Question on keeping lenses.

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I have a pair of Sigma lenses on my Minolta Maxxum STsi. One is a 70-300mm
DL Macro Super (1:4-5.6), the other is a 28-80mm Sigma Zoom Macro
(1:3.5-5.6).

Yes, I am a small-time hobbiest with a limited knowledge base on the
specifics of his equipment. I have also been very happy with the photos I've
taken.

My question is when I start shopping for a digital SLR later this year, or
early next year, which bodies should I be looking at if I want to continue
to use my lenses? Will the Maxxum 7D work with these lenses? If not, will
another body work with them? Or am I pretty much boned and have to replace
them?

Thanks in advance.


Peter Smith

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Peter Smith wrote:
> I have a pair of Sigma lenses on my Minolta Maxxum STsi. One is a 70-300mm
> DL Macro Super (1:4-5.6), the other is a 28-80mm Sigma Zoom Macro
> (1:3.5-5.6).
>
> Yes, I am a small-time hobbiest with a limited knowledge base on the
> specifics of his equipment. I have also been very happy with the photos I've
> taken.
>
> My question is when I start shopping for a digital SLR later this year, or
> early next year, which bodies should I be looking at if I want to continue
> to use my lenses? Will the Maxxum 7D work with these lenses? If not, will
> another body work with them? Or am I pretty much boned and have to replace
> them?

If they are Maxxum comaptible (as the STsi), then they will work on the
Maxxum 7D. As you probably already know there is a crop factor making
your lenses 'zoom in' by 1.5x (as if your 28-80 were a 42-120).

They haven't announced further models as yet. I would bet on either a
lower end model akin to the Maxxum 5 without Anti-shake and a more
plastic body, or a higher end model with 8 to 11 Mpix resolution.

Cheers,
Alan


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"Alan Browne-" <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote...

<< If they are Maxxum comaptible (as the STsi), then they will work on the
Maxxum 7D. >>

Good to know. Thanks Alan.

<< As you probably already know there is a crop factor making your lenses
'zoom in' by 1.5x (as if your 28-80 were a 42-120). >>

Yeah, after flipping through the backlog of posts for an hour I found that
little nugget of info. So I might have to end up getting a new lens anyway,
something with a wider angle lens.


Peter Smith