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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Rokkor lenses: bedrock of the Minolta SLR legacy

By Tom Bonner | Published: July 24, 2007

Part 1 of the Alphatracks Minolta/Sony SLR lens guide Second only to questions about vertical grips for the Sony Alpha A100, the most numerous Alphatracks searches involve lenses. Questions like “Can I use old Minolta lenses on Sony A100?” are frequent. Intriguingly, I have even gotten questions like “Will my new Sony lenses fit on […]

Posted in Film Camera, Lenses, Manual Focus SLR, Minolta, Rokkor Lenses | 15 Responses

Sony A100 dSLR: Time to kill the Memory Stick myth

By Tom Bonner | Published: July 16, 2007

Some myths never die. You know what I mean: Wearing hats causes baldness. The owners of the Titanic claimed it was “unsinkable.” Humphrey Bogart spoke the line “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca. George Washington had wooden teeth. The Alpha A100 dSLR relies on Sony Memory Sticks for image storage. The last myth I mentioned […]

Posted in Rumors, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR | 4 Responses

Future Sony Alpha Advanced Amateur model in the wild?

By Tom Bonner | Published: July 14, 2007

Is that Sony Alpha real or fake? If you roam around the various Sony-Minolta camera forums on the web, you probably have seen this image — apparently a shot of the Alpha Advanced Amateur dSLR in use. Is it really the future Alpha? Or is an interesting fake? It is definitely not an A100. The […]

Posted in Rumors, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR | 2 Responses

Future Sony dSLRs: which new Alpha will reach market first?

By Tom Bonner | Published: July 4, 2007

Ok, which of the future Sony dSLR cameras are we likely to see in stores first? The original word was that one camera would be released in 2007, the other in early 2008. Nothing definite, though and this has led to intense speculation about the prototypes. Sony hasn’t said which of the future dSLRs will […]

Posted in Rumors, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR | 14 Responses

Aftermarket Vertical Grips for the Sony Alpha and Minolta dSLRs

By Tom Bonner | Published: July 3, 2007

File this under “Be careful what you ask for…” By far the most sought after information on Alphatracks has concerned Vertical grips for the Sony A100 and the KM Maxxum 5D. Neither Minolta or Sony offered a vertical grip for these dSLRS — a major oversight considering how many people are searching for one. I’ve […]

Posted in DSLR, Maxxum 5D, Minolta, Sony Alpha, Sony DSLR, Vertical Grip | Leave a comment

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