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What to do, what to do? Getting back into photography...

Started Sep 7, 2017 | Questions thread
OP KeithH Forum Member • Posts: 59
Re: What to do, what to do? Getting back into photography...

EvilOne wrote:

I just went to ebay.. ( not my favorite place ). Ive been an a-mount shooter for decades. Trying to put myself in your place, with your concern for OVF. You could not find a better A-mount than a Sony A700. I found a package on Ebay, that shows a well maintained Camera with a genuine Sony V-grip ( worth 300 dollars by itself ). all the paper work and included boxes. And also a very important book from Gary Friedman on the A700 ( I have this book and by itself is worth 75 dollars. Chargers and extra batteries straps and cables etc.

Thank you for the link and the additional info Bill.

I do like the looks of the A700 and was sad to see it removed from the Sony lineup without a replacement of something similar instead of so many "entry level" type camera bodies.

I do have to say that I too still have my older (film) Maxxum 7 with the VC-7 grip and have always loved that way that it felt/handled, is that Sony V-grip and the A700 have the same feeling as the old Maxxum 7 with the VC-7 grip???

As far as image quality from the A700 (that came out 10 years ago), will it still be something that I can be happy with compared to the newer models of Sony DSLR units?

I got the nice 7D book from Gary Friedman and was very happy for the wealth of information that it helped provide for my other DSLR.

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Keith in WA

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