Great entry level DSLR (Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A200K)

Member Name: JonesNav

Product:	Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A200K
Date:	04/11/09 (16 review reads)
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Advantages: anti shake, minolta lenses fit, well built, great picture quality

Disadvantages: No live View and Basic Lens gets frustrating quikly as its restricted

This is my first DSLR and i love it .. I was unsure as to go with sony initially as Nikon and Cannon seem to be the leaders in the DSLR market. After purchasing the Sony i am glad i made the decision i did.

The Sony A200 is the cheapest in the range and has just been replaced by the A230. The A200 is a well built camera which feeels sturdy and of high build quality as with most sony products.

Features of the camera are high with anti shake built in and a mechanism that cleans the inside everytime you turn the camera off.

Picture quality is very good and if your a beginer to DSLR you wont be dissapointed as he jump form a compact camera image is very noticable. Shooting in Auto mode can produce amazing pics straight from the box.

As with most DSLR's, the 18-70mm lens provided has its limits and i found i was frustrated very quickly with the zoom functionality and limited Macro oppertunity .. but i was aware of this limitation before. As Sony bought out minolta there are a wide variety of lens on offer to fit the alpha range.

The menu of the camera i feel is not layed out as well as the Nikon D60 but is still perfectly workable and shows the vital information and a great feature is the battery life in percentage instead of just bars shooting down.

The addition of liveview would be nice but this is not something you get with cheaper end dslr's so dont worry as getting used to the viewfinder is easy.

With some decent lens this camera can rival any for the beginer to internediate photographer ... you wont be dissapointed!!

Summary: lovely piece of Kit .. you wont be dissapointed!!

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