Happy A700 owner (Sony DSLR-A700)

Member Name: robert_p

Product:	Sony DSLR-A700
Date:	12/11/08 (87 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Speed, quality and lense choice

Disadvantages: Kit lense reflects its price

Intuitive and very capable camera, which can be bought with or without a variety of kit lenses. I bought the 18-70, which was the starter lense that suited my needs best. I also purchased a Minolta 50mm f1.7 and Minolta 70-200 lense from eBay as Sony bought Minolta and so use their lense mount. This gives a good choice of high quality and low cost lenses from the second hand market, which makes up for the lack of Sony lenses compared to other makes. Sony manufacture the CMOS imaging chip, which they also supply to Nikon for the D700. This demonstrates Sony's technological value compared to the usual Canon/Nikon pair, and proves there are alternatives. Cameras are subjective, and anyone looking to purchase should try handling as many as possible to see what works for them. Many people with smaller hands may not like the relatively large size of the A700. The latest software update has fixed an issue of not being able to disable the on-board noise filtering. This can now be disabled.

As an aside, I used to use a Canon so tend to compare to that.

Summary: A nice alternative to Canikon

Processing/Quality:
Reliability:
Ease of use:
Features:
Picture quality: