Re: Sony Alpha A-100 - Quality?????
- From: "Frank Arthur" <Art@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:05:18 -0500
There is a brand new MINOLTA AF 28-80MM 3.5-5.6 D LENS F/ SONY
ALPHA/MAXXUM
being offered at Ebay now at $5.50. I wonder how good it is?
"infiniteMPG" <57classic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:155b0be5-c068-46fa-b7c8-cb15bfde4649@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I recently purchased a Sony Alpha A-100 DSLR camera and just learning
the ins and outs. I have the following lenses with my old Minolta
Maxxum 9000 that I have been using with it.
Phoenix 1:4.0-6.3 28-300mm 77mm face thread
Minolta AF 28-80 1:3.5(22) - 5.6 D 55mm face thread
Vivitar 500mm f/8 1:2.7 x Macro Focusing 72mm face thread
The main lens I have been using is the Phoenix as the zoom range is
good across the board. I have had the camera a couple months and so
far I have been rather disappointed with the quality of the shots.
I
have used it indoors with the Minolta AF lens and those shots appear
much higher quality then the Phoenix but I got good shots with the
Phoenix with the 35mm Maxxum 9000. The 500mm (and I have a doubler
to
make it 1000mm) is just too much magnification even when using it on
a
tripod.
I had a Konika Minolta Z3 that I had been using for years and got
crisp clear shots all the time and with the 10X optical and super
macro I had the whole range across the board. I was thinking the
A-100 would improve the quality of my shots but so far it's not
proven
itself to me. Not sure if it's the lens, the settings or the
operator
(I know a lot is the operator but he's learning).
On the automatic setting many of my shots are washed out so I
learned
how to manually step down the aperture but on the small camera
screen
it's hard to tell exactly the effect you had. On the Z3 you could
see
the captured image in the eyepiece and since ambient light was
blocked
out you could get a good feel for what you just did.
But the main thing is the images do not appear very crisp, even when
taken in full sunlight. And often the auto focus is not focused
very
well at all. I have been playing with the focus settings for spot,
etc, and ISO settings (using 100 for outdoor stuff) but still don't
see the quality I'd like. Not sure if the lens, or maybe the
filter,
might have something to do with it, too.
Any suggestions or hints would be greatly appreciated!!!!
.
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