The new Sony® á (alpha) DSLR-A100K Camera looks like it has some good stuff designed into it. I am not much for Sony digital cameras because of a weakness in the sensor that they have used in the past. I have the Sony DSC-F707 that I purchased a few years back. I used it for a while, but noticed that bright colors like reds and yellows tend to bloom and defeat the lenses ability to capture detail. I still keep the camera and use it occasionally. It is one of the few cameras that are actually designed with night shot capability and that makes it a keeper, but the color detail distortion has discouraged me from using it as much as I would have and has inspired me to replace it with other cameras that do a better job with the basics.

Sony is now producing a DSLR that looks promising in that it seems to do a couple of things that no one else is doing. It has stabilization built into the body, not the lens. That means that expensive, anti-shake lenses are no longer needed. Too bad that it uses the Minolta lens mount. I just have too much Nikon glass to give it up. The sensor in the new Sony also has improved dynamic range. That is a big plus because most digital cameras lose out when the contrast of the available light is significant. You see that when you take a good photo on a sunny, bright day and the sensor swallows up the detail in the shadows while the bright areas in the scene are swamped. Sony claims to have resolved that in the new camera.

Here is the link:
Sony DSLR

Give it a look.

I wonder if one could buy a lens adapter to add a different brand lens to it? My problem is kind of like yours, I have an old Canon AE-1 and a bunch of lenses for it. It's a shame all those perfectly good lenses can't be utilized on one of the new digitals.

I know they make adapters for doing different things as I have an adapter to mount my Canon lenses on backwards to get extremely close macro shots.

Those old lenses weren't free either. I question the value in buying a camera that won't use those very expensive and excellent quality legacy lenses. I can use the old Nikon lenses and Nikon mount lenses with my Nikon digital. I have to use them in manual mode, but that is how I have always used them, so it feels right. The air is getting dry enough to try some of the long, Ukrainian glass now. I see interesting things in the near future!