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Category Archives: A-Mount

Sony and Minolta A-Mount Lenses

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

Using Minolta Lenses on the Sony Alpha

By Tom Bonner | Published: August 10, 2010

Fortunately, figuring which Minolta lens are compatible with the Sony Alpha is fairly straight forward, but there is a lot of confusion and misinformation about.

Also posted in Lenses, Rokkor Lenses, Sony DSLR | Tagged Alphatracks, lens, Lenses, Minolta, Rokkor, Sony Alpha, Tom Bonner | 10 Comments

A-Mount lenses on the Sony NEX series

By Tom Bonner | Published: June 1, 2010

Not satisfied with the E-mount lens selection for the Sony Alpha NEX system? Want to use your A-mount lenses? Sony has an adapter for that.

Also posted in E-Mount, Lenses, Nex3, Nex5 | Tagged Alphatracks, Lens Adapter, Nex-3, Nex-5, Photography, Sony Alpha dSLR, Tom Bonner | 8 Comments

New Sony Alpha hardware at the 2010 PMA Show

By Tom Bonner | Published: February 22, 2010

Sony teased Alpha users with several “concepts” at the 2010 PMA show. No word on when these cameras will be sold, but this is a preview of future Sony Alphas.

Also posted in DSLR, Lenses, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR | Tagged cameras, Photography, PMA Show, Sony Alpha, Sony Alpha dSLR, Sony Concepts, Tom Bonner | Leave a comment

Sony Alpha dSLR lens catalog will be expanded with six new lenses

By Tom Bonner | Published: March 4, 2009

March 4, 2009: Yesterday Sony has just announced six new optics to the Alpha dSLR lens lineup. They are: Super Telephoto Lens DT 50mm F1.8 DT 30mm F2.8 Macro DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 28-75mm F2.8 No word on pricing or when they will be available, but Sony says they are coming. I find [...]

Also posted in DSLR, Lenses, Photography, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR | 8 Comments

Apple pickin’ with the Sony Alpha A350

By Tom Bonner | Published: November 24, 2008

F/9 at 28mm and extremely shallow depth of field? Only from the mind of Minolta Nov. 25, 2008 A couple weeks ago my wife suggested we go apple picking. It has been a while since I last picked apples and as the last of the fall colors were still decorating the trees, I agreed immediately. [...]

Also posted in A350, DSLR, Lenses, Photography | 3 Comments

Sony Alpha news explodes at PMA 2008

By Tom Bonner | Published: February 3, 2008

What a difference a year makes. At the 2007 PMA show Sony Alpha dSLR line was shunned by most of the press. There were no great announcements, although Sony did show off two mockups of yet unnamed dSLRs. The “Advanced Amateur” model eventually came to pass as the A700, while the tantalizing “flagship” is still [...]

Also posted in A300, A350, DSLR, Flash unit, Lenses, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR, Vertical Grip | Leave a comment

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