A Nurtured Child

Hi Helen,
Thanks for the comment.I'm pretty sure that only the old "legacy" Minolta lens will fit a Sony body. This combo seems to work seamlessly together. I find it ideal for portraits; the equivalent film focal length is 75 mm.

I'm not sure about any precautions to take. Do you have any for me?
Joe 

hmca,

Although, due to the date of publication,the emphasis is on film photography, John Shaw's book "Nature Photography Field Guide" has the best explanation of the whats, whys, and reasons for the various lens and aperture sizes that I have ever read.

"Exposure" is what it is all about and Mr. Shaw explains it better, at least to my thick skull.

I picked up a like-new used copy for five bucks shipped and have been studying it hard the last several nights.

One point he makes that I had never before seen in print is how much easier it is to focus with a "fast" lens, such as drjoe's f1.8 and f1.8 is about as fast as it gets.

Regardless of aperture used when the shutter opens, the aperture remains at it's largest, thus letting in the most light, thus making focusing much quicker/easier, until the aperture closes to the selected opening just at the split second that the shutter opens.

This improved speed and accuracy of focus holds true for manual and automatic focusing; because, the bigger the aperture, the better you can see your target.

Am I making sense ?

Thanks for reading.