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Digital Body to go with Quantaray Lens I own the Quantaray 28 - 90mm 1:3.5 - 5.6 autofocus Zoom Lens and the Quantaray 28 - 200mm 1:3.5 5.6 autofocus zoom lens. I wnat to purchase a digital camera that will support these two lenses. Please offer suggests and adivce. I want the camera to react quickly once I have pushed the button. (Can you tell I don't really know all the right photo-words?)
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Joyce S. Bowley |
Kalen, It's going to depend on the type of mount your lens has; I have that Quantaray 28-90mm lens that was made for Minolta Maxxum AF cameras (and will fit a Minolta 5D or 7D whenever I decide to buy a digital body). Quantaray makes lenses for several camera body types. Were/are you using these lenses on a camera body? Or did you just acquire the lenses?
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Michael H. Cothran |
Quantaray lenses are manufactured by an independent lens maker. Quantaray, like Sigma, Tamron, and Tokina, make lenses for all popular brands of cameras, however, each lens is fitted with a particular mount made for a specific camera brand. So...You would first have to determine which lens mount your lenses have. A quick trip to a decent camera store will solve this. Ask the salesman if he can tell, and if not, and you are polite, he may be willing to try your lenses of several brands until one fits. Now, with all this said, it is my professional opinion that Quantaray lenses do not warrant building a system around them. They are just not that good. Furthermore, there is no earthly reason to have two zooms, both beginning at 28mm with the same maximum apertures. You gain nothing but dead weight by owning both of these lenses. If money is a real issue, then by all means, find an entry level DSLR body that will work with them, buy it, and shoot & learn all you can while saving for an upgrade.
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