Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The Bumblebee Cam

Pentax K-01, with 18-55mm kit lens ($799)

Beary, "Such a pretty thing!"
Ric, "They called Bumblebee. Like it?" Beary kept nodding.

I played with the Bee for a day and night, liking its very real sound of photo shutter, akin to old films loaded cameras. Auto focusing was tad noisy and a little slow despite its 81-points of autofocusing; the NEX-5N had but 25-points. A better choice of lens was thought to improve the situation.

Low light autofocusing was challenging; the LED assist lamp was the saving grace. And i was trying to keep my dirty fingers away from its attractive yellow body, of good feel rubbery grip.

This was an occasional fling, away from NEX.

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