This is just the latest addition to my Minolta/Sony collection. My first camera was a Minolta rangfinder. I still have an XE/1 I got new in 1976, a Dimage7 (the first consumer 5Mpx camera) that cost the earth and eats rechargable AA batteries alive, an a200 and now this a77. There is a bit more cash in the pipeline so I'll be looking for a reasonably fast telephoto.
Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM maybe. Sony know how to charge for their big glass.
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Not bad.
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Just a quick test. Any longer exposure or higher ISO and I had an almost white sky. It came down to trying to avoid the sodium vapour illumination of the trees on one side, and the eaves on the other.
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(I have some Minolta A-mount lenses for my analog camera body, and wouldn't mind being able to re-use them, but don't want to buy TWO digital cameras).
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Having the image stabilisation in the body means every lens that provides its focal length to the camera automatically gets anti-shake. There are M42-Sony adapters with user specified program chips to fake the data but I can't find ones for T-threads.
I might see if I can get an M/C to A adapter so I can try my 1977 Vivitar Series-1 70-210 constant aperture zoom.
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Ah, a welcome cohort. well done. I have had the a700 for a while now, since they came out, and honestly, it is a great camera.
The only snag with anything other than mainstream is the availability of software as RG pointed out.
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Gary, I just wish Sony would release an SDK and add remote control to the non-pro cameras. All the a200 accessories fit too, including e-bay sourced intervalometer and lightning trigger.
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Sony = Konica Minolta once upon a time.
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And just Minolta before Konica bought them out when Minolta lost a patent war.