I need some feedback from a A57 owner

I am very pleased with my A57, an incredible piece of camera gear. Mine has the 18-55 kit lens, and it is usually set for f8 to f16. The images from the camera are very clear for a 'low end' kit.

Regarding the 12 fps - I have a 26 shot series that took about 2 seconds to get,  of sea gulls flying by and attacking fish. They are all in focus. My old Canon 1D series did not ever do as well. The Nikons I had never did as well, but I did not have a D series to check out.

So, the camera may have a shallow buffer - certainly not the size of what the 7d has, but sufficient for short bursts. And since the file size has been reduced with the 12 fps option, and when using a UHS-1 95 mbps card, the camera never loses a beat seemingly. Hopefully Sony will see that the little camera is worthy of a major firmware improvement that will augment some of these features.

It would be interesting to see how the little monster does with the 70-400g lens, I am contemplating that purchase. Hopefully one of you guys will review that combo, would be highly interesting.

So, I don't think there is a better bang for the buck in that price range. The next step up is the a77, so for about $300 you can have a pro body, and 24 megapixels, but not the image quality.

Thanks