Sony A200 Review

AlphaMountWorld brings you our Alpha A200 Camera In-Depth Production Digital SLR Review.

February 2008, Carl Garrard

The Sony A200 is a budget priced powerhouse entry level DSLR, set to challenge Canon and Nikon for a bigger chunk of market share in the DSLR industry; the first of a one-two-three knockout punch attempt at the entry level market. Can the Sony A200 Alpha Camera compete with the "big two" and slice out a piece of the consumer pie? Read our in-depth review of the Sony A200 Alpha, and find out more about this well priced, easy to use DSLR.

Sony 50mm 2.8 Macro

A great macro lens, and more...

Introduction -

The Sony 50mm 2.8 Macro is an often overlooked lens for the Alpha kit. I haven't figured out just yet why this is, but I think I have a good idea. What does it offer that would make one want it for your kit? Well, the Sony 50mm 2.8 is a very sharp lens, it's built like a rock, comes complete with a focus hold/DOF preview button and a focus limiter, and has some seriously creamy-smooth Bokeh. Those who want a lens for portraits, well, it fits that bill too.

The Sony Alpha A200 DSLR-Preview and image samples

Note besides this preview you can also jump straight to our full Sony A200 Review.

Sony A200 DSLR hands on report:

Preamble:

AlphaMountWorld now gladly has its hands on Sony's newest DSLR camera, the Alpha A200. A totally new design that one could argue is the first DSLR designed from the ground up by Sony since its acquisition of Konica Minolta. The A200 doesn't in any way resemble past DSLRS designed by KM rather, this new design seems to finally stand out as Sony's true first DSLR.

Sony 70-300G SSM 4.5-5.6 Telephoto Zoom Lens

At PMA 2008, I was fortunate enough to be able to strap this lens onto my A700 and fire off a couple of pictures. But before I go into my impressions I want to say that before PMA, my general thoughts on the 70-300 zoom range lenses were that there are a couple really good lenses in that range, and many that are mediocre.

Tamron 90mm Di 2.8 Macro AutoFocus Lens

Review by: C. Garrard

Lens graciously provided by Matt Davids at www.AlphaLensRental.com, thank you Matt!

*Tested on the Sony Alpha A100 and A700

Preamble:

One of the priorities of AlphaMountWorld.com is to bring you real world reviews of products of great quality and value to add to your Alpha system. Also, so that you don't have to shop all over the net or read thousands of reviews to make a final decision. We aim to find the best products for overall value and performance, then review them for you. Of late, we have had our eye on a few macro lenses we feel bring an excellent addition to your kit. While there are many macro lenses available to the Alpha Mount, we have narrowed our favorites to just a handful based on image quality, price, and build. One of these lenses is the Tamron 90mm 2.8 Macro.

A350 Image samples:

Due to popular demand, we have now posted samples for lower ISO users, again from a pre-production camera from the counter at PMA. Remember, these aren't scientific, but I had a pretty steady hand :). 1/5th sec hand held shot look pretty sharp? All jpegs (again cannot process raw files without new software).

Ill leave you to do the feedback.

-C.Garrard

ISO 100 (1/5th sec, hand held, sRGB, A-Priority, Auto WB)