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Loving mine so far

On March 13th, 2008 Anonymous Guest says:

The new Sony a200 seems to be a pretty good entry level DSLR and I'm enjoying it thus far. The whiners on various photography forums think the lack of mirror lock up, and a depth of field preview button is a travesty that will doom the entire Sony Corporation, but I wouldn't know a MLU or DoF-P if I got bit by one. I keep repeating "Entry Level, Entry Level" to myself and everything seems all better. Some of the things I like are the fast auto focus, bright view finder, intuitive menu system, small size, light weight, good ergonomics, big view screen and (I know this is silly, but...) the noise it make when the shutter is snapped. In my mind though, the in-body anti-shake system is the biggest plus.

I could have spent a few extra $$'s and got the a300 or a350 body, with Live View but it not only would have cost an extra $100 but would have compromised the size of the view finder and I didn't think I'd use the Live View feature enough to justify the constant inconvenience of a smaller VF. Maybe in a couple of years the LV technology (or VF technology) will have improved and my next body might have that feature, but not this time.

I just put a brand new Tamron 18-250mm lens on the a200 body and all that extra glass and weight have slowed the once super quick AF down some, but not enough to annoy me. Not yet anyway.

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