Sony Alpha A58 18-55 + Sony 50mm F1.8 Lens Jessops £339

For an extra £60 have all the lens you will need jessops.com/onl…tml

Sony are great cameras I shoot semi pro with top end sony stuff and get some great results I think they have better technology than nikon or canon for sure

prybar1

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My mate is a pro he uses Hassleblad medium format gear and says the Sony stuff is OK there just isn't the glass for it. There's tons of wicked Nikon and Canon lens.

I think many pros' "cope" with the - in your opinion - inferior technology in their Nikon and Canon cameras LOL!

The description is wrong this is NOT an SLR it's an "SLT". This has some serious consequences regarding it's use and anybody interested in buying this should read up about that stuff first.
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Good Price

Thanks

Can someone tell me why a 50mm lens would be needed when 50 is in the range of the defauls lens of 18-55mm?

Thanks.

Hi. The fixed 50mm lens is really made for portraits which is its common usage. The wide apature of f1.8 is larger than that of the 18-55 which is I think 3.5 to 6 or similar I can't remember off the top of my head.

good price, nice lens for the money, very useful for low light shooting and when narrow dof needed.

do they still take Minolta lenses?

50mm on aps-c=75mm on FF
1.8f on aps-c= 2.8 on FF

johnnyboy4711

do they still take Minolta lenses?

yeah

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douglas13

50mm on aps-c=75mm on FF1.8f on aps-c= 2.8 on FF

is that in response to something?

brilly

is that in response to something?

It worries me that although i class myself as a novice i understand that completely! :-)

A prime lens would be much sharper than 50mm on the kit lens.

which is better: Sony A58 or Nikon 3100D?
I'm not a professional.
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snapsort.com/com…A58
Great site for comparing cameras, short answer is sony is best

Bargin_billy

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thx

Bargin_billy

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be careful with that site, i don't think you can declare one better than the other, they are very similar and it will be personal preference on the differences between them

JamesSmith

My mate is a pro he uses Hassleblad medium format gear and says the Sony … My mate is a pro he uses Hassleblad medium format gear and says the Sony stuff is OK there just isn't the glass for it. There's tons of wicked Nikon and Canon lens.I think many pros' "cope" with the - in your opinion - inferior technology in their Nikon and Canon cameras LOL!The description is wrong this is NOT an SLR it's an "SLT". This has some serious consequences regarding it's use and anybody interested in buying this should read up about that stuff first.Read lessRead more

generally your pros wouldn't be looking at the low end of the market so fairly irrelevant as is the slt/slr thing is to those interested in this camera.

whats missing from the lens set up for someone buying this level of camera? genuine question i dont have an alpha but a quick look shows me assorted fast primes, macro lens as well as a variety of zooms of various qualities.

well its not just me see what the professionals think and I have all the glass I need

youtube.com/wat…29w

and its get even more interesting when you do your research

jilllevenhagenphotography.com/201…on/

Depends what you class as pro. A Nikon D4 or Canon 1DX user is never going to change it for a A99.

I can see why some photographers are moving to the SLT as it allows more FPS for your money, whilst others like the WYSWIG. Though I would never move over to Sony as I hate the EVF, yes its 100% coverage. But so has the pentaprism on my D7100.

Though its all horses for courses. This is a cracking deal for someone looking for a entry level DSLR.

tone001

For an extra £60 have all the lens you will need … For an extra £60 have all the lens you will need http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/Digital%20SLR%20Cameras/products/Sony/A58%20Digital%20SLT%20Camera%20Triple%20Lens%20Kit-91071/Show.htmlRead lessRead more

Great find that, Thanks

This is a great camera (it is a SLT rather than SLR) and I use it all the time. I have a number of extra lenses for it, one of which is the 50mm f1.8 and it is a fantastic lens. This is a great price for the combined deal.