Great Pics everyone. Giving this thread a bump as I am thinking of buying a Sony DSLR. Anyone have pictures froman alpha using the older minolta lenses? Just wondering how well they do work on the newer camera.
Take a look at my post above. All of the Carowinds pictures were taken with what is called the Minolta 'Beercan' lens. It's nick named for its size, which is close to that of a beer can. It's an F4 70-210mm Maxxim lens.
Jeff
Great Pics everyone. Giving this thread a bump as I am thinking of buying a Sony DSLR. Anyone have pictures froman alpha using the older minolta lenses? Just wondering how well they do work on the newer camera.
Heres another couple........
f6.3, 4 sec, ISO 200
f6.3, 15 sec, ISO 200
how would one go about setting up the camera's setting for these types of pictures? do you play with the iso only? or the aperture? speed?
i've been playing around with my alpha, and can only get good picture just playing with one setting at a time (basically the ones mentioned above).
help?
If you're talking about fireworks, you'll want to start here:
How to Shoot Fireworks
There's lots of good info there. The basics are:
- You need a tripod (or some other way to keep your camera still for long exposures).
- You also need a remote shutter release (if you're not going to just set the shutter speed manually).
- From there, you'll pretty much go into manual mode (M) on the Alpha. Set your ISO, set your F-stop, then (with a remote shutter release), set the speed to 'bulb'.
Of course I've yet to try this out. But I've got all the stuff and will be ready to try it out in March.
So we can expect you to post pictures upon your return? When I finally get my camera and have time to play I'll post some pics too
DH is all about this Sony camera.
We have been looking at lenses on EvilBay. Does anybody have any suggestions on what to look for or what questions to ask the seller? DH wants the 50 mm and the 70-210 mm "beer can". Any idea what is a "good" price for these?
We are still waiting to hear back from Best Buy on the flash we had transferred. If that falls through 1) I will be furious and 2) we'll be shopping for a flash.
What else do we need to know?