Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Review

Sony Alpha DSLR-A100The Alpha DSLR-A100 is Sony’s first attempt at entering the digital SLR marketplace, and it is the launching item for their new Alpha brand. Camera Labs recently reviewed the A100, and had a lot to say on their first attempt.

Any new arrival in the highly competitive budget digital SLR market needs to be an impressive proposition, and on paper at least, the Sony Alpha DSLR A100 certainly delivers the goods. Sony’s sensibly taken the best aspects of Konica Minolta’s technology including the built-in Anti-Shake mechanism, lens mount, exposure system, and user interface, and added it’s own expertise in CCD sensors, image processing and LCD screens.

The result is a 10.2 Megapixel compact digital SLR with built-in anti shake capabilities which work with every lens you attach, an anti-dust system, long life battery, advanced image processing and a nice large LCD monitor. That’s a pretty impressive spec, considering the kit with 18-70mm lens has an RRP of UK £699 or US $999. Lets put it this way, it’s much more than a Konica Minolta 5D with a new CCD sensor, and already a serious challenge to Canon’s market-leading EOS-350D.

In the end they give the Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 an overall rating of 85%. Its highest mark being value at 19 out of 20. What they did not like about the A100, is that it is relatively noise at 800 ISO and above, and that it really just feels like an enhancement on previous cameras, and not a new digital SLR.

July 18th, 2006 Posted by David in Uncategorized at 1:14 pm Comment Now! »
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