Great entry level dslr at a great price

Advantages: Great camera at a great price
Disadvantages: Body looks cheap

.... This means that there are lots of lenses easily available and you do not have to go out and spends £100's of pounds on special lenses to fit it. It has inbuilt anti shake so it helps to keep your photos crisp and sharp even when shooting handheld with slower shutter speeds. It comes with double anti dust which means every time you switch the camera off it gently shakes the sensors to dislodge any dust. You can set the camera to full automatic, semi automatic or manual depending on your needs. It also has its own inbuilt pop up flash and also has a hot shoe for detachable flash guns to be fitted too. The pictures i get with this camera are exceptional. You really do notice the difference in the sharpness of the photos. This is a great camera for learning how to use and master a DSLR. Even at a high ISA setting the noise or speckles...

falcon1959 12.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A200K

A Very Good Choice DSLR And For The Price Cannot Be Bettered

Advantages: Great pictures, great price with lots of old quality kit to be had for it a not a lot of money
Disadvantages: Not the build quality I was expecting and a few setting need tweaking.

.... The results from it are amazing. If this is a first step into owning a DSLR then you really will not be disappointed. Many will moan that the lense that comes with the camera isn't great but it will do and besides, that is what ebay is for. There is a world of great quality used Minolta lenses out there for not a lot of money that will really make this camera shine. One thing worth mentioning is that thanks to improved image processing, my 4 gig CF card will hold nearly 1000 10.2 MP images on it but only 650 lower resolution pictures on my older Minolta camera. The screen is a great size displaying sharp, clear previews. No live view but this isn't something I will miss just yet. If you feel that you cannot live without it though, the Alpha 300 isn't a great deal more expensive and is basically the same camera. I just didn't feel it was worth...

joeyjojoe1971 10.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A200K

Sony a200 - one of the best budget dslr cameras available.

Advantages: Great battery life, comfortable in the hands, picture quality.
Disadvantages: Flimsy memory card and remote release slot.

...was very easy to use. The camera comes with an 18-70mm kit lense, which is ample enough zoom for most situations. Features such as auto exposure bracketing normally only available on more expensive models are also available on this camera, which was great to see on a 'budget dslr.' I felt the hinged part of the camera which houses the memory card and interface for the remote release was of a lower built quality than I'd have hoped, but you can't have everything for a dslr at this price....

je12g08 09.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A200K

Sony DSLR A-100W - Beautiful Pictures, Great Value

Advantages: Build & Picture Quality, Battery life, Brand
Disadvantages: Shutter sound, manual

...to take away the hobby element, and the fun of photography. My first digital camera was a compact, an Olympus C50Z, which I still have, and I still use. It has 5 megapixels and 3 x Optical zoom, the LCD screen may be small by today?s standards, but it is a solid little camera and extremely portable. I then upgraded to a bridge camera, the Panasonic FZ7 with a 12 x optical zoom and many more manual features. The bridge camera is the middle ground between a point and click compact and a Digital SLR with interchangeable lenses. You have more manual controls, a view-finder and other features like rapid fire pictures. However the camera is smaller and lighter than a DSLR. I have to say that I found the Panasonic FZ7 a great camera for learning about shutter speeds, aperture settings, and macro photography. I also found the long zoom...

bananamanuk 25.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A100W

  Another 5 star Sony!

Advantages: Great functions, east to use, looks and feels good and produces great images.
Disadvantages: The kit lens isnt the best and no live view may bother some.

...For a while now I have been receiving private mails on both Dooyoo and on Ciao asking me to review the Sony A200 DSLR camera, this is because I have made mention of it in a few of my camera reviews lately but never actually got down to doing a full write up on it. I haven't reviewed it previously for a couple of reasons mainly though that I had up until now only had a few hours experience of the unit. Now with a whole weeks shooting with it under my belt and over 1000 pictures taken with it I feel much more capable of writing a thorough review on it. For anyone who has not read any of my previous camera reviews, I am a professional photographer and test many of the cameras I review rather than owning them. So onto the Sony A200 then, well Sony are very new to the DSLR market even though they have been making point and shoot...

thebigc1690 16.09.2008 (17.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A200K

  Enter the Sony!

Advantages: Packed with extras, looks good and feels good.
Disadvantages: See review for the very minor con`s.

...Sony are one of the newest companies to venture into the world of DSLR`s, having been producing some quite excellent point and shoot cameras for many years this is a move that most people in the photography world had expected to happen a long time ago and a lot had feared the day it did happen too. The reason many photographers feared Sony entering the DSLR market is simply that it would be hard not to get drawn into what they had to offer but they feared that Sony might find the market too challenging and bale out leaving many photographers with cameras that they could not upgrade and would struggle to find lenses and accessories for. When buying a point and shoot camera you are spending in the region of between 100 and 200 pounds for a top of the range model, whilst when purchasing a DSLR camera you could be looking at spending...

thebigc1690 29.07.2008 (17.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A350K

  A Sony fit for a pro!

Advantages: Too many to list, please see review!
Disadvantages: None worthy of a mention in my opinion.

...After writing countless of camera reviews on here as well as on a few other review sites on many different types of point and shoot cameras and DSLR`s that I have used or tested I thought it might be about time to write a review on one of the more upmarket DSLR`s that I own and use in my business as a professional photographer. I own three high end DSLR bodies and the one I have chosen to review for you today is the Sony A700, this was the top of the line Sony DSLR until the recent release of the A900 and it is an expensive piece of kit but one that will produce not just great images but professional images if used correctly. It has many functions and settings and would no doubt be very confusing to a novice but if you have used a beginner level DSLR then you would or should be able to pick up how this camera works very quickly. In...

thebigc1690 18.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A700K

My cut price DSLR!

Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: see review

...My interest in phography started when my children were born. Like many parents I wanted to record those important moments of childhood for all time. At first a basic point and shoot was sufficient but I quickly found I wanted to be able to obtain better results. A few years ago we went on holiday to the States. I wanted a camera that would enable me to photograph wildlife and knew a zoom lens would be essential. My local Jessops recommended I buy a cannon powershot s3 1s as it has a great zoom lens and is easy to use. This camera is known as a bridge camera-between a point and shoot and a full DSLR. I was very happy with my choice and have some great pictures. However as my interest has grown I had increasingly found the camera wanting. I wanted to start being more creative with my shots and this bridge camera just wasn?t up to...

anwar 19.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon EOS 400D

The Sony Underdog

Advantages: Great features for low price, Great value for money
Disadvantages: Smaller range of Lenses than competitors

... Sony a200 D-SLR camera Introduction This Sony a200 is the bottom of the range fully fledged entry level d-SLR from Sony. With prices now well below £300 could this be the camera for you to enter the next level of your photography? I believe it can. Offering a wide range of features, lenses and quality that has brought Sony where it is today, this camera will definitely be giving the bigger names something to worry about. The Camera This camera is obviously designed from scratch to bring ultimate simplicity to beginners to enthusiasts alike. The build quality is very good for the price, though not as strong as many other cameras in the market, it looks as though it could still take a fair blow or two, but not three. The 10.2 mega-pixel offering is more than enough for most levels of photography...

aadamm 22.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A200K

This thing makes me look good.

Advantages: Way too many to mention in such a small space
Disadvantages: Screen is very easily scratched

...I'm not exactly the best photographer in the world. I've been interested in taking photos for years now and have struggled never knowing which camera to buy because of all the jargon used, ISO, WB, aperture; the list goes on. After using the fuji S9500 for the past 3 years I felt it was time to upgrade and so my next hunt for the right camera went ahead. Since I had used that camera I felt I was ready to upgrade to a proper DSLR camera and after being left dissatisfied with the colour reproduction I got from the fuji brand I decided to look elsewhere, this is when the Alpha 700 caught my eye. I'd say it took me about 4 months slowly researching all the specification and what it all meant before I finally took the plunge and forked out for it and I haven't regretted that day since. Probably not fair to say because it's only been 4...

sim721 02.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A700K