http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/ Minolta Users Discussion Group Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:09:37 GMT Lightspirit photography http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147697 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147697 Graham, For the same $50 or so, you can probably find a Canon EOS 10 or 10s on Ebay. This is IR capable. Sure, its a film camera but its about 3rd generation Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:29:08 GMT John P http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147696 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147696 I believe the Minolta Dimage5 and 7 series also do infrared quite well. Nice digital SLR Style with electronic view finders and APO lens. 5 MP. John P Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:02:53 GMT Lightspirit photography http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147695 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147695 Graham, For the same $50 or so, you can probably find a Canon EOS 10 or 10s on Ebay. This is IR capable. Sure, its a film camera but its about 3rd generation Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:45:47 GMT slowhands95128 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147694 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147694 There are many MD/MA adapters on the major auction site. The ones with optics work but degrade the image ($40); the ones without glass are for macro only Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:35:04 GMT Neven http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147693 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147693 This is an exceptional example of this lens. Glass is flawless, clean, and clear with snappy aperture. Body looks new and distance window is clear. This is the Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:17:02 GMT Keven Fedirko http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147692 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147692 ... I tried both the a850 and a900 in the store before deciding on the a900. The difference in frame rate didn't rate high in my mind at all, but having used Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:06:45 GMT Magnus Wedberg http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147691 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147691 ... That means taking many shots in rapid succession. :-) -- Magnus Wedberg http://www.magnuswedberg.com/ mw AT 9000.org Warning! Objects in viewfinder may be Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:30:01 GMT D H http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147690 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147690 Hello, I read a post making a reference to blasting away. I am going to assume blasting away means taking a picture or pictures then tweaking them. The answer Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:05:29 GMT Keven Fedirko http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147689 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147689 ... The official word from what I've been able to read is, that there is no way to save it, it is "low rez" anyway (even if you could save it). Myself, not Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:07:20 GMT Magnus Wedberg http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147688 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147688 ... That is entirely correct -- but in practice, noise on the a900 looks very much like a700 noise PRE the v4 firmware update. Downsampling the a900 image to Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:45:21 GMT Matthias Andree http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147687 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147687 ... Sure it's not a high priority item, but still I'd like to see this and perhaps adjustable in-camera RAW->JPEG post processing in the alpha 700, too. I'm Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:42:51 GMT Magnus Wedberg http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147686 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147686 ... I think you understand that I was criticizing what I see as pointless development, when there are significantly more important features/firmware issues to Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:20:59 GMT Matthias Andree http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147685 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147685 ... You can still do that, no? Perhaps it's a half-baked or misunderstood and time-shifted version of the "post-process RAW to JPEG" feature that other brands Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:41:09 GMT Magnus Wedberg http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147684 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147684 ... Yeah, I understand the concept, just not the reason for it. Such a system would have been great when shooting film -- especially slides -- but today, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:21:05 GMT sybersitizen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147683 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Minolta/message/147683 I think the main hype point is that you can tweak settings while looking at the 'preview' (which is not really a preview at all, just an image in a buffer) and