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I am not a great supporter of buying older lenses unseen not only because of potential damage over the years to front elements but with the yellowing effects of aging glue in construction and dust / sand that nay have entered the lens. A bit of dust is unlikely to cause major optical problems by it...

Hi all. I'd like to get a decent 35mm prime lens for my A7 and was wondering what the options are without breaking the bank and going to down the expensive Zeiss road? Its for doing street photography and autofocus functionality isn't really an issue so I guess my options are fairly wide. Has anyone...

Hi Mobius - that's a great Edinburgh Castle shot, and you must have had the A7 fairly early after release - I was shooting in and around Kelso on the day we got that sky over Scotland, I was walking around just staring at the sky for half an hour as it passed over - using the A7R. I didn't convert ...

This is my Minolta and Sony collection. Top shelf left to right. My trusty old Minolta 9000, KM 7D and A700. Middle shelf. NEX 5N, A7 and Minolta 7000i Bottom shelf. Assorted lenses, flashes and adapters. http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc478/mobias/photocopy10_zpse0cdcef5.jpg Looking forward to...

A couple of recent shots with my A7. The landscape is with the kit zoom taken in the Pentland hills behind Edinburgh. If you're thinking about the A7 with the kit lens then I wouldn't let some reviewers put you off. The kit zoom is a very capable lens. Its clearly not a Zeiss but neither should it b...

Thanks for the welcome everyone. Look forward to sharing more shots with you.

Hi. I'm a semi professional photographer living in Edinburgh Scotland. I've Been a Minolta user for decades and then like others switched to Sony. Loved my little NEX 5N for a year or so and had little hesitation in getting an A7 when it was released near the end of last year.. I don't often shoot B...