dee
Well-known
I bought a cheap-and-cheerful Sony A290 purely to use a 1997 Minolta 35-70 and 70-210 beer can zoom.
it was a bit of a nostalgia kick as I loved my SRTs , XD7 , 70001 and finally simple point and shoot silver 505si 35-70 which was the perfect companion for a rare trip to Toronto .
I had no preference for Sony over my Pentax K10D bought for manual lenses , which would be the ideal system to upgrade , but i craved use that 35/70 cropped to a perfect 52/105 .
It's probably an ASD continuity thing !
However , i loved the colour rendition , the extreme simplicity and yes, the handling [?! ]of such a stripped down camera with lukewarm reviews .
The rendition similar to my much loved first dead end 4/3rds system Leica Digilux 3 / L1 twins .
i know that the Sony CCD sensor is a hand me down , but one reviewer was attracted to that colour an monochrome ' depth 'in the A350.
I added Sony A35 with 35mm f1.8 which is sufficient for me for anything over ISO 200 , but I am ambivalent over the EVF .
Then I found an irresistible , near mint A390/kit lens/Tamron @ £100 with it's 'waist level finder ' and live view which seems to complete the Minolta AF mount trilogy .
I added a £20 Minolta 35-70 f4 beer can which ups the weight to something seemingly more substantial !!
one way of faking it , I guess !
i seem to have found myself acquiring another pair of 'twins' but ASD loves a spare !! LOL.
Another dead end of course , but I shall be watching for Minolta AF lenses at give away prices !
This is entirely unexpected as there are far better cameras out there - i could have afforded a decent Nikon of Canon , or a later Pentax.
Maybe I will switch in time , but neither the Sony's or the Dig 3/L1 twins are not going anywhere !!
dee
it was a bit of a nostalgia kick as I loved my SRTs , XD7 , 70001 and finally simple point and shoot silver 505si 35-70 which was the perfect companion for a rare trip to Toronto .
I had no preference for Sony over my Pentax K10D bought for manual lenses , which would be the ideal system to upgrade , but i craved use that 35/70 cropped to a perfect 52/105 .
It's probably an ASD continuity thing !
However , i loved the colour rendition , the extreme simplicity and yes, the handling [?! ]of such a stripped down camera with lukewarm reviews .
The rendition similar to my much loved first dead end 4/3rds system Leica Digilux 3 / L1 twins .
i know that the Sony CCD sensor is a hand me down , but one reviewer was attracted to that colour an monochrome ' depth 'in the A350.
I added Sony A35 with 35mm f1.8 which is sufficient for me for anything over ISO 200 , but I am ambivalent over the EVF .
Then I found an irresistible , near mint A390/kit lens/Tamron @ £100 with it's 'waist level finder ' and live view which seems to complete the Minolta AF mount trilogy .
I added a £20 Minolta 35-70 f4 beer can which ups the weight to something seemingly more substantial !!
one way of faking it , I guess !
i seem to have found myself acquiring another pair of 'twins' but ASD loves a spare !! LOL.
Another dead end of course , but I shall be watching for Minolta AF lenses at give away prices !
This is entirely unexpected as there are far better cameras out there - i could have afforded a decent Nikon of Canon , or a later Pentax.
Maybe I will switch in time , but neither the Sony's or the Dig 3/L1 twins are not going anywhere !!
dee
Vics
Veteran
I bought an a200 for the same reason. I liked it so much that I bought the DT 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 SAM II kit lens for $50 and what a joy to shoot!
Mom and VS web.jpg by Vic Stewart, on Flickr
Mom and VS web.jpg by Vic Stewart, on Flickr
BillBingham2
Registered User
Sometimes you find fun in unexpected places.
Contrats, enjoy, and please share your results.
B2 (;->
Contrats, enjoy, and please share your results.
B2 (;->
kshapero
South Florida Man
I never met a camera I did not enjoy. Cheers.
dee
Well-known
Thanks for the support , but i don't find the Samsung NX 1000 fun to use - convenient / cheap @ £150 with extra 24mm equivalent , but seems more like white goods ....
dee
dee
Addy101
Well-known
Good to see you found one that is to your liking! Rumour has it there will be a new Sony A-mount camera coming this month, so, there might still be a future 