I'm having a bad day. Only 10 days until my departure to Morocco, and now my Sony NEX-6 camera, the one I was planning to take, is refusing to recognize its own lens. This is the same lens it's been using for over a year with no problems. After trying foreign-language tech "support" (what a misnomer!), hours of online troubleshooting, and much cleaning, re-connecting and re-booting, I've given up.
I think I can hear my neighbor Jon snickering. He's not a fan of Sony cameras, but this has been a great little camera up till now. It has interchangeable lenses, a compact mirrorless design, a big sensor, viewfinder, it shoots in RAW, and takes great photos. But I admit that none of this matters if it doesn't want to play with its own lens.
I'm still weighing my options, but I think I'll take it with its 55-210 lens (which apparently it has no quarrel with), and a tiny Sony RX100-II that will give me the focal length of the NEX lens that went bad. Two cameras? Yes, because now Sony can't be trusted. Jon, I should have listened!
I think I can hear my neighbor Jon snickering. He's not a fan of Sony cameras, but this has been a great little camera up till now. It has interchangeable lenses, a compact mirrorless design, a big sensor, viewfinder, it shoots in RAW, and takes great photos. But I admit that none of this matters if it doesn't want to play with its own lens.
I'm still weighing my options, but I think I'll take it with its 55-210 lens (which apparently it has no quarrel with), and a tiny Sony RX100-II that will give me the focal length of the NEX lens that went bad. Two cameras? Yes, because now Sony can't be trusted. Jon, I should have listened!