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Re: "What am I doing wrong....please help"
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2008, 10:35:17 PM »
Ok Shawn I found my lenses on the web site you posted and listed them for you to look at if you want to, I agree that the Sony Alpha A100 would be the way for me to go and I found it for only $399 here: 

http://www.bestpricecameras.com/prodetails.asp?prodid=615855

Should be a good tax return, it usually is but is spent already, that is how I pay for lodging when I go to Republic for deer season and gas to get to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving with my folks and deer hunting there, oh and ice fishing !! fun stuff  :chuckle:

I will try to get the money together though if you think this set up will work, I know it is not a Nikon but I have to work with what I got you know what I mean.

Give me your thoughts on this, hopefully I can get away with it for only the $400 that would be awesome !!

Here are the lenses:
 
http://www.dyxum.com/lenses/detail.asp?IDLens=43                                     http://www.dyxum.com/lenses/detail.asp?IDLens=50

Thanks again for your time.

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Re: "What am I doing wrong....please help"
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2008, 12:11:02 AM »
Don't buy from them.  They get a 1.5 out of 10 rating from resellerratings.com.  Always check your online store at that website so you know if they are reputable or not.  If it's too good to be true, then it probably is. 

Those lenses will work fine with this camera.  I think that is the cheapest way into a nice dslr.  From the sample images I have seen, it's as good or better quality than Nikon's cheaper cameras.  This combination will be much better quality than any point and shoot.  Remember, the sensor has a 1.5x magnification factor, so your small lens will be a 52-120mm and your telephoto will be a 105-300mm.  Both lense are on the slow end, but remember this camera has built in image stabilization.  Maybe on your next tax return you could buy a nice telephoto or something.

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Re: "What am I doing wrong....please help"
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2008, 08:09:26 AM »
I felt like there may be something fishy about the prices on that website, Thanks for the heads up, I guess I will be doing some shopping elseware, maybe I can convince my wife to send back her PAS to help pay for the Sony  :dunno: It may take some convincing but all I can do is try.

I'm really glad I can still use some of my original equipment and still upgrade my camera, I appreciate your expert opinion and maybe in the not so distant future I can post some better photos.

My telephone takes better pictures then my Minolta PAS  :bash:
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Re: "What am I doing wrong....please help"
« Reply #18 on: January 12, 2008, 08:31:30 AM »
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.  Its actually what I have been doing all my stuff in since I don't have the computer program to work with Raw

bone..if you got the software that came with the fz that i got, you can work the RAW images. it's the silkypix developer. not sure how much or what you can do, but it will take care of the raw images.
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