On March 15th, 2025, I decided to restart my photography hobby by purchasing a brand-new A6700 Sony camera suitable for taking photos and videos.
Kalen purchased it from Aden Camera at Pacific Mall with a small discount. The total cost, including taxes, amounted to $2,487.10. The photo of it on the right is with my iPhone 16 Pro.
This is not going to be a review of the product. Others have already done an exhaustive review of this camera. No point for me to duplicate their work. I doubt I will be able to add anything new. I will, however, share some of the photos that I took with this camera. These first batches were with the 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS Sony Kit Lens.
The first photo is of my wife busy with cooking dinner while I just completed my unboxing. The others were taken in a dark bedroom using a light baton that was a Zhou Shen (周深) concert souvenir.
I then supplement the original kit with a few lens purchases:
- VILTROX 28mm F4.5 FE Lens 28mm f4.5 Pancake
- VILTROX 23mm f/1.4 F1.4 E Lens
- Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC RXD Lens
The new camera can also reuse my old Sony NEX5-N lenses, which are:
- Sony E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
- Sony E 55–210 mm F4.5-6.3 OSS
For the above lens, some Auto Focus modes do not work, such as continuous AF. This is no big deal; I just switch it to single-shot AF mode.
With the above lenses to play with, I started to take some photos. The first batch is from the recent ice storm that we had.
The next set of photos is of our cat, Darci.
Finally, the next set is a collection of photos taken during my neighbourly walk just 2 days after the ice storm.
I will do a separate post on videos.