400MM or 500MM lens (Sony Alpha and KM?)

bosteve

I have a Sony Alpha, and I believe Minolta Konica are interchangeable. I seek a 400 MM lens so I can shoot shots of my son @ baseball!

Go St. Laurinburg Knights !

Boston resident here.:dunno

DoctorIt

Steve, since this is really a question first and a "want to buy" much further down the road, I'm moving this poll into the gear discussion forum.

when you know what you're looking for, come on back to the flea market.

thanks

(I've also added some useful info to your thread title)

Elaine

Minolta Maxxum and KM lenses will fit the Sony Alphas. Not ALL Minolta lenses will work, only Maxxum AF mount.

SavedByZero

bosteve wrote:

I have a Sony Alpha, and I believe Minolta Konica are interchangeable. I seek a 400 MM lens so I can shoot shots of my son @ baseball!

Go St. Laurinburg Knights !

Boston resident here.

Also know that the smaller digital CCD gives you a 1.5X lens conversion focal length so that 400mm is now a 600mm and a 500mm is a 750mm lens. So unless he's playing in the outfield and you're sitting behind home plate a 300mm f2.8 lens would be more logical and also faster. And if you still needed more length add on the matched 1.4 teleconverter and only lose one more f stop of light.

:devbobo