Am i asking for £90's worth of trouble ???

[dan-fisher]

Any experiences or knowledge on this please ?? I'm not a professional but would like to wow you with the results Is this a pile of pants or a tasty bit of kit ??

500mm Lens Sony Alpha A100 A200 A700 A350 A300 Minolta on eBay, also To Fit Minolta, For 35mm SLR, Camera Lenses, Photography (end time 03-Dec-08 20:00:00 GMT)

Thanks in advance, dan

[NickCantle]

Max aperture is f/8 at 500mm.

You're going to need heavenly light

[dan-fisher]

thanks for reply.. i never looked at the specs but then f8 isn't a bad setting for use at my level??

With it not being wide open super duper prime lense will it only be acceptable in the summer sun ?? Or would the shutter time/iso required be a disaster when it comes to the sharpness and image quality and just too much compromise?


500mm prime £££'s isn't an option, my only other long lense is the sony/sigma 75-300. Would i be better with a 1.4 or 2x converter for the same cost?? £90 could buy a better converter than it can buy a 500mm lense i think??

Thanks again, dan

[pressld2]

Yep, pile of pants is my vote. You could probably use it as a door-stop.

Dave P.

[dan-fisher]

mmmm

Better to spend money on a 2x converter ?? Bearing in mind in slightly below average light at 300mm the sigma/sony 75-300mm hunts as it is.

[pressld2]

Originally Posted by dan-fisher

mmmm

Better to spend money on a 2x converter ?? Bearing in mind in slightly below average light at 300mm the sigma/sony 75-300mm hunts as it is.

My personal opinion is that a 2x converter would also be a waste of money, although I know that some people get reasonable results with them. I have used a Kenko Pro 1.4x converter which wasn't particularly cheap with my Nikon 80-400mm VR (a pretty sharp lens on its own) and the results have not been good. One or two 'acceptable' shots but nothing I'm proud of.

I think your best bet would be to put your money away and keep saving until you have enough for something like the 'Bigma' - the Sigma 50-500, assuming they make that with a Sony mount.

I know it's tempting and a lot of us have fallen into the trap - I certainly have - but by and large money spent on the cheapest kit is money wasted.

Dave P.

[squishy]

i've resantly been asking alot about things like this, and the best bit of advice i've had is to always buy the best you can afford, even if it means waiting, because buying something cheaper, in a year or so you are gonna be wanting to spend more anyway.

you only get what you pay for.

[Jim Ford]

John Ruskin said:

“It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought is incapable of doing what it was bought to do.”

Jim

[ron1863]

Save you money - it's oeoeoeoe.
For your £90 you could get a Sigma 70-300mm APO from the same site - I did, and I have a Sony DSLR.

[dan-fisher]

Thanks for the above guys much appreciated.

So yes indeed i shall wait until the Bigma is available to me financially.. if i bought one now the wife would go mental so i shall continue perservering with the 75-300 which i dare say is still better than me.

Cheers again, dan