Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 14.2MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only): Professional-grade Imaging Power at Your Fingertips Review
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Model Name | ALPHA DSLR-A550 |
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Brand | Sony |
Form Factor | Compact SLR |
Color | Black |
Shooting Modes | Sports |
Description of Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 14.2MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only): Professional-grade Imaging Power at Your Fingertips
- Ergonomics, dimensions (it is very comfortable in the hand), stylish high-quality case (stands out against the background of monotonous competitors). Really high-quality, large, and even a folding display. Sony has never even had anything to add about the interface, everything is very nice done. Price. Ideal in this price range.
- for me personally - they are not in this device with its advantages and price.
- 1. High speed operation (Bionz processor) 2. New Exmor Matrix 3. Best Live View on the market 4. Rotatable LCD display with 921,600 pixels 5. HDR mode 6. New kit lens is one of the best in class 7. Stabilizer Steady Shot Inside built into the body 8. 5-level dynamic range optimization mode 9. Rate of fire 7 fps 10. Long-lasting battery 11. Two slots for memory cards of various types (SD and MemoryStick)! 12. Manual focus check in Live View
- - Lack of video recording mode, in the conditions of the present market it is worth considering - Expensive optics for Sony, less choice on the market - Sometimes gives out more red tint than necessary (easily corrected in Lightroom, PS)
- Moderately large, most (although not all, like on pro models) functions are available with one touch, a unique Life-View mode, while maintaining focus on standard sensors, excellent colors even at 1600 ISO and quite tolerable noise level even when shooting in jpege. The flip screen is bright and allows you to shoot even with manual focus from any position, finding faces and smiles, zooming for precise manual focusing, 5 frames / s with focus on each frame and 7 with fixed focus - a real machine gun. Choosing a focus point is more convenient than a canon or nikon, an adequate price - with functionality and shooting quality higher than the Canon 50d, it costs 20% cheaper, I'm not talking about the small-pixel 550d By the way, the focusing speed is very pleasing, especially with normal lighting - literally a fraction of a second passes between pressing the shutter and the shutter. It also turns on very quickly - in fact, faster than I manage to move my finger from the power lever to the shutter button, and if the camera is in burst mode with focusing on each frame, then in order to miss some important frame, you have to be a complete brake.
- There is no dust and moisture protection, but this is not a semi-pro. There is no autofocus backlight, but an external flash will solve this, besides, the light from a 40-watt light bulb under the cover is enough to focus confidently enough and even make out a smile for a self-timer. The viewfinder is a little dark, but for me personally, even with a whale lens, it’s enough for now, and with a fifty-fifty 1.4 it will be much brighter, and the live view compensates for this - in some cases, a folding screen is much better than even the coolest viewfinder.
- Very good matrix. High speed shooting. Convenient menu. Not a bad KIT. LiveView with a movable display sometimes helps not to crawl on your belly :).
- Loud curtain operation. The impact of the curtain is too strong, as a result, without a good tripod, "shake" often appears, when shooting at night it is very noticeable, you have to suffer to get good shots. Still upset overexposures. if you trust the automation in the A, P, AUTO mode, strong overexposure occurs in the bright sun. I conclude that the "crooked" firmware. If you shoot in RAW or shift the exposure to minus in advance, there is no such problem.
- Great price
- Bad guide
- Absolute Legend
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- Pleasant
- Crumpled
- Easy to use
- Pretty much everything is fine
- Easy to read control panel
- Clarity