Sunday, May 20, 2012

Shots with my NEX-3

A camera which I used for less than a year. The Sony NEX-3. Although it was pretty much capable of producing some very nice pictures, it was a drag to manual focus (even with peaking focus). Plus, some of my pictures looked perfectly sharp on the screen (which is also terrible if you're used to a viewfinder. I even wished for my Canon 350D in low light scenery) but when viewed back on my computer screen the focus once so perfect was gone. But nevertheless, it served as a nice novice camera. Below are some pics shot with the NEX-3.



On this pic you can see the "out-of-focus" problem which I mentioned. And serious, on the screen it looked perfect.




I like this one. This was shot at Koog Zaandijk, near "De Zaansche Schans". Shot has been processed with Picasa.

New information sign. Funny it says via Castricum, Alkmaar... That's the only way to go to Den Helder by train. No other secret route that I know of.




Lazy cat. This was shot manual focus. It worked nice but I had enough time to focus.

Boring, but it helps you enjoy the mediocre pictures more.


Built in FX on the NEX. Just green.




Or high pola...

One of my favorite settings. High contract B&W. Too bad about the subject. These are just a sample of the built-in fx. You can do it in most editors, like GIMP/Photo/Paintshop but working with built-in effects has something definite to it. To be clear, you select the picture effect and you shoot. Jpeg only :(
So if you have a great subject but your choice of effect doesn't add anything extra... Can't reset it.


Because of a malfunction of the AC, the fire-escape was open giving me a change to make this shot. Was taken with a really cool feature HDR. (Cool for me because it was the first time I used it)

Opposite to the built-in effects, this also shoots a normal unadjusted jpeg. Which is great if you've forgotten to turn it off. It renders the 3 bracket-shot by itself. Sony does a very nice job compared with other camera brands with the same feature.

Construction, construction. They're building a new place for a bank or something like that. No crisis at all.
Shot was taken with a very very nice feature from Sony, Handheld Twilight mode. 6 frames shot at ISO 6400 and camera generates 1 pic. Again, nice.




Local skatey thingy, single shot. After edited with Neat Image.