scott_lewis3

<p>Hi you can go one steep further and shoot direct to lightroom usinig the tethering software ... the link will show you how to set up a hot watched folder in lightroom and then you set the Sony software to save your tethers photos to that folder. <br /><br />http://www.scottlewisphotography.eu/?p=1286</p>

<p>it takes a few seconds for the photos to show up in your imports but its a cool way to shoot macro or studio stuff so you can check exposure, d.o.f and focus so much better</p>

<p>I have asked nice in the past how I could get my email forwarding from scott@photo.net deleted only to get no reply and my request deleted. so I have decided FLICKR is 1000000000000x better than photo.net but do you think i can fint the delete me button on photo.net ......</p>

<p>IMHO if your using a Carl Zeiss 85mm 1.4 then get a 900 or 850. they cost a lot more but you will get the best form your lens</p>

The live view on the 350 makes it a great camera for close up work but I would think more about a longer macro lens for bugs eg 100mm Sony or 70mm sigma

Hi there is a lot of A700 info here

 

and here

I've used this flash on a lot of different Minolta and Sony cameras and find it a very piratical flash, but is is mostly only a back up for my 5600HSD (or second off shoe flash)

Sigma re-chip those lenses that dont work but there are costs involved and they may no longer have the chips for some lenses

If you want just one lens then I guess the 18-200 would serve you well. Personal I'm not a big fan of zooms that cover such a large range. You have to make compromises in f/, image quality and bokeh. I prefer to use prime lenses or zooms over a shorter range that have a fixed aperture (e.g f2.8 or f4), but I have to take a lot more stuff with me when I got out shooting

Foe a $2-400 DSLR that has image stabilizer you might want to look at a second hand Konica Minolta or Second Hand Sony Alpha 100. Although Sony have just announced the Budget A200 It my be a bit outside your price range

there was a thread somewhere on Flickr about counterfeit Canon Cameras and counterfeit Sandisk CF card. There were also cheap online shops that sold body only deals that were only the body (no batteries charger etc)and if you wanted buy their deal online you had to buy all the other things that would normally come with the camera as well.

your in Luck the Minolta Auto focus lenses work with Konica Minolta and Sony DSLR's. But there are some know issues with some older Sigma lenses.

ooops sorry wrong link (that was to all my flickr photos : ))

here is the Just alpha 700 stuff

If you look at what there is available from Sony and then add all that stuff you can use from Minolta, Tamron, Sigma, Tokina, Sunpac, Metz, and other 3rd party products then the choice is more that you will ever need (plus all at announced stuff that is in development from Sony). Nikon and Canon my have a larger lineup at the moment but how much of that can a normal person afford any way. I'm very happy that I can get lots of great Minolta Glass very cheap on E-bay for exampla the other day I picked up a Dynax 7000 with a flash a 28mm 2.8, 50mm 1.7 and a 70-210mm f4 for under 100 euro (all in mint condition). Tell me where I can find a 50mm lens or a constant aperture zoom for Canon or Nikon that cheap. I then re sold the camera flash and 28mm and gave the 50mm to a friend.

 

But on the topic of the Alpha 700 its an amazing camera I would recommend going tio a good camera shop near you and tryinf a few different cameras out. Buy the camera the is the most comfortable to use and has a menu system thet is easy to use, as that will play a major roll in your camera use in the future I personally are very very happy with my 700

 

here are a few examples if you want to see a few shots

$278 wow that sux. Where did you buy your camera as in the EU it has to have a 2 year manufactures warranty

Looks like this will be a good year for Sony/Minolta users

Hot on the heals of the new Cameras Sony have announced a new flash

http://www.mhohner.de/minolta/oneflash.php?id=hvl-f42am

personaly I think every Sony/Minolta user should own a FS-1100

here is a great place to find lens info

http://dyxum.com/lenses/

 

and if you are in the USA you can rent Sony/Minolta glass from here

http://www.alphalensrental.com/index.html

sounds very strange to me

I would contact sony

check e-bay you should be able to find a KM 17-35 (D) (or tamron) for a good price its a much better lens and can be had for a good price : )

"It was not thought to be not sharp but just not as sharp as the canon, again in amateur photographer"

 

Guess Canon has a good advertising budget with "amateur photographer" that they want to protect :)

funny I stopped posting here a long time ago as it was so canon / nikon bias, now I just stick my head in to see what people are saying because on the new sony and see this

Are you using M mode ?

The things I like the most about the A700 is the second memory card slot.I'm amazed by the ISO range and noise levels. I don't really see to many holes in the Range of lenses available to me (well I cant afford the really exotic glass any way).

no problem here either

my guess it the knock of firms will soon have batteries on the market for the a700 any way. so why risk it