If you want to buy an A99, definitely download the manual and figure out how to do the things you want to do, and then go in the store and make sure it works as you expect. My 10 minutes of playing around unearthed some potential difficulties which I would want to make sure are curable by settings tuning before seriously considering this camera.
Another thing to consider is that a lot of the more serious Sony Alpha lenses are outrageously expensive. The 500/4 is 13000 Euro! The 300/2.8 is 7700 Euro! Just nuts. I wonder if they sold any? Maybe none? My theory is that only Sony employees and Sony sponsored photographers have them It would be cheaper to buy a Nikon 300/2.8 + D800 than the Sony lens
If you want to buy an A99, definitely download the manual and figure out how to do the things you want to do, and then go in the store and make sure it works as you expect. My 10 minutes of playing around unearthed some potential difficulties which I would want to make sure are curable by settings tuning before seriously considering this camera.
Another thing to consider is that a lot of the more serious Sony Alpha lenses are outrageously expensive. The 500/4 is 13000 Euro! The 300/2.8 is 7700 Euro! Just nuts. I wonder if they sold any? Maybe none? My theory is that only Sony employees and Sony sponsored photographers have them
If you want to buy an A99, definitely download the manual and figure out how to do the things you want to do, and then go in the store and make sure it works as you expect. My 10 minutes of playing around unearthed some potential difficulties which I would want to make sure are curable by settings tuning before seriously considering this camera.
Dec 29, 2012 at 11:05 AM
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It would be cheaper to buy a Nikon 300/2.8 + D800 than the Sony lens