Sony Alpha A200W 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with Super SteadyShot Image Stabilization with 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 and 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Lenses
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Customer Review: Great entry level camera, not quite at a Nikon level
Summary: 4 Stars
I have two Sony a200 and a Sony a300. In addition I have a Nikon D40, D40x, D50 and D300. The Sony a200 and a300 have the same sensor as the Nikon D40x/D60 however they seem to focus a little slower. Here are some strengths and weaknesses about the camera.
Strengths
- Image stabilization (SteadyShot)
- Kit lens is 18-70mm versus 18-55mm like Nikon and Canon
- Solid feel/construction
- Easy to use
- Uses older Minolta Alpha Mount lenses which can be found at a reasonable price on Amazon, eBay, Craigslist....
- Kiy lenses arepretty decent, heard otherwise about Canon (I am also a Nikon guy)
Weaknesses
- Sony (rather than Nikon or Canon), people won't mistake you for a pro
= Focus is a little slow
= Compact Flash cards rather than SD which are less expensive
- No affordable Prime lenses (e.g. 50mm)
- Harder to locate accessories
Customer Review: Excellent starter outfit
Summary: 4 Stars
The 18-70mm kit lens was sharp enough for portraiture at its telephoto focal lengths. All-automatic exposure, focus and flash produced good results on many typical scenes. Both this lens and the companion 75-300mm kit lens should have numerically smaller f-stops, and so I bought a 1.7 used Minolta 50mm lens for serious available light work. Therein lies one of the Sony's attractions: Minolta A-mount lenses work in full auto mode. Sony's proprietary battery is outrageously expensive, but so are batteries for other DSLRs -- even so, it's wise to have a backup battery.Customer Review: Software Beware! Love the camera though...
Summary: 4 Stars
I love the camera....fun to use and learn....takes great pictures!
Thankfully you don't need the software that comes with it because it crashed my computer. I had to restore...but it let me restore it to a point before I installed the Sony Software so I didn't lose anything... anyone else have problems with the software? Is there a fix?
Customer Review: Very good price, lower quality
Summary: 3 Stars
I have always used Canon before but I have also used a Nikon D-60 for a short while.
I obtained an A200W (two lenses kit). I generally liked the build, excellent features for the price and the fact that it includes two lenses (18-70 and 75-300). The menus are excellent and the battery life is extremely good.
However there are disappointing things also:
- ISO800 and above is almost unusable for professional work because of the noise.
- In low light situations (indoor and cloudy days) the noise and quality of the photo (white balance and in noise) is sometimes terrible.
- Pictures of kit lens 17-70 are disappointing in maximum zoom. Same goes with 75-300.
- Photos with flash (automatic mode) are sometimes overexposure and sometimes underexposure.
Customer Review: Very difficult to use, did not take good pics
Summary: 1 Stars
I considered myself a semi-professional with my other digital camera. This camera only lasted two days with me because it was WAY too hard to use! I read the book really quickly - and had a college reunion that weekend and just figured the AUTO would work. However, the pics were blurry, showed streaks through images, and overall were extremely disappointing. This camera is also huge, much larger than I ever expected. Large and heavy - and it is certainly not a take with you to a reuinon camera. I returned it and ordered a CannonG9 and I couldnt be happier with the image quality, speed, small size, 12 Mgpixels....I suggest looking at the G9.