A look at the Sony DSLR-A700 Digital SLR Camera
If you’re looking into buying Sony’s most complex camera body, you might want to check out PC World’s review of it first.
In general it got very good reviews, generally for its quality of photos and wealth of features. Here’s a snippet of the original article from PC World:
“With its sharp, 12-megapixel imaging and with more exposure controls than most photographers–amateur or professional–will likely use, the beefy and finely designed A700 rises to nearly pro-level photography, making it well worth its $1900 price tag. It is limited mostly by its relatively narrow range of available lenses and accessories.”
As with most cameras that aren’t Canon and Nikon, you’re going to have some problems finding lenses. However, Sony did package a nice 24mm-158mm lens with its camera, but if you want more options they’re probably going to be tougher to find than the industry-leading cameras. Another problem highlighted by the review was the less-than-adequete photo-editing software.
“Disappointingly, the image editing and image management software package Sony has bundled does a disservice to its camera. The three apps are poorly integrated, and are a mishmash of the overly simple and overly complex. The Image Data Converter SR application, for example, has a plethora of tools for editing and processing RAW format images–but almost nothing for editing JPEG-based shots. For that, you have to go to the relatively low-end Sony Picture Motion Browser app, which is obviously more suitable for the company’s point-and-shoot models.”
However, if you’re chalking up $2,000 for an Digital SLR, chances are you probably have Photoshop. It seems that if you’re looking for quality SLR, and can overlook a slim lens collection, then you should go the Sony direction.
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