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Subject: [Leica] OT: Sony A
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:39:43 -0500
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Tarek--

>From my researches I'd buy the D700 before the A900 by a good distance. It
can also take R lenses via bayonet change. i'm not sure about the CZ; but I
do think at the price the D700 is a far better camera. Of course if it won't
take the lenses you want to use it's not....

Greetings from New York's banal northern suburbs!

Vince




On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Tarek Charara <tcharara at mac.com> wrote:

> Thank you Vince,
>
> I was looking at the A900... I will check dpreview of course. I was
> thinking of the CZ glass and maybe even adapt some R glass via a bayonett
> change...
>
>
> All the best from the south of France!
>
> Tarek
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Tarek Charara
> <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com>
>
>
>
> Le 25 f?vr. 10 ? 17:15, Vince Passaro a ?crit :
>
>
>  The SONY A850 is under $2000 now which I think makes it the least costly
>> full frame out there; it's reviewed I think -- or the very similar A900 is
>> -- on dpreview.com, whom I find quite reliable and certainly exhaustive.
>>  I
>> would have my sights set on one if they took the old Minolta lenses, as
>> the
>> Nikon D700, say, takes the old Nikon glass. Every Minolta lens I own is
>> better (warmer, more contrasty, and in a slew of cases sharper) than the
>> equivalent Nikon.
>>
>> Not exactly an answer but it's a subject I'd been thinking about.
>>
>> VP
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Tarek Charara <tcharara at mac.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Just a question: Is anyone here using the "full-frame" Sony DSLR? If yes,
>>> what is your opinion?
>>>
>>> Many thanks!
>>>
>>> All the best from the south of France!
>>>
>>> Tarek
>>>
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>>> <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com>
>>>
>>>
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