WordPress Core Meetup, Tybee Island, GA
After beating ourselves up on the skating rink, we hauled our battered bodies out to grab a drink at Huc-a-Poos (a Tybee staple with a cringe-worthy website). The first order of business was to pay our respects to the Devil Box, a laptop pinned to the wall by a giant nail.
We avoided any developer sacrifice and settled on the back porch. A pitcher of margaritas, a friendly game of ring toss, and a band with a voice made of wheels on gravel. Bruises soothed by buzz and makeshift icepack cups. I grabbed Mark’s camera and began snapping photos.
Upon returning the wonder-machine, Mark turned to me and said,
“You’re a grown up. You have a job with a salary. You play with every camera you see. Buy one already.”
He has a point.
I’m leaning toward the Nikon D7000 with a 35mm f/1.8 DX lens, though the portability (and price) of the Sony NEX 5N is tempting.
Any suggestions?
If you want the portability of the Nex but you want to get closer to the quality of the Nikon, the Nex 7 with the Carl Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 ( 35mm equiv. 36mm ) seems a good alternative.
It would also almost cost the price of the nikon though…
Ooh, thanks! I thought the Zeiss lens only went down to f/2.8 (looks like I was thinking of the pancake). Together, the NEX 7 and that lens cost about 1.5x the D7000 + 35mm f/1.8… and that extra bit could buy a decent piece of glass. Hopefully I can find a NEX 7 so I can play around a bit.
A pretty deep review: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sony_nex_7_rolling_review.shtml
( For the record, I am thinking about getting one myself, but it looks like it will be only in february in Europe so if you get to try one I am really interested in your opinion )