by Anura Guruge
Click pictures to ENLARGE.
First 4 pictures — 001 to 004.
Shot as a full-resolution JPEG
6000 x 4000 (4.9MB)
but reduced here to
1600 x 1067 (434KB).
No post-processing.
Straight-out-of-camera JPEG.
EXIF data from tools.science.si showing that this camera was BRAND new; i.e., no previous shutter actuations. That is a RELIEF. I am happy. I always worry that I might end up getting a previously used camera sold as ‘new’. Not so in this case.
I bought it from Amazon (given my wonderful relationship with them) though it was supplied by Cameta Camera as a bundle. I have a history with Cameta and I thought long and hard about it. The bundle was worth getting IF nothing else but for the ‘free’ Sony 64GB SD card, battery and Vivitar filters.
It worked out. I am HAPPY.
So on the first picture, i.e., ‘001’, it was ZERO shutter actuations.
Being I, I checked it on the 5th picture too. Shutter actuations are counted starting at 0. Hence why it is ‘4’ rather than ‘5’.
Did I say I was HAPPY?
Click to ENLARGE and admire here.
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Unpacking the Sony a7 II …
Getting this Sony a7 II was a BIG DEAL for I!
Why?
Because it has taken me 1 year and 7 months to make this move!
Yes, 1 year and 7 months.
I reluctantly returned my 27-day old Sony a7 II on September 24, 2015 because I ran into a file-corruption issue.
From then onwards I have been procrastinating about my NEXT BIG camera.
I was, to be honest, waiting for the Fuji XT-2. Then I decided I did NOT like Fuji.
So …
That is how I ended up with the Sony a7 II.
So far, I am happy with it.
It has quite the FEEL. It feels like a REAL camera. It has all the dials and buttons I like.
Very satisfying shutter CLUNK.
It is big and heavy. So I still have to get a Sony a6500 to take to shows etc.
So, this was day 1. Hopefully I will keep this camera for some time. {SMILE}
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by Anura Guruge