

On 28/05/2024 at 15:04, Arceles said:

As a photographer I can tell you what should be something printed in big letters in the manual of any camera.

The camera is just a tool.

Learn how to use it in manual mode and experiment with some lenses. All cameras will have more or less the same controls (some hide more than others)

As a suggestion, try to start where everybody starts. Get a nice 50/55 or 35 mm lens and take photos of anything until you feel comfortable using it. use 90+ mm lenses for portraits or anything focused on an object. Try to avoid using zooms, composition largely is influenced by limitations.

That is it, the rest depends on your creativity.

Ohh okay so the camera is fine? I am new to all this so will take your advice into consideration!

[Arceles]

On 28/05/2024 at 08:09, LN20 said:

Ohh okay so the camera is fine? I am new to all this so will take your advice into consideration!

The camera is fine but the mount its at its end. You can adapt the lenses to newer sony cameras using an adapter though (with some limitations regarding the adapter you buy and the camera you intent to adapt it).

On the positive side the lenses are not as expensive as newest sony E mount (which was introduced quite a while already, but overlapped with A mount until not so much ago) and there are really good lenses there (specially the zeiss ones)

[LN20]

On 28/05/2024 at 15:13, Arceles said:

The camera is fine but the mount its at its end. You can adapt the lenses to newer sony cameras using an adapter though (with some limitations regarding the adapter you buy and the camera you intent to adapt it).

On the positive side the lenses are not as expensive as newest sony E mount (which was introduced quite a while already, but overlapped with A mount until not so much ago) and there are really good lenses there (specially the zeiss ones)

oh okay thats good to hear then! I will look into it more for sure, Thank you for the responses!