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Second comparison with my Minolta 7D !

Started Mar 1, 2019 | Discussions thread
neilt3
neilt3 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,008
Re: And also !

Maoby wrote:

The Sony Alpha 900, it's not cheap!
I would like to get my hands on an a900 or a850

Thank you

I bought mine used in late 2012 .

I'd been saving up some money for a while and was looking towards getting an a99 .

Went to the shop to buy one , tried it and didn't like it .

Went to another shop in town that also sold used gear and they had both a very low shutter count ( less than 1600 shots ) Sony a900 that looked good as new for £800 , tried it , bought it , love it . Still my main camera !

From what I've seen on ebay , a900's and a850 seem to go for nearly half that now , often for between £400 and £450 .

A good time to be buying .

I'd bought the Canon 5d (original) before this as I wanted a full frame camera that cost me about £320 ( ten years ago ) , I see these now for less than £250 .

It's a good time to buy if you wan't cheap full frame cameras as everyone's wan't the "newest" and latest .

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They also had a mint copy of the Sony 35mm f/1.4 lens in .

That was also around £800 . Bought that too , still had change in my pocket after getting both for less than the a99 !

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After using the a77ii as a back up and sports camera I've come to the conclusion that at some point I will be getting the a99ii , probably this year .

from what I gather the a99 wasn't much more of a step up from the a900 anyway , but the a99ii is .

Though a new computer will also be needed with much more RAM to process the RAW files .

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