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- My α Journey continues with a Beercan (70-210mm/f4)
This lens is long! It becomes even longer after you attach the hood. At this length, it looks like a telescope and it makes you feel that the zoom length is more than the actual 210mm.
After attaching the lens (up to you if you want to attach the hood), you wil have to hold your [...]
- My α Journey: Servicing Lenses
Finally I was able to collect the lenses from Albert Cheah of Cheah Camera Repair. It was fast as well. He managed to service 2 of the lenses in 1 week. Not that i was rushing, but I couldn’t collect it if he finished servicing them faster as I work 9-6 jobs and he closes [...]
- My α Journey: Found Some Old Minolta Lenses
My friend who just bought the Sony Alpha A300 managed to find a couple of lenses from his dad’s old camera bag. In the bag, we found a Yashica SLR, a Minolta SLR with a 35-70mm/f4 attached to it, some external flash guns, and behold, we found a big Minolta lens pouch.
What was inside shocked [...]
- My α Journey: My First Lens (Minolta 50mm/f1.7)
I have been using the Sony Alpha A200 with the kit lens (SAL1870, 3.5-5.6/18-70) for the past 2 months and it did prove to be very useful, especially with the extended 70mm range (instead of the usual 50mm range on other kit lens). The only major gripe with the lens is that the f3.5 only [...]
