NickCyprus
Super Moderator
Hi,
first of all, please excuse possible spelling mistakes etc - since English isn't my native language (I'm from Cyprus btw)
Let me start by saying that I very new to photography and bought my Nex-5 two months ago (bought it used for a bargain price
)
During this time, I've read a lot of the theoritical/technical aspects of photography and I feel that I've learned a lot more than what I used to know...
Basic Photography Tips | Photography Tutorials | Geofflawrence.com
(this helped a lot to understand terms like "composition", "exposure", "DOF", "aperture" etc and how to use them)
I always wanted a better camera to replace the p&s and the reason was because I wanted to produce better photos.
I know that I'm never gonna be a PRO or anything and that isn't my intention. I just want to produce better photos for me.
Photography feels to me very relaxing but it can be frustrating when the quality isn't good or isn't getting better, lol
So, basically I wanted to ask
1) if its possible to produce quality/"professional" photos with the SEL18-55mm zoom kit lens? Because this lens is what I'm gonna be using more (ultimately I want to buy an 18-200mm lens for the all-in-one convinience).
And 2) is it possible to get quality/pro photos WITHOUT editing/processing them in LR or other programms?
(I know I should be shooting RAW for better images and its something I could try out eventually. Also, I do have Sony's RAW Image Data Converter which if I'm not mistaked is similar to Lightroom???)
Could I see some examples?
I know that most of you guys and girls here are professionals and/or very experienced - I hope a noob like me here doesn't bother you much
Cheers
Nick
first of all, please excuse possible spelling mistakes etc - since English isn't my native language (I'm from Cyprus btw)
Let me start by saying that I very new to photography and bought my Nex-5 two months ago (bought it used for a bargain price
During this time, I've read a lot of the theoritical/technical aspects of photography and I feel that I've learned a lot more than what I used to know...
Basic Photography Tips | Photography Tutorials | Geofflawrence.com
(this helped a lot to understand terms like "composition", "exposure", "DOF", "aperture" etc and how to use them)
I always wanted a better camera to replace the p&s and the reason was because I wanted to produce better photos.
I know that I'm never gonna be a PRO or anything and that isn't my intention. I just want to produce better photos for me.
Photography feels to me very relaxing but it can be frustrating when the quality isn't good or isn't getting better, lol
So, basically I wanted to ask
1) if its possible to produce quality/"professional" photos with the SEL18-55mm zoom kit lens? Because this lens is what I'm gonna be using more (ultimately I want to buy an 18-200mm lens for the all-in-one convinience).
And 2) is it possible to get quality/pro photos WITHOUT editing/processing them in LR or other programms?
(I know I should be shooting RAW for better images and its something I could try out eventually. Also, I do have Sony's RAW Image Data Converter which if I'm not mistaked is similar to Lightroom???)
Could I see some examples?
I know that most of you guys and girls here are professionals and/or very experienced - I hope a noob like me here doesn't bother you much
Cheers
Nick