For Sell: A100 & Accessories

So my 2008 line up isn't my final line up as I can't afford to keep 2 DSLRs at this time and I'm raising fund for the Sigma 10-20mm. It's time to part with the A100 which has accompanied me for a good one year.

1. Sony DSLR-A100K

Bought in December 2006, the camera is in mint condition with box, rear display screen is protected by film protector since day one of purchase. Shutter counts approximately 7,000 to date. Sensor just cleaned and serviced by Sony Service Centre in December and filmware updated to latest version 1.04 which give better performance at high ISO.

Package includes:

• All cables - AV, USB etc
  
• Original NP-FM55H batteries x 2 with charger
• Sony Pro Duo Stick adapter (memory card excluded)
• User manual
• CD installer
• Sony DT 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 - glass is perfect, no fungus whatsoever, will include a 55mm Hoya Skylight filter which is always on the lens as front element protection.
  

Asking price: £300 plus delivery cost

2. Dicain VG-1 Vertical Grip



6 months old, by far the best 3rd party vertical grip for the A100 (there isn't any Sony grip available!). Great for portraiture and other vertical composition and believe me, once you have it fixed on the A100 you won't want to take it down.

Asking price: £60 plus delivery cost

3. Minolta 3600 HS(D) Flash unit



I bought the Sony 56 flash unit so I don't need this anymore. It's in very good condition, comes with diffuser, leather case and the MS-2 stand.

Asking price: £85 plus delivery cost

Oops... I just won a M42 Helios 135mm F2.8 lens on eBay for £15 including delivery... for experiment purpose, I must stop somewhere on the purchase...

Meeting with the A700s

Managed to meet up with two A700 users in a small TT session at Times Square before leaving Malaysia. Both Malaysian bloggers and Sony Alpha featured photographers.

Jason aka Smashpop, famous of his jump shots. Picture taken with Albert's 8mm Peleng lens.

Albert, he has some wide coverage on Sony/Konica Minolta system in his blog with many interesting tests.

Shooting each others with the A700.

We also tested the A700's wireless remote control on 3 A700s and it works!

Test shot with Jason's Sony 11-18mm at the wide end.

I seriously got tempted by Albert's 8mm Peleng fish eye lens. A very interesting lens indeed for creative photography. It'll be my next purchase after the Sigma 10-20mm.

The lens can be used for candid shoot, they weren't actually realised that they were framed when I was aiming at the Tamron lens.

Been reading their blogs for some while and finally got to meet them in KL. It's great pleasure indeed for their kind sharing on the flash technique and some features on the A700.

2008 Line Up

Happy New Year 2008 and I'm back in London with my new gears bought in KL.

Picture taken with Canon IXUS 30 at manual setting, custom WB and ISO400 so pardon the poor imagine quality despite the equipments that I owned now.

So my 2008 Sony/Konica Minolta line up are:
Top left to right: Minolta 3600HS(D), Sony HVL-F56AM, Sony A700, Sony A100 with Dicain VG-1
Bottom left to right: Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro, Minolta 70-210mm F4 'Beercan', Sony 18-70mm F3.5-5.6, Minolta 50mm F1.7 and the newly acquired Tamron 17-50mm F2.8

Bought the Sony semi-pro DSLR body A700 finally and I'm happy with the ISO performance and the improved AF, also the high end HVL-F56AM flash, which is much better and accurate than my 3600HS(D), both at Boeing Sg Wang. Also bought the Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 which is a perfect replacement for the kit lens from Shashinki.

The only lens which I'm going to buy in 2008 will be the Sigma 10-20mm wide angle zoom lens, that will be after I sell my A100 + kit lens, vertical grip and the 3600HS(D). I will concentrate on taking good photos and stop talking about the equipment after then!