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Just wanted to say thanks to DK for continuing to offer the "old" Minolta stock from the shut-down - just got another CS DG-8 to use with my new A350 [alongside the one for the 5D] - great little cases if you tend to keep one of the smaller primes on your body... ...and to highlight that t...

Shirley would post images but she's involved in running some other websites where it's undesirable for the admin and moderators to be traceable, so she uses a pseudo for all photos (and for herself) and will not repeat the photo postings here Understandable - but wondering how she's getting on with...

Wow, those bring back some great memories - was there last summer but only for a week and, as you said, the weather was somewhat 'variable' ! ...certainly the water was calmer in your first shot than it was in mine, lol - there was a helicopter delivering power poles nearby, and he had a hard time c...

David Kilpatrick wrote:So we decided not to... I think I'll buy a 1080p digital projector instead.

Have you got a nice, big white wall in the 'castle' ? - that'd show off the A700/900 nicely at, say, 15'x10' !

IDM

Congrats on the 200/4 sale, David [& the other items] - over twice the value of the last one I saw for sale [but that was 6mths or so ago] !

IDM

it was acquired because Morgan had one when KM closed down and I offered for a bunch of lenses. Had I known the prices they wanted and certain arrival of full frame, I would have had a 35mm f1.4, 100mm f2 and 85mm f1.4 as well or instead - but I just put myself down for a 28mm f2, 100mm SF and the ...

David Kilpatrick wrote:200mm f4 Apo Macro G...will all go on ebay

Curious - is that a lens quality [thought it was supposed to be very good] or lack-of-use issue ?

Cheers

IDM

Congrats to you both...but David, where will you find another model as good at "putting up with this tediously long shoot-out!" ???

Cheers

IDM

Not quite what you're looking for, but there's a thread on Dyxum comparing a Minolta 300/2.8 original to a Minolta 300/4 HS - note that there are 24 pics included... ...interesting results - I ended up wishing I'd got a 300/4 [for the weight] when I had the chance, but maybe then wouldn't have got m...

The 5600/56 works as a wireless controller on the D7D... ... No problem getting 5600, 3600, 42 and 58 all to fire at once for the D7D pop up. Setting up the 58 on the A900 to trigger a mixture of 5600/3600/42 works - and the ratio can be controlled between 'all the remotes' (no individual control p...

David - know its extremely unlikely, but have you tried the 5600 as a wireless controller on the A900 ? [I know it's not worked since film-cams with any of the DSLRs to date, but just wondering as presumably there's nothing in the camera firmware for onboard-flash-wireless-control, so maybe the rest...

David - any chance of a summary of your eventual findings [for all the various cam/flash combos] as an article in Mag 2009#1 ?

[as a kind of update to the Spring07 one...]

Cheers

IDM

As a [cheaper] alternative to the 7 [maybe about the same price as a 5], how about a 600si - arguably the forerunner of the 7s control philosophy, and if you can get a v/grip for it, that adds a flash-sync port and use of AAs - not quite as solid as the 7, and the AF is less sophisticated [read 'old...

David Kilpatrick wrote:I know some others have reported it is fine

Guilty - my MinO 28/2.8 is my standard non-zoom for the KM5D - see my post "Engineering" - all were in-cam B&W with no PP...

...for me, the 42mm equiv just seems an ideal f/l...

Cheers

IDM

When did you visit? I thought most of D & G was under water right now! These were last Wed - was originally coming home yesterday, but the rain Thur night decided me against, and the reports of the A75 being closed yesterday reinforced the decision... ...when I came home this morning, the A75 w...