michael_hohner

Jim, you don't have any credentials, and you've just shown us that you also have no clue about lens design. You're spreading rumors here, not facts.

<p>Don't get me wrong. Sony makes great products now, and will make great products in the future. But instilling false expectations by spreading made-up rumors will help nobody.

What do you smoke? And where can I get some of it?

How to put a space in your text? Hit the biggest key on your keyboard.

The lens makes the image. The lower CAs and higher resolution at longer focal length are an advantage with any camera. Having a better lens on a cheaper camera makes a lot more sense than a cheap lens on a better camera.

All Minolta AF lenses work on all Minolta AF DSLRs and Sony Alpha DSLRs.

It's all speculation for now. Sony has neither announced a name nor a sensor size nor any performance numbers nor a price. All they said until now is that it has SSS, will be in a higher class than the A700 and is planned to be released in 2008. That's all.

It's in the F.A.Q.: <a href="http://www.mhohner.de/minolta/faq.php#lenscheck">Link</a>

Read the F.A.Q. <a href="http://www.mhohner.de/minolta/faq.php#mflenses">here</a> and <a href="http://www.mhohner.de/minolta/faq.php#flash">here</a>.

Frank, sorry I missed the Canon 17-85. It was listed in a different section of the Canon catalog.

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I didn't mention the 70-200 and 75-300 from Canon, because these lens types are available from all three manufacturers (with the Nikon exception mentioned).

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As mentioned by me and the others, such basic requirements are easily fulfilled by any manufacturer, and only the details are different. Even more advanced requirements don't pose a problem, and you have to have quite exotic (and costly) needs before you have to cross out one or the other system (and even then, it's not necessarily Sony that you have to cross out, as Sony and Minolta also do have quite exotic stuff).

Arkadiusz, I have to state the obvious, but any of today's systems will offer you these lenses (in line with your budget). With Sony, all of them will be stabilized. With Canon and Nikon, the 50 will not have IS. Both Canon and Nikon only offer 18-55 with IS or 18-70 without IS, but no 18-70 with IS. You can get a 70-200 with IS from Nikon, but only the expensive 70-200/2.8.

The point is, just because a system is bigger doesn't automatically mean it's better, especially when you don't even know for which requirements.

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BTW, if you want a 600 mm for Sony, buy the Minolta 600/4.

Who knows if the Canon myth is true? Independent testers know.

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Arkadiusz has not even said what lenses he wants or needs, so how can you imply that Canon will fit his requirements and Sony won't?

In-body IS is just as effective as in-lens IS. The latter being better tuned to the lens is a myth that Canon likes to spread. In-body systems also take the lens into account and adjust their level of correction accordingly.

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If your Canon camera is broken, you're also out of a camera, even though the IS is in the lens.

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How many wide-angle IS lenses does Canon have? How many IS macro lenses? How many IS special lenses (soft-focus, fisheye)? How many IS standard to mid tele primes (50 to 135 mm)? How many third-party IS lenses are there?

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All food for thought.

See <a href="http://www.mhohner.de/minolta/faq.php#alpha_battery">the F.A.Q.</a>

No, it just won't work (except for manual mode). This had been covered many times in this forum.

This flash is not fully compatible with the A700 (or any digital camera). The best you can hope for is manual flash, but no automated flash (TTL, ADI).

If you go to www.metz.de, you can find out about this.

The Minolta was criticized for being not sharp? Where? This is one of the sharpest lenses on the market!

 

The last Minolta version and the Sony version are identical except for some cosmetics. The optical design has not changed through all versions, because there's no need to.

The Minolta lens works on all KonicaMinolta and Sony DSLR. BTW, the "Pentax", "Hoya" and "Bower" things are filters screwed onto the lenses.

 

The Sigma and Kalimar lenses will probably also work, although there is a slight chance that they're incompatible (always a potential problem with Sigma and other obscure third-party lenses).

By not changing your aperture and exposure time.

Don't know about #1.

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#2, yes, the lens will work fine on the 7.

Just focusing to infinity (ie. to the end stop of the focus range) is almost guaranteed to yield unsharp images. With many lenses infinity focus is <em>not</em> at the end stop, but slightly before that. The correct way to focus is to aim at the subject and use AF or focus visually.

Can you post an example?

This is not normal. Is the focus incorrect in the viewfinder, in the resulting pictures, or both? Do you focus manually or with AF?

With the light level in the gymn the shutter speed was too low for fast moving subjects. Try setting the ISO to 800 or even 1600. Or use a faster lens if you have one. With ISO 800 and f/4 you'd get a shutter speed of 1/200.