neilt3
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Re: A sad day for Minolta A mount
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ibbz wrote:
Wonderful photos my friend !
really enjoyed them!
Thank you .
in my original post I wrote most advanced 35mm SLR much like the Nikon F6. Rather than Digital.
Mentioning 35mm is why I thought you meant to write Minolta and not Sony .
The thing is , AFAIK , Sony has never had anything to do with 35mm film cameras so has never had the tooling to make one .
To have done that they would have had to almost start from scratch with R&D .
It would cost a lot of money , especially for setting up production for a one of unit , and a technology that has no future for them .
Nikon making the F6 wasn't them going out with a bang as it was just the next pro body after the F5 .
At the time they probably expected it to be their last pro 35mm , but needed it to continue their professional support , especially as digital hadn't already replaced film at that time .
The rest is history .
I've recently bought a Dynax 9 that has had the upgrade done to it so it can use SSM and SAM lenses as well as having ADI flash support , it's the most I've ever spent on a film camera !
Between that and the Dynax 7's that I have , their the best available A mount film cameras there are . ( it's not the Dynax 7 limited I have , just the usual ones . Functionality wise , there's no real difference )
To be honest , I think the only was Sony could improve these cameras is if they add the AF units into the film cameras .
I don't see how it could match the a99ii as that also used on sensor PDAF combined , a film camera can't do this .
So I'm not sure how much better than the Minolta 7 or 9 Sony could do , especially as a first attempt at 35mm .
but the A99ii is special
It is a special camera , and as A mount is gone , it's the best they'll ever do .
I've also the a77ii and all the A mount cameras I've ever had , film and digital and a ton of lenses , So Sony and Minolta might have called it quits with A mount , but I should be fixed up for good .
I think I'll be dead before my A mount gear !
Any way , if you want to see a pro grade alpha 35mm , this is the closet you'll get .
A Minolta α9 with SSM upgrade and a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 24-70mm ZA f/2.8 .
