Hi,
Newbie here. Any owner of Sony Alpha 100 here? Planning to buy but dunno if it's good or not...help help..!

try here: smashpOp's Sony Alpha Gallery

Decent above average camera.
Though nothing spectacular to shout about.
External flash has a proprietary mount.
Used lenses & accessories are not easily available.
But doesn't matter if you just want a dSLR to P&S. Or you prefer to buy everything (lens & etc) new.

RM3050 comes with 18-70 kit lens. What does everyone think? I heard the pic quality are bad under high ISO settings? It is true? Any other bad points to share??

Sony ISO go up till 400 still good ,800 I cant accept ady ,other then ISO ,I would say should be no problem ,just tht the kit lens 18-70mm quality is not that perfect enough ,maybe u should wait for CZ *T 16-80mm F3.5-F4.5 .

juz go for the D80.

yeap....i waited for Nikon D80 over this Sony. D80 Noise level at 1600 still near perfect ... can compete with canon edi.

there is a shop quote me rm 3000 for kit at bb plaza
near the entrance out

... or the Canon EOS 400D. RM3300 (or less) with a EF-S 18-55mm Kit Lens, you got nothing to loose

alpha got the 18-70mm
plus Super Steady Shot on the body

That would be the 'technical' advantage they have ... mine would be : When you're actually OUT there you only see Canon-Nikon-Canon-Nikon-Canon-Nikon-Canon-Nikon-Canon-Nikon users ... maybe occasionally Olympus users, no Sony yet and definitely no professional users as far as I am concerned :

1. Cannot borrow lens
2. Cannot borrow flash
3. Cannot borrow battery in case flat
4. No one can help if setting went kelam kabut

My question to Edwintst is : How long can you afford to be a white elephant among your peers before more Sony owners come in (assuming you only wanna be a photo enthusiastes or shooting as a hobby)? Considering the limited amount of accessories (prices aside) i.e lenses and flash Sony have for their SLRs, how far can you bring this interest of yours?

Should you decide to chuck your entire system within this or next year, keep in mind that cutting your purchase price in half and selling also no use. A new Nikon or Canon or Olympus entry level is only less than RM2,000 away from the price you're selling.

Know the truth.

This post has been edited by ac98: Oct 3 2006, 09:08 AM

problem is that
r ur so called friends will borrow their few Ks precious lens for you
maybe test shots from their camera thats it.

Enough-lor Shinchan ... later Alpha owners coming with their flame throwers at us.

alpha 18mm-200mm Rm1.8k+
alpha 90-300mm Rm800+

keke

But Alpha can still share KM lens, right?

yes Minolta A Mount

alpha 18mm-200mm Rm1.8k+ ,why pay RM1.8k for a tamron OEM lens -.-"

mayb look for tamron mount KM 18-200mm cna ady ,less then RM1.5k ,and CZ is a much much better lens

Sony/KM standard

CZ* T lens
KM G lens
KM lens
Tamron OEM KM digital lens

18-70 and 18-200 is the 4rd de

Come to think about it..I was supposed to be a Sony alpha user. Then 400D came along with about the same price point.. Most of my friends advised me against a Sony (mainly because its a new comer??).. so I ended up with a 400D. Dang, wish someone had told me how crappy Canon the kit lens is. Now i have to shell out more dough for a better lens. Heard the alpha kit lens kicks a$$.

I tell you what ... the Golden Years for Minolta was the Dynax, I never deny that. Those were the best years for them.

I still remember when I was in Secondary school and in the Kelab Fotografi. The president is very well off and he was using a Dynax. He tried to poison everyone one to buy the camera but it was obvious beyond the reach of everybody. I was having my dad's Canon AT-1 (Manu. 1973) and I remembered it was in the canteen he laughed out so loud that my camera was an old Manual one.

Cut the long story short, Minolta soon loose out to competition becoz Canon and Nikon was all out against each other in a technology 'cold war' starting from the lower end consumer compact digicams all the way to highend professional DSLRs.

Canon Malaysia actually threw in RM20 Million for advertising ALONE in 2006/2007, can you believe that?! (Source @ thestar.com.my) I think Minolta Malaysia could't even reach that amount of money via camera sales alone!

Remember Sony's 'semi-pro' point-and-shoots? The DSC-R1 and T929? I consider those models 'gone case' liao. Two of my friends are users and one changed to Nikon D70 and the other guy changed to a Canon 300D later. You cannot believe how much they spent on the camera, accesories, flash and not to mention memory sticks!

You call the Kit Lens CRAPPY-ah? It can focus in a foggy cubicle with a model showering in hot water inside you know?! Dun believe me? Lets yumcha I show you the pic, in A4 size!