Mini and Sony Alpha Camera

Has anyone ever used this combination and if so, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Mac mini   Mac OS X (10.4)  

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
If you're looking for general information and background - and perhaps an indication of Mac compatibility, the review at http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/sony/dslr_a100-review/ may help, particularly in that it mentions that of the two applications supplied with the camera, the image viewer/downloader is PC only, but that iPhoto works for Mac users, and that the image converter for RAW files is both Mac and Windows.
Since the camera has USB, it would not be expected to present any practical usage problems for Macs, and of course a card reader could be used in any event. The lack of supplied Mac-compatible image downloading and viewing software is a bit disappointing I'd say, but since it works with iPhoto, it should also work with such alternatives as GraphicConverter.
If that doesn't help to address some of your concerns, it would perhaps be helpful to indicate what information you're seeking so the real photo experts can jump in and assist!

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