ChrisBrookes
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I jumped ship from Sony to Canon, due to reliability issues and the odd hot shoe, and the difficulty in getting even basic kit in Sony/Minolta fit, now I can go all over the place and readily find Canon kit with none of the problems I had attaining Sony Fit kit. I do not regret changing, my only regret is that I spent so much money on Sony/Minolta kit before deciding to jump ship. That said I do think they are going the right way with a selection of bodies, but availability of lenses, flash, remotes, etc.etc. needs to be addressed.
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FujiSigmaNolta
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I jumped ship from Sony to Canon, due to reliability issues and the odd hot shoe, and the difficulty in getting even basic kit in Sony/Minolta fit, now I can go all over the place and readily find Canon kit with none of the problems I had attaining Sony Fit kit. I do not regret changing, my only regret is that I spent so much money on Sony/Minolta kit before deciding to jump ship. That said I do think they are going the right way with a selection of bodies, but availability of lenses, flash, remotes, etc.etc. needs to be addressed.
BoooooOOOOOooooOOOOooo!!! 
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Gordon_McGeachie
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I jumped ship from Sony to Canon, due to reliability issues and the odd hot shoe, and the difficulty in getting even basic kit in Sony/Minolta fit, now I can go all over the place and readily find Canon kit with none of the problems I had attaining Sony Fit kit. I do not regret changing, my only regret is that I spent so much money on Sony/Minolta kit before deciding to jump ship. That said I do think they are going the right way with a selection of bodies, but availability of lenses, flash, remotes, etc.etc. needs to be addressed.
BoooooOOOOOooooOOOOooo!!!;)
Change back..............you know it makes sense...... 
I have been a Minolta user since 1981,never regretted it,after changing from Canon, mind you it was the AV1(yuck)
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ChrisBrookes
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Sorry Sony/Minolta Fans !!
Although I did mainly start trying to buy stuff just as minolta shutdown and there seemed to be nothing anywhere! Has the situation improved now? Not that I could afford to think about changing back, and I would not want to! I think a proper hot shoe would do wonders for the brand not that weird thing they use!
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Gordon_McGeachie
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Sorry Sony/Minolta Fans !!
Although I did mainly start trying to buy stuff just as minolta shutdown and there seemed to be nothing anywhere! Has the situation improved now? Not that I could afford to think about changing back, and I would not want to! I think a proper hot shoe would do wonders for the brand not that weird thing they use!
Chris.
Hope you have not regretted `jumping ship` but we may send the big boys round to beat you with a kipper though
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gollum
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They gotta long way to go to convince me, big as they are, they have traded on their name in producing over priced electrical consumer goods for years, feeling the pinch in other markets are they?
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FujiSigmaNolta
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They gotta long way to go to convince me, big as they are, they have traded on their name in producing over priced electrical consumer goods for years, feeling the pinch in other markets are they?
No, just a logical step. They already deal in anything else electronic, plus they very cleverly jumped on Minolta's know-how and hardware base.
The prophets warn you... beware of the hidden soul within the machine....plus the Zeiss lenses
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lutewhine
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I've recently gone digital with the A200, and there's no question for me that Sony mean business.
I see you can currently get the body with a kit lens for about £310 now, and there's a serious amount of camera there for the price. Bizarrely, given their history, it looks to me that aggressive pricing could well turn out to be their way in amongst the big boys. Deservedly so too - their DSLRs have been superb, and have been a great continuation of the Minolta legacy.
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How about a review of an interesting camera, the Sigma DP1, instead?
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FujiSigmaNolta
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Hmmmm...if I didn't know better I would say you got some verses of your own....WATCH OUT FOR THE ATTACK OF THE SIGMA TROLL VERSES!!MODERATOOOOR!!
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ChrisBrookes
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Sorry Sony/Minolta Fans !!
Although I did mainly start trying to buy stuff just as minolta shutdown and there seemed to be nothing anywhere! Has the situation improved now? Not that I could afford to think about changing back, and I would not want to! I think a proper hot shoe would do wonders for the brand not that weird thing they use!
Chris.
Hope you have not regretted `jumping ship` but we may send the big boys round to beat you with a kipper though
LOL Gordon, No I have not regretted it I am sorry to report, at my AS level college course the Sony/minolta disadvantage was clearly demonstrated as a fellow student attempted to to fit the Hotshoe-sync socket adapter to her Sony Camera, as a person who had suffered this before I felt sorry for the student as they could not use the studio lights, why don't they lose that rubbish non standard hotshoe? I may well have stayed with them if they had a standard hot shoe! But I am sure they will not miss me !!
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FujiSigmaNolta
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But dismissing a camera just because of the odd hotshoe is a bit too much. Plus there are Dynax hotshoe to PC adapters and the Sony and Sigma for Dynax shoe flashes do a fine job.
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Damien Demolder
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why don't they lose that rubbish non standard hotshoe? I may well have stayed with them if they had a standard hot shoe! But I am sure they will not miss me !!
You wouldn't say that if you had passed under a low bridge with a flash unit fitted to any other SLR.
The Minolta style is several times stronger.
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ChrisBrookes
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I did try to find a hotshoe adapter, but I could not find one anywhere, and the reliability issues were a major factor in switching (Well not just reliability, but finding a flashgun to fit and test in a local shop was impossible!), perhaps Sony should supply a hotshoe adapter/sync socket adapter with all their cameras? My car doesn't have a sunroof so whacking a flashgun off a bridge is probably not going to happen! Perhaps its me with reliability and maintenance! As I had problems with a KM dynax 5d and the Sony Alpha 100 and my Minolta film camera started rewinding films early!
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