Hi guys, i'm considering buying a used Minolta digital camera. But a friend of mine just warned me today that it would be next to impossible to find anymore Minolta lenses or accessories at the stores - even old-stock ones. Is this true? Can anyone verify this? Please advise where and if i can purchase new lenses & accessories should you have the information. i will be very grateful to anyone who can help me out of this predicament. Thank you.
Where to find Minolta lenses?
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Well, if u're looking at lenses, I believe TCW does carry a few Minolta lenses. Alternatively, if u insist, die-die want the Minolta brand and willing to wait, I do make trips to Japan at least once or twice a year. Brand new as well as top condition 2nd hand Minolta stuff are still available in Japan at the smaller stores (yes, be awed. Japan does have a huge Minolta following).
If any of u guys require Minolta stuff on my next trip just tell me when I start a thread for Minolta MO when I go over. :thumbsup:
If any of u guys require Minolta stuff on my next trip just tell me when I start a thread for Minolta MO when I go over. :thumbsup:
Not true at all that KM stuff will suddenly vanish. Then again, I'm talking about 2nd hand KM branded equipment. Cos KM has stopped producing their photography equipment, so whatever equivalent that is fresh off the production line will be Sony branded, but we expect it to work just as well as the KM branded stuff. Judging from the service they provide at Sony store for KM photography equipment, there is some hope that there is some continuity.p3special said:
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Also, Sony pledges support for the A-Mount as well as there'll be 20 new lens line up expected.
Like what colin said, "Whatever rolls off the assembly line will be Sony branded." That's just about it. On a business sense, it doesn't pay to abandon the thousands and millions of KM users to start doing radically new cameras and accessories that are not backward compatible. It would be significantly cheaper to start rolling out 'new' stuff which are actually rebadged items since Sony bought over KM's imaging division.
Like what colin said, "Whatever rolls off the assembly line will be Sony branded." That's just about it. On a business sense, it doesn't pay to abandon the thousands and millions of KM users to start doing radically new cameras and accessories that are not backward compatible. It would be significantly cheaper to start rolling out 'new' stuff which are actually rebadged items since Sony bought over KM's imaging division.
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Yes, I saw your post. I didn't have anything in mind then. I still don't have anything in mind now. ;p But it doesn't hurt to know that somebody is going down to get some KM accessories. Who knows what I'll think of getting in the future?
Realistically, I think my set up is about there. Don't see why I should add any more big time accessories unless I start to do exclusive macro work or shoot wildlife etc. Then I'll need things like ring flash or prime telephotos. :sweat:
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