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I disagree with much of your review

On May 6th, 2008 Tom (not verified) says:

I read your review of the A200. One thing to be careful of in a review are user impressions and opinions as the differ widely from person to person. I own the A100 and recently tried out the A200. I disagree with you in several areas.

"I find the Sony A200 to be very handsome, in some ways even more so than the A700 in its simplicity, and much more so than the A100."

I disagree. I find the A100's more "purposeful" appearance more appealing.

"Build Quality, Ergonomics and Handling- Build quality on the Sony A200 is a step above the Sony A100 (not to suggest the A100 wasn't well built).

Actually my impression is that the A100 "feels" more rugged and better built. The A200 has, IMO, a somewhat "cheap" feel to it.

"Ergonomically the A200 has a very pleasant textured surface over most of the body that the feels a lot like ultra fine sandpaper, soft and smooth (too smooth on the backpanel perhaps) but overall feels much "tighter" and more organic than the A100."

Once again I disagree. The A100 feels "tighter" to me at least as I define it. My A100 was purchased in OCT 2007. Maybe yours is old and a little warn out compared to new.

I like reviews to be free from user opinions and impressions.

The lack of mirror lockup on the A200 is a big deal for people like myself who have a 1200mm (1800mm equiv) lens. I also would miss the Fn wheel which I use often.
The improvement in noise at higher iso's, while there, is not that great to me, maybe 1/2 stop.

Overall if both cameras were available to me at the same price I would buy the A100.

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