Photographers say it’s not the hardware but the skill in the photographer that will bring out quality photos. To a certain extent that’s true. If you don’t know basics of working with light, balance, framing and subject matter your lot of photos will look like grandma’s scrap book.
However, I’ve been up inspired with the quality of pictures I’ve been taking given the basic lens kit I have when I purchased this camera last year. The clarity and consistency of the photos taken with the stock lens have been disappointing. So I shopped and settled on a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 as a new “walking around lens” primarily to improve my night photography, landscapes, and low light (indoor) shots – which I tend to take quite a bit these days. I also like the ability to f-stop down to 1.4 now (check the muffin/tea shot as an example).
Here’s the first two of many photos to be taken at Joe’s coffee shop on Waverly in NY:
