Review on Sony SLT-A65V 24.3 MP Translucent Mirror Digital SLR Camera 18-55mm Lens: Review, Features, and Benefits by Adithep Kampanat ᠌

Name: Sony SLT-A65V 24.3 MP Translucent Mirror Digital SLR Camera 18-55mm Lens: Review, Features, and Benefits
Item: Sony SLT-A65V 24.3 MP Translucent Mirror Digital SLR Camera 18-55mm Lens: Review, Features, and Benefits
Rating: 4

February 14, 2023

I like everything, the price and the quality are both ok.

For beginners and amateurs, this is not a camera, but a dream. I chose between Canon D60 and Nikon D7000. The Sony A65 beats the competitors I have chosen in almost all respects.
Now the direct competitor is Nikon D5200. This is an excellent camera.
But the advantages of the Sony Alpha 65 in the rate of fire, illumination of contours in the sharpness zone, in the stabilizer built into the carcass, longer shutter life, electronic level in the viewfinder, electronic magnifier, screwdriver make Sony a winner.
If you remove the shortcomings, you get the Sony Alpha 65 (an almost perfect camera from KROP today).

Pros

1) crop 1.5 (for Canon - 1.6); 24Mp matrix resolution + low noise level = high detail and the possibility of digital cropping (frame cropping = zooming in) without degrading quality. There is a huge margin for printing, and even more so for a computer or TV screen. 2) high accuracy in determining exposure and white balance; 3) high rate of fire - 10 frames / s and very fast camera turn-on (slowness fixed by firmware) and instant shutter release (twice as good as competitors). 4) excellent focusing speed for both photos and videos (also out of competition). 5) an image stabilizer built into the body (not available from competitors), a "screwdriver" for lenses without a built-in motor and a fairly powerful flash. 6) excellent always working Lifeview mode without brakes (Sony feature). 7) rotary display (not available from Nikon). 8) electronic super viewfinder of the highest definition, which always shows what should happen + electronic magnifier + illumination of image contours in the sharpness zone SUPER! (the color of the contours is determined by the photographer) - all this helps to focus correctly and determine the depth of field in any shooting conditions (competitors have excellent JVI, but they are not informative and visibility is poor in low light conditions, the depth of field is very difficult to control). 9) the built-in electronic level (gyroscope) helps to control the horizontal position of the camera and its tilt (not available from competitors). 10) high-quality large and light body with a more comfortable grip than competitors (subjectively). 11) long shutter life (up to 150 thousand operations) and quiet operation (Sony does not have a flapping mirror). 12) high quality native Sony and Minolta lenses (Sony+CarlZeiss is super quality). 13) the price is also not the last factor (1.5 times lower than competitors); 14) perfectly glues panoramas; 15) lenses from Zenith are great through an adapter; 16) convenient menu, remembers the last position.

Cons

1) there is no autofocus backlight, which many other cameras have. (flash illumination is complete nonsense) - a serious drawback; The rest are somehow, but I consider them insignificant: 2) Not dust-waterproof case; 3) There are not enough programmable buttons (I really want at least 2-3 more pcs.) And the second settings wheel; 4) plastic shoe for external flash; 5) poor noise reduction, there is no complete shutdown of it; 6) not enough focus points; 7) tracking autofocus is poorly implemented; 8) no iso 50; 9) no shutter speed 1/8000; 10) the fastest shutter speed with flash 1/160; 11) there is no original external battery compartment with controls; 12) relatively short series of shots at a high rate of fire.