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My "New", A850 is sick, it drains the Battery in the course of an afternoon, Sony will repair the Cam under warranty, At first they wouldn't because the reciept had Ebay on it! Talked them round and were fine there! As it ws in fact bought from Currys! I informed them it was probably the b...

You got it! I'm pleased, now you please don't go showing me how good it is with the A77! As I reckon they could be a match made in heaven...
Oh sod it!
Got to find a legal way of earnng a thousand or so quid sharpish because I find myself wanting the A77 again!

Yes, I keep looking at Davids one on Ebay but for reasons of as much future proofing as I can I'd like a motor in tHe Lens...

Can anyone tell me if the camera AF/MF button work with the SAM 28-75/2.8? It doesn't with the SAM 18-55 kit lens where you have to use a mechanical switch on the lens, but I don't know if that is typical for all SAM lenses. As far as I'm aware this is the case for all SAM Lenses bt I've never seen ...

Hope you've got the box Frank! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Minolta-200mm-f-4G-AF-APO-TELE-MACRO-RARE-MINT-BOX-/190607511472?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item2c6117cfb0 ''In fact, I don't have the box , and even not the original Hood. I'm buying lens to use them and not to collect them.'' Never any infer...

Hope you've got the box Frank!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Minolta-200mm ... 2c6117cfb0

Indoors the K5 is little better than the Kr, outdoors is a different story, I absolutely loved it and only sold it when Pentax was taken over by Ricoh, I now feel that may have been premature as Ricoh may be headed in the right direction (Rumours). D7000 is a great Camera, I loved mine but the muck ...

I've been drinking Frank, could you turn down the Sofa?
P.S. Thats a lovely set of Macro's you've got there...

But not at that price, just looks a lovely Lens

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EX-Minolta-Dy ... 3a6d4f3814

Thanks for that, I may have read it:!: Not sure about that, and the a65 is a good point as imaging with that beast applies equally. I may acutually prefer that to another go at the a77 though I found the physical size of the a77 about perfect, and the handgrip about the best I've ever tried and I've...

Moot, a brand new broken a850, thats for landscaping though I tried the a77, for lthe Landscapes and just couldn't quite get away with it. I prefer the files from the 24Mp 35MM size sensor, they seem to allow you to mess em about a lot more in post and I'm a fiddler so I like that. The a77 may be go...

I'm skint Mike :!: Had two Years from Hell, Had to sell off 15000 yes three zero's worth of Nikon Glass, Lost Jobs, failed business and the other half getting made unemployed three times in two years too :!: Been a sod and no mistake, just trying to get back into shooting Landscapes and maybe make a...

Longer term here, I may like a fastish Prime/Zoom to partener with an A850/a77A580 setup as an alternate to the 70-400 on Bad Back Days... Any suggestions here, Not a Kilo and a Half of glass as one of them is enough. Thinking in the 100-200ish range so the likes of the 100 macro, which one of these...

You seem to be rapidly heading to an all Motor in Lens set up David,
Siggy 8-16/CZ 24 F2/Sony 28-75/Sony 70-400. Sweet
I'd like to follow you there one day...