Yes I think it is the shooter... <smile> It was hand held. Not thinking, I was excited to try the new camera body! It was a bit breezy yesterday when I took the shot. Thank you for the reminders. I'll set it up and try it again... C

Hi all. I just purchased a Sony a77 ii second hand and I have 30 days to evaluate it. Here is my first photo with it of the lilly in my backyard. The top is as shot the bottom after some slight tweaking in LR. Comments please!

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Thank you for the information. I didn't realize that my Minolta mount lenses would work on some Sony bodies.... I need to look into that.

I agree, and almost pulled the trigger on the Sony A6300 until I read about the overheat issues with the processor.

Just a few lines to introduce myself? Well lets see... Hmmmm wannabe photographer, thinks he has an "artistic eye" that sometimes makes the vision into print form...lol Getting ready to retire so I'm spending money now on new equipment..HA! And oh yeah, a bit of a sense of humor too!

Good morning to all. I am new here to this forum. I just happened upon it one day on my search for a new camera and so far have found it to be very interesting. So on to my question. A little background: I have made the decision to upgrade my Minolta Maxim 5D. It's not that I am particularly unhappy with it but it is only 5MP and has other disadvantages so that newer cameras now run circles around it. I was a huge Minolta loyalist, that is until Konica decided to pull the plug, so now I am faced with a "brand" change. I have narrowed the field to 2 candidates: the Nikon D7200 or the Canon EOS 80D. Pricing is negligible, they are priced within $50 of each other for the camera body with 2 passable (barely) kit lenses memory cards etc. But if anyone has a viable alternative to either of these I am open to suggestions. Full frame is probably going to be out of my range at this time. Remember that I am starting over with regard to glass and probably filters too unless I happen to get lucky on the diameter of the new equipment. So which way.... Nikon or Canon???? :-)