Good camera for amateurs. (Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A350)

Member Name: Dirty_Harry

Product:	Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A350
Date:	16/05/09 (48 review reads)
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Advantages: - value for money, easy to use, battery life, live view, build in anti shake

Disadvantages: - noise at high ISO, flash doesn`t pop up very far

Hello!
I bought Sony alpha 350 about half a year ago. Since than I took few thousand pictures.

Pros:
- value for the money,
- easy to use,
- very good batery life(at least 500 photos),
- Super SteadyShot(build in camera body - not in lens like canon,nikon etc) helps keep snaps sharp. It means you don`t have to buy expensive lenses with shake reduction build in the lens,
- live view - great thing. Now I can shoot from above my head or from ground level without yoga-like poses :),
- solid feeleng construction - even though it`s a plastic.

Cons:
- noise at high ISO - it`s OK until 400, acceptable 800, but grainy at 1600. It`s pointless to use 3200.
- very small viewfinder compared to competition.
- flash doesn't pop up very far(it drives me crazy sometimes) and my sigma17-70 2.8-4 sometimes cast shadow on the picture.

Conclusion: I like this camera but I wouldn`t buy it again. High ISO noise is too grainy for me and this low pop up flash... grrrr!

Summary: I like this camera but I wouldn`t buy it again.

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