Thanks to Mark and Peter for the info. I think the A580 will be a good buy for my friend. He's just looking to shoot his grandchildren, and the low-light capability of that camera, coupled with autofocus that must be quite a bit better than the old 7D should work for him. Paul On Mar 23, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> I turn to the list for expert advice. A friend wants to know if the lenses >> he has for his Minolta 7D will fit any of the new Sony's. If so, which of >> the Sony's is reasonably priced but offers good autofocus for active >> subjects? >> > > All the old Minolta AF lenses will work fine on the new Sony DSLR's. I > have a Minolta 24/2.8 and a 70-210/4 that I use on the A850. I can't > comment much on which lenses AF well on moving subjects as that's not > much my shooting style. > > I've found this page very helpful: > http://www.dyxum.com/lenses/index.asp > > This is pretty good, too: > http://www.alphamountworld.com/ > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
