Sony Alpha 100 (2006-2026)

Incredible, but it's already been 20 years since Sony introduced its first DSLR.

The Sony Alpha 100 DSLR is a landmark digital SLR camera: it was Sony’s first DSLR, launched in 2006 following the acquisition of Konica Minolta.

It inherits the DNA of the Minolta A-mount system, introduced in 1985
And is fully compatible with older Minolta lenses

Here are the five comparisons I’ve done with the Sony Alpha 100

Nikon D200 (2005) / Sony Alpha 100 (2006)
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Lumix DMC-L1 (2006) / Sony Alpha 100 (2006)
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Konica Minolta 7D (2004) / Sony Alpha 100 (2006)
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Sony Alpha 100 (2006) / Sony Alpha 700 (2007)
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Sony Alpha 100 (2006) / Sony Alpha 7 (2013)
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I would appreciate hearing your comments, if possible

Excellent comparisons as usual. I remember when Sony bought the Minolta camera business. Had a chance to shoot a loaner Alpha 100. It was a decent enough camera but I already had Olympus E300/330 and Pentax DS/K10D. The A100 had a weak UV/IR cut filter and many people used it for IR photography, without modification.
Thanks for the memories,
barondla

id still be using my k100d if the auto focus was as good as my a7iv 🤔

Nice line up. Do you have a favorite from this group? Lots of excellent cameras here.

Some fear Sony will leave the camera manufacturing business. They just sold controlling interest in their home audio and TV businesses. They dominate image sensors and would continue in that business.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Of the five models presented here, I would say I have a soft spot for the Sony Alpha 7
It looks great and feels very nice in the hand. 😎

I get the feeling that all executives in the photography industry need to ask themselves about the future of photography as we know it today.

At the time, I had been a Minolta user for quite a few years. My understanding of the Sony/Minolta move was that Minolta saw the writing on the wall and concluded that the future of photography was with the big electronics companies who had the capacity to make sensors. They approached Sony with an offer for the transfer of their patents and lens making division to Sony on the condition that Sony began a new lens mount that kept faith with Minolta/Konica customers by being compatible with their lenses. The deal wasn't the aggressive takeover of Minolta by Sony that is sometimes assumed.
At the time, Minolta/Konica had the first IBIS tech (as distinct from lens based stabilization. IBIS was rapidly moved into the resulting Sony cameras.
The Sony 7D especially was a fabulous camera.

Total agreement.