02-02-2021, 07:49 PM
pdq wrote:
Huh. So I currently have an old Sony digital SLR (an alpha-something) which got dropped and so the mirror is slightly off kilter. I don’t think it would be worth trying to get it fixed, even if I could find someone to fix it - it still takes pictures, although the focus is a skotch off and the image that gets taken is not quite the same as what you see in the viewfinder.
But I do have a couple of nice-ish lenses for it. Are you suggesting it might be a good time to find a newer (used) Sony body that would take these lenses?
Sony makes an adapter to use many of their old lenses and some Minolta lenses with the new bodies (full and APS-C sensor bodies). I have some old Minolta lenses that supposedly work, but I don't think they are high enough quality to be worth trying.
For a non-Pro jumping to Sony, I would suggest looking at the Tamron zoom lenses. They have f/2.8 with 17-28, 28-70, and 70-180 that have gotten really good reviews. They typically aren't as good as Sony's G Master f/2.8 lenses, but most can't tell the difference. The Tamron's are much cheaper, smaller and lighter than the Sony lenses. Tamron also has a few other zooms that aren't f/2.8 that have gotten really good reviews. Don't bother with their f/2.8 wide primes. The 17-28 is at least as good and often better than the primes.