Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 (body only) Reviews

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After using the Sony A100 for a few years, this camera out does my old camera in a lot of ways. The 5 fps is one feature that I particularly enjoy. from Crutchfield.com Even though this is not the absolute top of the line, it is certainly worthy of high praise. I am not a professional photographer, but I do take high level (raw) shots, edit them on photoshop and post to websites and make brochures and business cards from my photos. from Amazon.com extremely pleased with this camera. especially combined with the sony lens 18-250 mm. recommend to upgrade to last fw asap. from Amazon.com Great for causal use, good performance/price ratio. Back focus issue with SAL50F14 (50mm/1.4F) & SAL18200 (18~200mm) depending on aperture & zoom settings, couldn't be fixed after 3 repair trips, tired of it, now stuck with blurry quick shots (some of them); if you are slow shooter and have more time to adjusting focus (compensating the back focus) for every photo, it's still a great camera. Many complain on web about A700 back focus issue, be aware! from Amazon.com LENS: for $200 extra, the 18-200mm Sony lens can be added to the Sony Alpha 700 camera body: Sony Alpha A700 12.24MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED Lens. Originally priced at $499, this is a high-quality lens, very sharp at most apertures. from Amazon.com I am only a beginner when it comes to the full operation of a camera, I have been guessing at settings w/o taking notes for 20 years, With many of awesome results, along with some bad images. I decided to take an extra leap from my little digital Fuji s3000 to the a700 since I already own a few of the best lenses made by the "Minds of Minolta". from Amazon.com I previously had a KM5D. This Sony has dramatic improvments. from Amazon.com excellent camera, great solution after a300 and a350 to all those noisy images. a700 is just great camera,. from Amazon.com I have a Minolta Maxxium HTsi plus camera that has served me well for many years. I also have a Minolta 28-80 mm lens, a Quantaray 75-300 mm lens, and a Quantaray 800-1200 mm lens. from Amazon.com great camera! solid build, very intuitive menus and controls, great images and high ISO capacity (after the new software update v4), and camera based sensor stabilization - all your lenses - including the old minotas that you can grab for cheap on ebay will be stabilized! (as opposed o paying premium prices to canon and nikon! from Amazon.com

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Released	over 2 years ago
Resolution	13.03 Megapixel
Camera Resolution	13.03 Megapixel
Interchangeable Lens	Interchangeable Lenses
Shutter Speed	30 - 1/8000 sec
35mm Zoom Lens	27 - 105 mm
Battery Life	650 Images
Battery Type	Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery
Built-in Microphone	Without Built-in Microphone
Built-in Speaker	Without Built-in Speaker
Camera Type	SLR/Professional
Compression Modes	Fine SuperFine Uncompressed Basic
Compression Type	JPEG Raw Image
Exterior Color	Black
Family Line	Sony Alpha DSLR
Flash Functions	Auto Flash Rear Sync Flash Fill-in Flash Red-eye Reduction Flash Slow Sync
Flash Type	Built-In & External
Focal Length	18 - 70 mm
Focus Range	22 - 3.5 in. (w) / 36 - 5.6 in. (t)
Focus Type	Autofocus
Frames Per Second	5 Frames
ISO Speeds	Auto 160 200 400 800 1600 3200 6400 5000
Image Sensor Type	CMOS
Included Accessories	Software USB Cable Video Cable Shoulder Strap Driver Lithium Battery Battery Charger Remote Control
Interface Type	USB 2.0
LCD Panel	With LCD Panel
LCD Panel Size	3 in.
LCD Protected Position	Without LCD Protected Position
LCD Screen Resolution	921,100 pixels
Macro Focus Range	14.4 in. (w)
Memory Type	CompactFlash Card Type I CompactFlash Card Type II IBM Microdrive Memory Stick Duo Memory Stick Pro Memory Stick DUO PRO
Operating System	Apple Mac OS X Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows Vista
Release Date	28 September, 2007
Self Timer	2 Sec. 10 Sec.
Video Interface	Video Out
Viewfinder	Optical (Through-the-lens)
Warranty	1 Year
Weight	1.19 lb.
White Balance	Auto Manual Daylight / Sunny (Preset) Cloudy (Preset) Fluorescent (Preset) Tungsten (Preset) Shade (Preset) Flash (Preset)

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