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Alpha A300/350 Hands on Preview/First Impressions Report

Posted February 3rd, 2008 by cgarrard

Sony Alpha A300/A350 hands-on first impressions report

By: C.Garrard 2-3-2008

We hope you enjoy this preview, note that you can also jump straight to the final reviews for these cameras, Sony A300 Review and Sony A350 Review.

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Introduction

- Experiencing PMA was a real treat although I can say that the majority of the time I spent was dedicated to the Sony booth, namely the Alpha DSLR counter. I went to the Tamron booth and to the Sigma and Lowe-Pro booths as well, but those visits were very brief in comparison, with Tamron coming second to Sony. In retrospect, I believe it was the best way to spend the day. I could have gone another day and gathered more information, but I wanted to get a report up here as soon as possible on the cameras, lenses, and philosophical direction of Sony.

That meant doing a trek to Las Vegas and leaving at 5am from Orange County California thursday morning, and going straight to the convention center. Then, spending nearly every minute I could (minus the other stops) at the Sony booth from 10:30 am to 6pm, then turning around afterwards and driving straight back to California arriving back here about 11pm. A long day, but I loved it. Without adrenaline, I would still be in Vegas.

And in my time at the Sony booth (less the Long Lens display), most of my time was spent at the A200/A300/A350 counter with Steven Anderson, handling the cameras and the new 70-300G and 24-70 Zeiss lenses, and talking with the other Tech reps. My aim for PMA was to get as much information on the new cameras and lenses as possible in one days time for all of our members and new members alike. In essence, I tried to take one for the team. Lets hope my hard work has paid off for you. Now, on to writing my impressions of both of these cameras.

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