Sony Alpha A200 (Digital SLR)

Advantages: Price, brand, quality
Disadvantages: Manual modes

...camera is compatible with the old Minolta lenses - which are cheaper and often better that the Sony ones (for more advanced photos). The manual settings are easy to use, however are a little rigid, and I find do not give you the same flexibility as some of the more expensive digital SLRs or manual ones (Cannon ones are very good for this), however for the price of the Sony, the settings are reasonable. Down to the most important point - image quality. I cannot really find fault with this at all, and this is comparable to some of the much more expensive Canon and Pentax SLRs! The lens provided with this camera is not the best for very close up and macro photography, however it tends to perform very well for any other shots - and there is always the option to change to a better lens for these purposes. Overall - excellent camera...

yatzue 06.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A200K

  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.

...mentioned, it can also be bought as a twin kit lens option with the 18-70mm and the 75-300mm lenses for a little over £400. At those prices this camera is brilliant value for money and without doubt it is THE unit I would recommend to people looking for an entry level DSLR. I think most new users could get a couple of years use out of this unit with a few accessories before having to upgrade to suit their advancing skills and the unit is so robust that it will easily still be re-sellable after those two years so you can recoup some of your money to go towards your upgrade. When it comes to upgrading you are in good hands too because all the lenses or flash units you may have bought for the A200 will fit straight on to its big brother the A700 and will also work with any future upgrades to the Sony Alpha range in the future. THE IMPORTANT...

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.

...probably won't give as strong a sharpening effect as what will be needed. Puting those minor blemmishes aside this camera remains one of the best introductory DSLR`s I have used and I would happily shout from the rafters about it to anyone who was willing to listening. Compared to previous models the A350 is way better than the A100 and slightly better than the A200 and 300 so it was definitely worth bringing out, compared to other manufacturers in the same price range it is very competitive and has given me better images than most so I think Sony is going to be the next big thing in the world of DSLR cameras and it is certainly the one I will be recommending to people for the foreseeable future. WHATS IN THE BOX Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 Body NP-FM500H rechargeable battery BC-VM10 battery charger Video and USB cables Shoulder strap...

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

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

  A Sony fit for a pro!

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

...previous reviews of lower end DSLR`s I have made mention of how Sony are fairly new to the DSLR market but they are advancing quickly and are already for me one of if not the best manufacturer of DSLR cameras. Their range is very diverse and as they have taken a lot of the design including the lens fitments from the old Minolta brand, you can buy many second hand lenses and flashguns for these cameras, just as you can for the Canons and Nikons that have been around forever. The Sony DSLR range started out with the rather unimpressive A100 but this was quickly superseded by the A200 which was much more impressive both in functionality and in looks, these looks have been carried through the range right up to the A700 and all these DSLR`s look and feel very impressive. The A700 is slightly bigger all round than the A200, 300 or 350 but it looks...

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

Sony alpha A100

Advantages: Stlish digital slr
Disadvantages: sony customer service

...At first glance the sony alpha a100 feals slightyly plastickly, but this is partly due to the fact that the body itself is made out of plastic, never the less the sony a100 is a fantastic digital sslr for the first time photograhper. Although it is slightly dissapointing that sony has not made a vertical grip for this product, overall the smooth shiny feal to the sony alpha a100, feals nice, and the shutter button fits snugguly into your right hand, however the camera is exceptional, but the custumer service is dreadful, when i accidently smashed my sony alpha 3 days after purchasing it, i was devistated, but not to worry, i was soon on to sony, and was relieved that there was a set price of £114 but i had to forck out a lumply sum of £360 to get it fixed. There isnt realy a fixed price and the level of custumer service...

DarkNights 03.03.2008 (04.03.2008) · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A100W

Sony Alpha 100 Digital SLR

Advantages: ease of use,good design
Disadvantages: lack of cover for preview screen

...shots mine lasted for about 600 but i was using the preview screen quite a lot. It would be worth carrying a spare. The data storage is compact flash, microdrive or sony duo stick adaptor supplied, when i purchased a compact flash card the salesman informed me that not all compact flash cards are compatable so be warned and check first. The pictures that i shot were all sharp and exposed properly and enlarged to A3 size. if you want to go larger than this then stick to your film camera. The instruction manual is comprehensive and i sugest putting in an hour or two on reading this first. Overrall I would give sony 10 outof 10 for this camera....

wifrid 04.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A100W

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.

...I was looking for a new camera and had a budget of around £300. Compact cameras such as the Panasonic Lumix TZ and the Nikon Coolpix P80 kept coming up, as did the Nikon D40 and the Sony a200. I decided to go for the Sony in the end as it was a name I trusted and I had used a compact Sony in the past. The quality difference between my old compact camera and this camera was incredible. Shots always seem to come out crisp and clear, whatever lighting conditions the picture was taken in. Battery life is great and the percentage meter of battery power remaining is invaluable. The camera fits well in large hands, and all of the buttons and dials on the camera are comfortably positioned. Having only used a compact camera in the past, the sheer number of options took a while to get used to, but once I was familiar with the camera everything...

je12g08 09.09.2009 · Read review
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Samsung A300 - Silver tongued devil

Advantages: Looks great with dual screen.
Disadvantages: Low battery life.

...looming... Three days after Christmas, my other half and I were discussing the fact that all of our friends were with Vodafone and we were on BT Cellnet, making arranging social gatherings particularly expensive. We decided that changing networks would be a good move and, after all, we'd had our 3310s for a year, now and we've always changed phones fairly regularly. We shopped around and pointed at handsets that looked good and ran away from stiff young men in suits who asked "can I help you" in a manner that made it sound like "could you empty your pockets, please." We found ourselves in the Vodafone shop and we settled on the Samsung A300. We were going to go for a pay-as-you-go type affair, but decided against it after seeing how much the handset was on this deal. I was very much taken with the appearance of the phone, so small and...

relentless_behaviour 18.04.2002 · Read review
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Review of Samsung SGH A300

The A300 the baby of the mobile phone family

Advantages: small, supplied with 2 batteries
Disadvantages: short battery life

...I have had my samsung A300 for nearly a year now and have been quite happy with it. The A300 has a lot of functions which include a Wap browsing function although much to the disgust of my children it has no games. One useful feature I did find though is the alarm clock, however you need to leave your phone switched on for it to work. The A300 is a cute little phone, and comes supplied with 2 batteries one of which is a slimline battery, however standby time for this battery is not great and I find I have to charge the phone on a daily basis when I use it. The larger battery does last slightly longer although this is the only problem I have with this phone is that the battery does not appear to last as long as other phones. Maybe this is why its supplied with 2 batteries. This phone is currently available from Orange as...

veramck 05.01.2003 · Read review
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