• About
  • Contact
  • Follow
  • Home
  • Cameras
  • Lenses
  • Accessories
  • Galleries
  • Basics
  • Sony Alpha
  • Sony Nex
  • Minolta AF
  • Minolta MF
  • A-Mount
  • E-Mount
  • Rokkor
  • Other
  • Flash
  • Software
  • Gear
  • Misc
Alphatracks is dedicated to Sony’s high-end cameras and lenses, as well as the wonderful SLRs made by Minolta.

If you are a Sony/Minolta shooter...or if you just love photography in general, you are bound to find something useful here. Enjoy!

Category Archives: Hardware

Lenses: How to tell an A-Mount and Rokkor Lens Apart

By Tom Bonner | Published: December 17, 2010

Strolling through a garage sale and you stumble across a cache of old Minolta lenses. They look clean and the optics are clear. Will they fit your Sony Alpha?

Also posted in A-Mount, Lenses, Photography, Rokkor Lenses | Tagged A-mount, digital camera, digital SLR, Photography, Rokkor, Sony Alpha, Sony Alpha dSLR, Tom Bonner | Leave a comment

Sony Alpha: three DIY remote shutter release designs

By Tom Bonner | Published: September 17, 2009

Sept. 16, 2009: A remote shutter release should be considered a necessary photographic accessory, particularly if of you are working with a tripod. A remote release allows you to trigger the shutter without jarring the camera, vastly increasing your chances of capturing crisp, sharp images. In the old days, we used simple mechanical cable releases, [...]

Also posted in Camera Mod, DSLR | Leave a comment

Sony Alpha: inexpensive lenses with a M42 adapter

By Tom Bonner | Published: May 5, 2009

This aluminum adapter converts a M42 screw mount lens into a A-mount lens. May 4, 2009 A few weeks ago, I discussed using an M42 lens with the Sony Alpha. The way you pull this off is with a M42 to A-mount adapter. The adapter is nothing more than a thin piece of metal with [...]

Also posted in Aftermarket Lenses, DSLR, Lenses, Sony Alpha | 13 Comments

Sony Alpha electronic flash mystery: new flash soon?

By Tom Bonner | Published: March 21, 2008

Last week, reader Tony Bombardo contacted me regarding Sony’s high-end electronic flash unit, the HVL-F56AM. Or should I say former high-end flash unit…as of this writing the HVL-F56AM is missing in action at the Sony Style website. Under flashes and lights, you find the HVL-F36AM and the new HVL-F42AM units, but the F56AM is no [...]

Also posted in DSLR, Flash unit, Photography, Rumors, Sony Alpha | Leave a comment

Sony announces new 24mp full frame sensor — can anyone say A900?

By Tom Bonner | Published: January 30, 2008

Sony has just announced a 24.8MP full frame 35mm sensor targeted at digital SLRS. The new CMOS sensor is said to use advanced circuitry to overcome the limitations inherent in creating a full frame sensor. The answer to a hard drive maker’s prayers: the Sony 24.81mp sensor. The following is from the Sony press release: [...]

Also posted in DSLR, Flagship, Photography, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR | Leave a comment

How long will your digital images last?

By Tom Bonner | Published: September 19, 2007

A few weeks ago, wrote about my rapidly failing film and negatives from Cord Industries. At the end of that post I alluded to the fact that neither hard drives or CD disks are considered safe bets for long term image storage. Now ZNet blogger Robin Harris is posting about something called “silent corruption” on [...]

Posted in Hardware | 15 Comments

Subscribe Now!

  • Subscribe to Alphatracks by Email
  • Subscribe by RSS

Privacy policy

  • Pages

    • About Me: Tom Bonner
    • Contact
    • DSLR Photography Basics
      • Better flash photos? Move your flash off the hot shoe
      • Camera ISO: the foundation of every great image
      • Use Depth of Field to Improve Your Digital Photos
      • What is an EVIL Camera?
      • Your dSLR's Automatic Diaphragm: Understanding how it works
    • Interview with Matt Shaw of Speak Up Magazine
    • Lenses
    • Privacy and Disclosure
    • Review: Sony Alpha HLV-F42AM Electronic Flash
    • Sony Alpha flagship: posts, rumors and speculation
    • Subscribe at no charge
    • The Alphatracks Visits series

  • Categories

    • A-Mount
    • A200
    • A230
    • A300
    • A330
    • A350
    • A380
    • A850
    • A900
    • Adobe
    • Aftermarket Lenses
    • Alphatracks Visits
    • Auto Focus SLR
    • Camera Mod
    • Digital Workflow
    • DSLR
    • E-Mount
    • Film Camera
    • Flash unit
    • Gallery
    • Hardware
    • Lenses
    • Manual Focus SLR
    • Marketing
    • Maxxum 5D
    • Memory Card
    • Minolta
    • NEX-7
    • Nex3
    • Nex5
    • Photography
    • Rokkor Lenses
    • Rumors
    • Software
    • Sony A200
    • Sony A300
    • Sony A700
    • Sony A900
    • Sony Alpha
    • Sony DSLR
    • Tips & Tricks
    • Uncategorized
    • Vertical Grip

  • Archives

    • January 2012
    • August 2011
    • March 2011
    • February 2011
    • January 2011
    • December 2010
    • November 2010
    • August 2010
    • June 2010
    • May 2010
    • April 2010
    • March 2010
    • February 2010
    • January 2010
    • December 2009
    • October 2009
    • September 2009
    • August 2009
    • June 2009
    • May 2009
    • March 2009
    • February 2009
    • January 2009
    • December 2008
    • November 2008
    • October 2008
    • June 2008
    • April 2008
    • March 2008
    • February 2008
    • January 2008
    • December 2007
    • November 2007
    • October 2007
    • September 2007
    • August 2007
    • July 2007
    • June 2007
    • March 2007
    • November 2006
    • August 2006
    • July 2006
    • June 2006

  • RSS Links

    • All posts
    • All comments

  • Meta

    • Log in
© Copyright 2006-2011 Tom Bonner. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Built on the Thematic Theme Framework.