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I have a ton of lenses....
Minolta 18-200mm
Minolta 18-70mm
Minolta 35-70RS f3.5
Minolta 35-70mm f4
Minolta 28mm f2.8
Minolta 50mm f1.7
Minolta 75-300D
Sigma 29-90 Aspherical Macro
Five Star 70-200mm f4.5
Kalimar 28-70mm Macro
Tamron 200-400mm
Make sure you read the manual of the camera, it is quite a different process with shooting the 500 series bodies as there is REALLY a lot of new technology in it. Tons honestly. DRO, in camera HDR, all the settings involved with those because there are quite a few...the live view system is teh absolute best of any camera as it has 2 different ways of doing it...I use MF Live View Check a lot on landscape and long exposure work. If you can get a good exposure, you can have totally clean shots at iso 1600. Also, using the in-camera HDR at high iso also alleviates the noise. I would highly suggest you join the Dyxum forums [link] which is THEE place for everything Minolta/Sony, and it includes a massive lens database with samples and reviews, camera tips and tricks...u name it
I'm slowly reading through the manual; DRO and the auto HDR functions are both new to me, so that will be interesting. (I had the DRO on auto today.) The best results came when I finally got round to compensating the exposure down by 0.3 of a stop! DUH! A bit
I'm now waiting for Lightroom 3 upgrade to arrive as I definitely don't like the Sony software!
Will have a look at that site - have already bookmarked it.
That's a lot of lenses you have, but I guess you accumulated them over quite some time and some going back to when Minolta was real KM!
Thanks for all the info
DRO I usually leave on between 2 or 3, and I expose about 1/3EV to the right most of the time to ensure I have my darks in detail. The A55...every lens from Minolta Maxxum to Sony is compatible with the a55, I think you are thinking of the NEX cameras which are essentially 4/3rds and are Sony E Mount.
Lightroom is the way to go, the Sony software does have one advantage, it can read things Lightroom can't like the DRO levels as example...I do love lightroom though!
Ya check out dyxum.com it is awesome. My lenses date back before KM to actual Minolta days, when they were "Using the mind of Minolta". I have several from the late 80s and I love them dearly, sharp as a tack!
Glad to help!
Got all the filters - all Cokin P, and I now have a Hoya polarizer too. Stuck with Cokin P as we already have all those, and I have an adaptor that fits.
I'll try experimenting with the DRO and the Auto HDR soon. I'm already really stunned at the results I got from the hazy day's shooting last Tuesday - no noise whatsoever, and the Sony software brought it all out really well. Unfortunately though most of the shots are just test shots and not for uploading here as they don't form really well composed pictures. Kimmeridge (where we went) has a very long sprawled out village in the hillsides that at every point along the way is ruined by something or another someone has in their back gardens (they face the sea and away from the road, and when you get below the houses there are other obstacles in the way). I hoped I might be able to do a zoom crop or two, but haven't been able to discover good break-points for this.
The one thing I hate about Lightroom is its cataloguing system and I haven't found a way of just importing the one thing I want to edit and not having to have it in a catalogue and all that stuff. I had version 2 and stopped using it but now I have version 3 and have yet to load it when I get time. I'll see... (Thanks for the heads up about it not reading the DRO levels though!)
The main thing though John, is that I never thought I was going to be able to get out there and shoot again with a "proper" camera! But I have done, and will do plenty more as my health is very slowly improving - but it is also very hard going getting there and I'm currently doing a cardiac rehabilitation course with graded exercises.