Talk:Sony α

message: Sony "Alpha" is s D-SLR series from Sony, it maybe making more models in the future and should the product details be moved to a new article like the ones of mobile phones of SonyErisson?
*That can be done once new models have arrived or someone starts adding details. For now, it's better to keep the products in the main article.--G. C. Hood 15:14, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why not move the products into a new article? 

message: (originally on User talk:Dekimasu)
Hi, I saw the you want to put the advert template if MSRP are mentionned. I don't think information on a class of price should put an article in this category, it helps to compare with appropriate products. Besides, in Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox §3, Advertising, it is not banned to mention prices. Furthermore, I originaly wrote this article trying to avoid commercial bias, which is difficult to do with almost only vendor material. What parts were too much advertising in your eyes? --Marc Lacoste 16:16, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: those prices don't say anything IMO, in Europe they are competely different e.g., Asia again, must be another kettle of fish. Lycaon 21:01, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm french, and I think dollar prices are informative. But feel free to put introduction prices in other curencies too from local press releases if you want. --Marc Lacoste 09:21, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

text:  Lycaon, could you please respond to the previous proposition before entering an edit war? Thanks --Marc Lacoste 10:30, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  advert template 

message: Can someone link or explain what PMA stands for? Thanks --Asiir 18:57, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  PMA 

message: I was not aware that the Sony had a vibrating CCD as the Canon 400D does, can someone verify this, or is this false information?
- yes the both the sony a100 and the sony a700 has an anti-dust feature that shakes the CMOS as it does not have a "CCD".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goingpsych (talk • contribs) 00:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Auto cleaning CCD? 

message: The system is likely to expand. The page is already cluttered and there really isn't that much detail on each product at the moment. 
People wanting to know about the system need to read a stub, but those who want to read about a particular product currently need to wade through an unfriendly amount of information.
:For the lens, compare to Nikon F mount, it may group into a article contain KM brand and Sony brand alpha mount lens. Or just leave it in alpha system page as OM system. Matthew_hk tc 05:29, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why we should move the products into a new article 

message: It seems Sony α-series models share a common nomenclature on WP: Sony α 100, Sony α 700 etc. This is not in line with what the manufacturer uses, ie Sony α100, Sony α700 etc, without spacing between α and number.
Apart from removing the space, I would suggest to use a letters available on non-Greek keyboards (α->A) in the model name. This is done on some review sites and at sony.com.
I'm suggesting that the camera models in the alpha series should be titled, in line with what is used on sony.com/dslr: "Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 (α700)".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Villervalla (talk • contribs) 15:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think, we should distinguish between the official model names and the logo. All Sony products have model names following a common scheme, e.g. DSLR-A100, HVL-F58AM, MVC-FD91, FDA-AM1AM, etc. This is the name of the product and therefore this is what should be used in Wikipedia as primary key. α700, a700 or A700 is not correct as a model name, although these handles are frequently used in practice. It cannot harm to mention the logos such as α700 as a secondary key, but we should switch to the official names for the primary key.
-- 84.63.52.9 (talk) 12:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Model nomenclature 

message: On the articles covering the DSLRs of other manufacturers the tables listing the different models have comments labeling whether the camera is aimed at amatuer/beginner, pro-sumer, proffesional users. I think it would be useful to add this information because of the recent influx of models. I will try to do it myself if I can ever figure it out Discojim (talk) 02:30, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consumer Categories 

message: 2010 March 28* --Apalsola t • c 19:08, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming [[:Category:Sony α]] 

message: Since it is the same mount as the Minolta A-mount and Sony alpha cameras can use the Minolta lenses.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.160.108.91 (talk) 02:16, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, it's wrong. While the mount is identical and the lenses will thus fit on the Minolta cameras, all Sony Alpha lenses are really designed for APS-C size sensors. In other words, their image circle is not big enough to expose the entire frame on an analogue 35mm Minolta camera. The result will look like this:  What will work, however, is using a lens adapter designed for any lens to be connected to the Sony Alpha mount, and then use that adapter to attach ony old lens to a Minolta, provided the lens is really designed for 35mm or the full-frame format to begin with. --80.187.101.102 (talk) 07:18, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: There are plenty of full-frame Sony Alpha lenses. Everybody except Canon lets you use their APS-C lenses on a FF and film bodies.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.248.159.105 (talk) 21:05, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Minolta A-mount