Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Digital SLR

[Photo-John]

Forget it. Minolta Professional customers have been forgotten for the last 8-9 months with no equipment available since January. Sony allowed Minolta to withdraw from the market 8-9 months before they are ready to fill the place leaving us with nothing. With no replacement lenses or any accessories available until September, it's time to say farewell to my beloved Minolta kit and hello to Canon.

Sorry to hear that. I think service has been the main concern of Konica Minolta owners. I'm sure you'll be happy with Canon equipment but it's a shame you feel the need to abandon your KM system.

[Erik Stiegler]

It must be something to have $18,000 worth of gear and not have everything you need.

At the risk of sounding flippant, I would think Minolta owners would have gotten use to being left in a void. Minolta took years to deliver a DSLR, and skipped generations of pro level cameras. Things like that.

It seems odd to decide to drop them just when a company that seems interested in actually selling cameras takes over the business. If you've been waiting on Konica-Minolta to take the DSLR market seriously for this long, what's another couple months?