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Originally Posted by SammyC
You do need to consider the range and quality of lenses available to you when buying an SLR. Literally the body is only half of it.
BTW, I have no idea about the good/bad -ness of the range you suggest.
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yeah nor do I. although third party manufacturers like sigma do make lenses with the minolta mount system so they'll all be available.
The big plus is obviously the huge price difference between IS and non-IS lenses. In a realistic world I'm not talented enough to warrant IS prices.
The big downside is Minolta is pulling out of DSLRs, Sony have bought rights to the mount system so there maybe some nice bodies in the future but I don't rate sony's P&S cameras so maybe not. Apparently a Sony DSLR is set to launch this summer (summer in japan that is) I'm going to try and sit on the fence till then. Its unclear if sony have the rights to the antishake system...... unless I find tooo good a deal, the amazon deal is good but not a HUGE saving over warehouse express @ £349
I've thought about this alot and I don't need a dslr until my next trip abroad (likely Africa) untill then my e900 (which costs £50 more now than when I bought it
) will suffice