Sony Alpha a900 review
Value for Money
Value for Money
Currently, the A900’s two rivals are Canon’s 5D Mark II and Nikon’s D700. If comparing specifications, we see that the Sony has the edge in terms of its resolution and viewfinder coverage, but loses out on its sensitivity range, live view, and, with the 5D Mark II, a video facility. We imagine many purists will side with Sony on the live view issue, and we can’t imagine that omitting a video facility would alienate too many buyers either. You could, however, argue that much of the A900’s ‘core’ specifications – such as focusing, metering and sensitivity – are barely different from the A700, a model a third of its price. So, whether the camera is good value or not depends on whether you need the improvements Sony has made over the A700, and don’t mind what its feature set has left out.
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January 20 12:22
Kabir Halim
Fantastic Camera. My brother bought this on his way to America and took some amazing pictures with it. Very Simple to use the built in menu's, and to upload pictures on the computer. Expensive but easily worth the money.
June 16 10:54
Alex Cozac
Acquired here in Terra Santa...Israel, from a gray seller...as I always owned Minolta SLR's...so my 7 collected lenses are usefully...looking forward to acquire a Zeiss Vario Sonnar 24-70mm....yes...expensive...but will work much better that my "Vintage' Minolta lenses. Till meantime my Minolta film glass 25-85mm AF it's 995 fitted for "Around ed Use"...very satisfied specially for such "Huge" ultra bright viewfinder. Bottom line...Love it!!! Peace, Alex!
February 26 20:20
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