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All the best for your family! BTW, your post is a great example of the statement that photographers make photos, not cameras: you use the gear that suits your needs and requirements to get the ...

If you are talking about the Sony DT 35mm F1.8 SAM (SAL35F18) lens: yes, it will auto focus on the A700. It lacks the drive pin because it does not need it: this lens has an internal focus motor ...

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This is the USS Enterprise.

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Here it is: https://www.flickr.com/photos/58191568@N03/ Album with explored photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/58191568@N03/albums/72157637182863295

Actually, the 18-55 is just fine. It is fuzzy in the corners, but the center has good sharpness, just what you would expect from such a kit lens.

No, I cannot confirm this. My copy of the SAL35F18 is sharp in the center at F1.8. You can get chromatic aberrations more easily when wide open, but it is sharp. The corners are a little soft, but ...

Congrats, it is nice to have a photo getting into Flickr Explore. In the 5 years in have a Flickr account, 13 of my photos reached explore.

Thanks guys for your positive comments!

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I suspect IBIS would not fit inside the compact body of this camera.

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Looks good. It is an alternative to the much cheaper, but more limited Nissin system. The latter does not offer radio triggers (yet) for Sony flashes, and has less channels.

Well, there is also the cheaper Nissin system, but it is limited compared to this Odin system. The Nissin system currently lacks radio triggers for non-Nissin flashes (the Nissin flases have the...

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Placed 27^th in the challenge. This jumping spider got his dinner as it grabbed a fly. The spider and the fly are on a window, hence the blue background and the reflections.

In the menu is a setting where you can indicate what to show during playback: photos or videos. When you make a new video and review it, the A55 sets it to video by itself. You can find this in ...