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Thanks for replying. I have just tried to compare the live view with the optical viewfinder and cant see much difference, but I hate using the live view so even if it is more accurate it would not affect how I use the camera. The battery went flat just as I was experimenting so I will have to...

Thank you again. This is beginning to make sense to me and the article you referred me to is very good, though I probably need to read it through a few times as it gets complicated towards the end! I see that a cropped sensor is not always a bad thing but I am not perhaps getting the most from...

Thank you!

Thank you very much for this. I cant honestly say that I fully understand either your answer or the information on the links. I think you are agreeing that my cropping problems are due to the mix of lenses? When you say I have a cropped sensor - is that something that is permanently on the...

Hi Can you please include me in the spreadsheet? Id like to take this challenge!

Ok, not taken a photo yet but here is my thread!

Hi, I wonder if any can advise me? I used to have a Minolta film camera. I was told that as Sony had bought Minolta I could use my 3 Minolta lenses on a Sony digital body. I bought the Sony body and the lenses do fit but I sometimes feel that I have framed a shot correctly but they come out...

I'm new and not very bright - how do I vote? Do I just put it here as a post? I like No. 13 if so!!