http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/ SonyAlpha Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:16:55 GMT Don Schap http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1568 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1568 I know you SONY DSLR users are thirsty for "stuff" to read about for your cameras. I wish I had someone to ask, years ago. A good six-year effort at SONY DSLR Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:04:09 GMT Jerius Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1567 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1567 HI, this "hole" is it down near the bottom directly under the strap or higher next to the lens release button? J. williams Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:22:50 GMT Don Schap http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1566 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1566 You might replace it with a brand new camera... the a100 is really a "prototype" of what SONY DSLRs are currently available. While a reasonably good camera, Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:55:38 GMT onelistdrs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1565 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1565 It is a small rubber part, a cover for the "DC power in" connector. Knowing what it is called you may be able to simply buy the part and snap it in place. If Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:05:43 GMT texgunny http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1564 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1564 I have a Sony A100. I've had it since it first came out (several years). In that time it's been in the shop (Sony) a handful of times for this or that. The Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:28:23 GMT Henrik Robeck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1563 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1563 Hi "Kopykat" Kathy, For portraits I also recommend a 85mm or slightly longer lens, it all depends on how far from the subject you need to work. If someone is a Sun, 17 Feb 2013 07:37:14 GMT Kopy Kat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1562 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1562 Hello Everyone, My friend was told by a wedding photographer that she should get a  f1.8  85mm  lens for when she shoots an up coming wedding. Is there such Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:16:42 GMT weberhj http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1560 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1560 Hi Ron, many gratulations for your new camera. I think that it is a very important part of todays digital photography to have a well functioning picture Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:55:06 GMT Ron http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1559 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1559 I've had my new A77 for just over two weeks now and it's simply GREAT! I'll post a few shots later on when I've got them sorted. Major fights yesterday and Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:35:10 GMT Henrik Robeck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1558 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1558 Interesting. I have read a little about the people and lens designs but that was an aspect I wasn't aware of. But it makes a lot of sense. There are a number Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:03:48 GMT Andy Gulliver http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1557 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1557 My information on the rise of Japanese lens designs comes from a book by a former Fleet Street photographer (the book is archived in our loft and his name Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:02:42 GMT hippybabe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1556 Hey all! Lurker here. When I saw the title *Nikon* I thought I would finally post........... Owning a Sony a550 as well as a Nikon D5100 I haven't really Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:20:50 GMT Henrik Robeck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1555 That is right, in 1948 the Nikon S and later SP definately were very refined cameras at their peak of development. Nikon were first with some features as Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:39:43 GMT Jack Casner http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1554 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1554 ... Back in the late '50s Nikon did make very fine copies of the Leica III series of cameras - these cameras never used the name "Nikon". Rather, they Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:57:01 GMT Henrik Robeck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1553 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyAlpha/message/1553 Jack, want to hear another oddity? In Sweden if you ask anyone the pronounciation of the word Nikon IS "Nee-Kon" that is how the phoneticly is pronounced if