I wanted to further my case Alpha 700. I had not been conquered by the Alpha 77. The price of the 58 alpha decided me. The housing is made of plastic and fragile, nothing to do with the quality of my Alpha 700, but I'm amazed by the qualitative leap pictures at high ISO I could achieve. Excluding the lighter side of the box, but happiness when the speed of AF and the perceived quality of pictures (RAW course) with my Zeiss 16-80. The main settings are easily accessible. Sony has returned to a standard flash hot shoe holder, possessor of several flash sony I would have liked more easily and at a reasonable price an adapter. Thank you E-Bay. The possibility of trimming that allows this 20Mpx sensor relative to 12Mpx my alpha 700 is interesting. Now I will try my "minolta" 100f2 and 200f2.8 :). Alpha 58 could become my main box .... After 10 days of use. Frankly a qualitative leap compared to my Alpha 700 obvious. All my goals Minolta 85f1.4, 100f2.8, 200f2.8 80-200f2.8 and make fine, the development is rapid.