Sony DSLR-A700

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 ...

Sony a (alpha) DSLR-A350

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 ...