So why Sony?


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Never monitor Sony development in DSLR so far....sorry
How is the lens variety for sony? Able to mount 3rd party?
 

Never monitor Sony development in DSLR so far....sorry
How is the lens variety for sony? Able to mount 3rd party?

Yes... Sigma and Tamron both make A mount lenses - Tokina stopped making A mount lenses. Old KM lenses can also mount onto Sony DSLRs. :)
 

Hi, sorry to be here late. Lately, I just try the DK tactics and it work very well with my A700 & A900, Never imagines the noise was such low visibility even at 3200 ISO. The main is the Carl Zeiss lens and G lens as well. Never regret for buying Sony.:bsmilie:

His approach is the Agorabasta approach, and has nothing to do with the lens.


But yes, having G lenses (equiv. of Canon L) and the excellent CZ lenses is a great reason to go S.
 

His approach is the Agorabasta approach, and has nothing to do with the lens.


But yes, having G lenses (equiv. of Canon L) and the excellent CZ lenses is a great reason to go S.

yes. Brothers U r right , It works like magic can hardly imagine with such a high ISO and harsh condition give the very low noise picture is marvelous and Sony is the way to the future.:thumbsup::bsmilie:
 

same same bro.
i also try to sell off
but when i see my photos taken with A200 and Beercan
i was like whoa.
hey thats nice.

so decided to stay on.
;)

Hi Kelvin,
After saw the pictures in your gallery, really make me have more confidece in Sony,
I have A300 with two kit lens, quality is just soso,wondering what lens you are using,especially for macro images.:bsmilie:
 

Hi Kelvin,
After saw the pictures in your gallery, really make me have more confidece in Sony,
I have A300 with two kit lens, quality is just soso,wondering what lens you are using,especially for macro images.:bsmilie:

he uses raynox dcr 250 ((:

u can get it here,

http://www.mcgill.com.sg/shop/

=)
 

Although not using Sony that much yet (70-200G / TC 2.0) I will gradually move on to stuff that is fitted with an Alpha logo. (That is, I see it on my CZ 16-35 lens)

Being old skool Minolta .. what can I say .. just read about the legacy here, enough said ..
 

from experience, i find the optics quality of SONY kit lenses are so much better than others...

i had a 18-70 kit lens cost dirt cheap in 2nd hand market, when used on A700, output quality with a bit of PP work.. it looked real close to 1680 (only after some simple PP work) :sweat:
 

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To be fair...i never see any kit lens(other brands) that are so bad that render itself unusable.
only lousy photographers
 

I was about to post a similar question when I saw this thread. Anyone here who can introduce newbies to the camera and lens ranking in Sony Alpha? I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
 

I had been using Nikon during the Seventies thru to the Eighties then switched to Contax System because of Carl Zeiss lenses.Guess will stick to Carl Zeiss lenses + Sony if convert
to digital later.Just love the CZ lenses.
 

Hi Kelvin,
After saw the pictures in your gallery, really make me have more confidece in Sony,
I have A300 with two kit lens, quality is just soso,wondering what lens you are using,especially for macro images.:bsmilie:

haha thanks.
me newbie so my photos are very normal.
anyone can take such pictures.

for macro i using Raynox 250
cheap solution.
;)
 

I was about to post a similar question when I saw this thread. Anyone here who can introduce newbies to the camera and lens ranking in Sony Alpha? I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

All this is extensively documented online... Exactly what are you looking for? We can't post 30+ pages of information when it's all already available (reviews, lens list with reviews, etc etc)
 

All this is extensively documented online... Exactly what are you looking for? We can't post 30+ pages of information when it's all already available (reviews, lens list with reviews, etc etc)

Thanks for your reply. Would you mind directing me to the website mentioned so I can do some research on it? I am thinking of buying a DSLR in near future and so I am in the processing of choosing a brand.

I read from many posts in ClubSNAP that buying a DSLR is mostly about buying into the brand and its system cos it is expensive to do a change of system once you buy lots of lenses and camera bodies for it. Lately I have been thinking why people are still buying other brands when Canon and Nikon are the leaders and norm in the industry so I decided to read up more on other brands.

Any help on reading material will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
 

all of the underdog brands (olympus, pentax, sony, panasonic) have one big point over nikon and canon.

inbody shake reduction. more value for money across the whole range, in general.

Actually Panasonic use in-lens stablisation in their Leica lenses including the kit lens.
Makes it kind of tricky if you want if you want to interchange 4/3 mount lens between Olympus/Zuiko and Panasonic/Leica lines..
 

Thanks for your reply. Would you mind directing me to the website mentioned so I can do some research on it? I am thinking of buying a DSLR in near future and so I am in the processing of choosing a brand.

I read from many posts in ClubSNAP that buying a DSLR is mostly about buying into the brand and its system cos it is expensive to do a change of system once you buy lots of lenses and camera bodies for it. Lately I have been thinking why people are still buying other brands when Canon and Nikon are the leaders and norm in the industry so I decided to read up more on other brands.

Any help on reading material will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)

Hi sis,

Each brand has their own pros & cons. For a newbie with shaky hands, I would require image stabiliser on all my lenses. I was looking at Pentax, Olympus and Konica-Minolta (now Sony) and I found that Minolta lenses tends to produce very nice colours and sharp images, hence I took the leap and I never regretted my decision. In addition to these, Minolta was the only one offering the eye-start function then and this is even continued on the Sony bodies. :thumbsup: While others rave that they have the most lenses available, then I'll ask them 'so of all the lenses the brand has offered how many do you own and how many 3rd party lenses you have?' and most of the time they are dumbfolded. :bsmilie: I prefer to use a dark horse, that's why when Konica-Minolta announced that they are selling their camera business to Sony and even when Sony launched the A100, I still went ahead to get a KM 7D instead of jumping to another camp which a lot of KM users did. With Sony maturing and launching more bodies, I pampered myself with a A700 and I must say that am I glad to stay on with the Alpha mount.
 

Thanks for your reply. Would you mind directing me to the website mentioned so I can do some research on it? I am thinking of buying a DSLR in near future and so I am in the processing of choosing a brand.

I read from many posts in ClubSNAP that buying a DSLR is mostly about buying into the brand and its system cos it is expensive to do a change of system once you buy lots of lenses and camera bodies for it. Lately I have been thinking why people are still buying other brands when Canon and Nikon are the leaders and norm in the industry so I decided to read up more on other brands.

Any help on reading material will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)

As you yourself have already stated, you're actually buying into a system, and not just the brand.

Some good places to read up, Dyxum.com forums, on Flickr Groups there's 2 big Sony Alpha groups, right here in Clubsnap, alphadslr.com are just a few examples.
 

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