Nigel, I think that there are several ways of looking at this dilemma. Both tend to start with "why"? For someone who is steeped in the craft, you know you were giving up certain aspects of your photography by going to a fixed lens. SONY does make it attractive with the loads of technology packed in, but if image quality is your passion, smaller sensors and non prime lenses were eventually not making the final cut. That being said, the convenience of NOT lugging around tons of extemporaneous weight is usually the reason a pro sizes down. Someone new to the craft is already in over their head with all that ANY advanced camera requires, definitely does NOT want to be carrying and changing lenses and thus approaches the solution from a very different place. I own an RX-10iv bought recently (2024), and a Sony A77, and a Canon SX-60, and Nikon P900. I use each of them for what I intend to shoot or how I am feeling on a given day. That way I remain happy with them all, and although one ALWAYS mourns a shot you may have gotten from a different camera, it is lessened by using different cameras on different occasions.

Beautiful place!

Ox Eye Daisy, Dog Daisy, Moon Daisy, lots of different names of our wild white daisies.

Love The Foreground & Chapel.Well Worth Another Visit With A Clear Sky. Weather So Unpredictable At Present ,Nevertheless Successful outcome Considering. With Added Bonus of Barn Owl

Well done, that's a nice location.

Very nice info Nigel master at work!

How do you let it focus on a starry sky on a moonless night? I am unable to. Tried the focus magnifier including yellow peaking color. It simply does not show peaking color on stars. If I focus it on infinity it is still unsharp.

Tighten it up man, 90% of this video is not related to the audio.

Really appreciate this tutorial, but I just don't know Photoshop enough to understand what's going on, I'm a Lightroom 100% process guy, but would love to learn PS, just don't have the time or need unless I do night sky images, focus stacks etc. I think I could do focus stacks in PS since it is a much easier process.

Nice Tutorial Nigel. Unfortunately unable to follow This As I Run Affinity Photo,Need To Find Someone With Affinity To Go Through Same Procedures

I saw something you did not comment on, perhaps because it is obvious, but here goes: I thought the Landscape shot taken with the Sony left me wanting more detail. For the long reach yes, for friends & family yes; star shots no, landscapes no -- w/o the fancy stacking. I'd like to see a sunlit stacked landscape shot; I wonder if that might look better? Just FYI.

Thanks, looking forward to the next video.

Not watched yet!! just spotted the title!! Excellent, been looking forward too this one!!

Nice video Nigel,looking forward to seeing the follow on

Some of the best bluebell images I've seen this year, you were fortunate.

Hi Nigel, you may want to check out the new viltrox 16mm 1.8 autofocus lens. It is priced very reasonably, it has AF and works quite decently for astro.

Thank you for the video Nigel, great job as always..I find your vlogs relaxing, inclusive and easy to watch..The Bluebell wood that I have used in the past is West Woods just outside Marlborough in Wiltshire..you can get a very nice display of Bluebells here with quite a clear foreground if you look around..Also close by is the mighty Savernake Forest with all its mighty named Oaks..although not renowned for its bluebells..I now live up in the north east so have had to find new woods to photograph. Up here the bluebell season was at least 2 to 3 weeks later than down south, they only reached there peak really in the 1st week of May up here..

Great Camera. What's your idea about it in 2024?

There is also another reason and that is, a number of 'KZfaq Professionals', have large ego's(and to a point narsisistic) and have formed cliques, and for that reason want to keep certtain things/places to themselves. I've even heard of phototographers complaining that someone else has 'stolen their shot/composition/piece of ground in a national park, which is ridiculous. Just discovered your channel, It's always good to find other photographers and look forward to exploring your more.

Nice video 👍

Nice website with great photos. Just one point when I was looking on my phone it seems like the “View Gallery” tabs refer to the photos below when they were for the ones above. It’s probably just me being an idiot but good job anyway 🙂👍😊

Great content 👍

amazing view🎉

what a beautiful video! thanks for sharing your journey!

lovely shots

Beautiful shots Nigel! Thnx!

I have been using both Nikon z7 and Sony a7r3 for landscape photography for a long time. From my personal experience, overall Nikon is more suitable for landscape photography than Sony.

Thanks for the headsup! gained clarity about the product!

Very helpful

Lovely shots…have a great holiday 🙂👍

Love it❤️

Lovley video thank you ❤

Wow. Stunning

Thank you fir the video .❤❤

Helpful

Beautiful shots Nigel!. Always a plaisure to see your video's..

I really enjoyed watching this video

Great vids

Best photography..,❤️❤️❤️ loved it

Finally everything came together. Took a lot of work and dedication, congratulations.

Nice

So beautiful

Nice landscapes

Beautiful view..❤

Amazing

Are you any relation to David?

Beautiful Vue 😮❤

Lovely 😊

Helpful video

Nice ❤