Hello everyone. I've been away for a long time but still use my camera regularly, particularly for taking photos of my other hobby. I started out on the Minolta Maxxum series of cameras and have a Maxxum 7 and a 7D that I haven't used in forever. Since the late 1990s, I have accumulated a lot of Minolta glass. When Sony bought Minolta out, I upgraded to a second hand A700 and have been using that ever since. It felt comfortable to me coming from the 7 and 7D. I believe that body is now something like 10 years old. It is working well enough still but I got to wondering....
The landscape out there seems very different than the last time I checked into the market. There have been a lot of advances and I'm a bit confused about them all. Seems most of these advances have left my legacy Minolta glass in the past. My questions is this... If I were to upgrade my camera body, which Sony model would be my best bet to allow me to continue to use my current lens line-up? I'd rather not have to invest in all new glass. I like the Minolta quality that I get. That warmth is something I appreciate as today's lenses seem more sterile feeling. I'm looking for something with solid performance and a good lay out of controls but I'd rather not have to use adapters. I don't need any of the fancy video capabilities today's cameras have.
Here is my current inventory of Minolta Glass (as an aside, I haven't bought a new lens in at least 10 years and I love of these all but can't believe the bargain basement prices Minolta glass is going for on eBay these days)
-24-50mm f4
-28-85mm f3.5-4.5
-28-135mm f4-4.5
-35-70mm f4
-35-105mm f3.5-4.5
-70-210mm f4
-100-200mm f4.5
-100-300m APO f4.5-5.6
-28mm f2.8
-50mm f1.7
-50mm f1.4
-100mm f2.8
-135mm f2.8
I'd really like to hear your input and thanks in advance.