Kirk Bruner

I think the envelope is being stretched in terms of performance, but I think a lot of consumers oversell themselves on the need for the top of the line models. Resolution numbers are exploding...

chev3100 Explain how the A-mount 135mm f1.8, the 85mm f1.4, the Minolta APO High Speed 200mm f2.8 are "horrible". Thank you.

They make the LA-EA5 adapter. It works really well, but only on two cameras. Once again, Sony proves themselves to be nothing more than another corporate profit monger. A-mount users must buy the...

What is the benefit of a shorter registry?

Meanwhile, on a proper A-mount Sony, like the a99 II, the 135 f1.8 ZA is Nirvana, and I DON'T mean the rock band.

"...aim to put it in the same company as DSLRs like....". I guess everybody forgets that Sony was the FIRST company to build a 24mp full frame camera with the a900, soon go be followed by the...

On the "image quality" page of the review, you can select the a99 as one of the four cameras examined. I've done it. I've had both cameras. Both are great, but the Mark II is still far better. It...

Exactly how much light was lost to the pellicle mirror in the Canon then? More or less than 1/3 of a stop of light? I think the key factor here is your use of the term "back in the day". That day...

The lens was not designed nor built by Tokina. In Osaka, Minolta had their lens plant where all G type lenses were designed and built. Other non-G lenses were made their too, going back to at ...

How does this help in comparing the Minolta 80-200 f2.8 G with the Minolta/Sony 70-200 f2.8 G SSM? Can anyone actually answer the original question or is there no one with the experience of owning ...

It was designed in-house by Minolta optical designers at the Minolta lens works in Osaka, where the the G type and better Minolta lenses were made. To their credit, when Sony bought the Minolta ...

Purple fringing IS chromatic aberration.

Six grand? People drink too much.

The hot shoe was invented and put into use by Minolta. Sony simply inherited it when they bought the Minolta Camera Company from the parent company, Konica/Minolta.