Hi, I recently got a Minolta Maxxum 5 and I am new to the group. I am new to photography and want to learn everything I can. I want to buy a zoom lens...
Hi Meviva, Welcome Aboard! I am no help with your lens question but I'm sure someone will have some input. Drop by our "Links" section for some sites about...
Andrea, welcome aboard. I have an old Maxxum 5xi, from 1994. The xi lenses were notorious for their little quirks and idiosyncracies, focus wandering, not...
Andrea, As Shankar said the 28-300 are decent lenses nowadays. Better than their first generation counterparts. BUT Being a ex-Maxxum man there are some older...
Hi Shankar and Darrin, Thanks for the great information. I understand what you're saying about the 70-300 being limiting. I ran into the situation you talked ...
Andrea, before you decide on the cheapest and best one etc., I reiterate my earlier word of caution: find out first which kind of lens mount your camera has....
I believe that Sigma makes very good quality lenses. In fact I tend to buy Sigma over Tamron or any other off-brand. Have you checked out Ebay? You have to be...
Shankar, I looked in my manual and I do have an A type bayonet mount on my Maxxum 5. The two lenses I found at beachcamera.com both specify they are for...
Andrea Wrote: Thanks for the welcome. I've been reading the posts for a few weeks now and I like this group. I really like the contests and one day I hope to...
Hey Andrea, Yes buying lenses is a fun thing to figure out. Another thing to look at is the Minolta 24-105 ($350 @ B&H). true you don't get the lonog range,...
Andrea, I'll bow out here as I have total zero experience with mail order stores in the US. I have read in teh Popular Photo though that B & H is fairly good....
Shankar and Andrea ... Yes her camera is for the A Mount Maxxum. ... Yup that is why stay with KEH for used and B&H for new lenses. Beach camera can be nasty...
Andrea, further to my previous post, I must hasten to add that as Darrin has been saying, Minolta lenses too should most definitely be looked into. As I said,...
Hey Shankar, Nice to see you back here if I have not said so. In order for Andrea to feel comfortable in her online purchases she should consider the following...
Hi, I have a couple of pictures that I would like to upload but I'm having problems with my scanner. As soon as I can figure out how to get it working again I...
Hi Darrin, Thanks for all of your advice. I think I am leaning towards the TAMRON 28-300 XR AF F/3.5-6.3 LD ASP (IF)/MINOLTA MAXXUM. At beachcamera.com it's...
Hi Alan, I think I did that in my original post but anything that came after the ? in the address was not included in the link. I couldn't figure it out. ...
... Oh yes! Weighs a few pounds. (2.5 lbs to be exact) Could be used in self defense if needed and probably would survive if you nailed someone in the head...
