joshua_danley

Looking at the SLT stuff closely, I guess that I'd be deciding between the A77 Mark II or the older A99. The idea of stepping up to full frame is appealing and I don't think that I'd need the bells and whistles (or price tag) of the A99 Mark II. So many decisions...

Thanks for the insight Colin. I'll have to take a close look at the SLT line

Thanks for the response John. The A900 seems to be able to be had pretty reasonably. I'll take a look and see how that stocks up with the other models still taking the alpha mount.

As an addendum to the above, I've looked into the A77, A77ii, A99, and A99ii. I'm not sure if there are other models that I should be looking into. I believe these all still take the alpha mount lenses. Any opinions on what would be a reasonable upgrade from this batch coming from the A700. Budget is something around $1500-2000 but I could stretch it if there was something compelling for me to do so.

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.