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got myself an sony alpha a350!
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Minolta A mount lenses will be compatable, and other Minolta lenses can be used with an adaptor available on ebay for a few euro, though these will only work on manual focus. Sigma do Sony fit lenses also. Best of luck with it I use Sony myself and love them, started with the a100 and now have a700 great cameras
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Rainbowsend wrote: »Minolta A mount lenses will be compatable, and other Minolta lenses can be used with an adaptor available on ebay for a few euro, though these will only work on manual focus. Sigma do Sony fit lenses also. Best of luck with it I use Sony myself and love them, started with the a100 and now have a700 great cameras
knowing my luck i will buy the wrong one!
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The first lens is a mirror lens, 500mm nothing wrong with them....can you sense a but?.....But they are fixed at f8 so need loads of light to get good
results and they also have this doughnut effect on the backgrounds, which you either love or hate, I have one but rarely use it and must say I do like the doughnut effect.
The second lens you already have covered in the lens you got with the camera, so not much point in doubling up.
I wouldnt be in a mad rush to gather a collection of lenses, get used to the camera and the lens you have first, you may find that you will lean to a certain type of photography be it portrait, landscape, wildlife etc and this will determine what lens you will go for, it is very tempting to rush out and buy all the cheapo lenses just because they sound good, but buying lenses is far more important than deciding on the body in my opinion.
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You already have the wide angle range covered - the one you've linked to is 19 - 35mm, but your kit lens is already 18-70 so your kit lens incorporates the range of your intended purchase. At its widest, your kit lens isn't bad at all. To go wider you would be looking for something like 12-14mm - fish eye perhaps but these are reasonably specific lenses. I'm wondering whether you will need it in the short term? Anyhow that's for you to decide but the point is that the one you've selected from eBay won't do anything much for you.
The 500mm doesn't look wonderful to be honest. It's a fixed focal length so you won't be zooming much. At f8 (again fixed) it's quite slow and will need loads of light to be effective. A worrying point - do a google for "falcon 500mm review" and you only get one relevant result in the first page - that's kinda telling that it isn't too popular. These kind of lenses come up all over the place. They usually have a 'cheap' manufacturer and don't perform effectively. Chromatic aberration can be a problem with such lenes. The enlarged sample picture hadn't got the detail to allow you to judge - you'd really need to pixel peep at 100% to get a better indication. Focus on this one is manual only too - not the end of the world but not particularly nice either. Again, it will be up to you. It won't brankrupt you but buyer beware - i don't think it will be a good purchase.
I could be wrong and happy to be proved wrong if so.
My advice if budget will be tight would be to look for something in the 70-300mm range - that's not a super zoom but 300mm aint bad either. Try stick to something with a reasonably known brand. For about €150ish you might pick up the Sigma 70-300 DG model - a few €'s more and you might get the APO model. That i'm thinking would be infinitely better than that which you've sourced. Even if it took a little longer saving for it, i think it would be worth it.
EDIT: Cross posted with Rainbowsend. I should have waited so all i needed to type is "What Rainbowsend said"
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the eye piece activated AF, its very sensitive and if the camera is just hanging from your neck it will constantly try to focus.
Wow.... while that is incredibly cool :cool: and so Sony like (which is good), the rest of us dinosaurs have to press the shutter release half way to get our cameras to autofocus which if I think about it isn't really auto focus - might be assisted focus or something like that, whereas the Sony seems to be 100% auto. (Its a bit like Sony redefining what it is to offer autofocus )
My question is - do you Sony guys find it effective for you or just battery draining if your presumption on the 'dangling setting the autofocus into motion' is correct. Serious question. Thanks.0 -
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Wow.... while that is incredibly cool :cool: and so Sony like (which is good), the rest of us dinosaurs have to press the shutter release half way to get our cameras to autofocus which if I think about it isn't really auto focus - might be assisted focus or something like that, whereas the Sony seems to be 100% auto. (Its a bit like Sony redefining what it is to offer autofocus )
My question is - do you Sony guys find it effective for you or just battery draining if your presumption on the 'dangling setting the autofocus into motion' is correct. Serious question. Thanks.
I am starting out myself with next to no dslr experience, but I have to say its quite nice for certain situations, namely trying a bit of wildlife photography, where the half a second or so saved makes all the difference.
Its not much use if you are not doing that kind of stuff, its nice if you are lazy however.
The main drawbacks in my eyes are the over usage of the AF motor, the battery drain (not a huge issue though as the a200 is pretty good for battery life) and the fact if you are working with a narrow depth of field (ie zoomed on a close object) the focus will shift with your movement of the camera. Its a nice feature though, if any of the above become a problem you can just turn it off.0 -
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