siumaibb

Your kit lens is 18mm-55mm already, still not wide enough for you?

What local length are you looking for and what is your budget?

you can check out this site, lots of info for minolta mount users
http://www.dyxum.com/

siumaibb

those sony tripods are not for SLR, they are too light and fragile. You put a $800 camera on a $80 tripod, if the tripod tripped your camera is gone, doesn't worth it.