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Up at cameralabs..no link..dp dont like them!
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Clint is on holiday! Soon to return! ;-)
 
Camera labs review:

http://www . cameralabs.com reviews Sony_Alpha_DSLR_A200/

Just take out a few spaces
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I'm just burned out on 'reviews'...heheh. Too many brands, too many models. ALL the new cameras are good and take nice photos. Just a few different features.

As long as I have a camera that takes good photos, that is all I need. They are just tools anyway. It's the photo that counts.
Russ
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cgarrard said:
What if the style of reviews changed a bit?

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Nope, just going to concentrate strictly on 'photography'. I already have a good camera, I will start checking out 'reviews' when it is broken or so outdated I have to replace it. Right now it takes great photos, the only thing I have to 'update' is my talent...heheh.
Russ
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I can't really understand your attitude towards reviews. Admittedly some so called reviews are merely a print-out of the manufacturers blurb or unmitigated hymns of praise but others are worthwhile - the DPReviews are good.

In an age when many buy at distance from mail order or Internet suppliers reviews are an invaluable source of good information & are a great guide to the buyer. New users often lack experience in evaluating an unfamiliar camera & first time buyers of a DSLR are spending a lot of money & need guidance.

Keith-C
 
KEITH-C said:
I can't really understand your attitude towards reviews. Admittedly
some so called reviews are merely a print-out of the manufacturers
blurb or unmitigated hymns of praise but others are worthwhile - the
DPReviews are good.

In an age when many buy at distance from mail order or Internet
suppliers reviews are an invaluable source of good information & are
a great guide to the buyer. New users often lack experience in
evaluating an unfamiliar camera & first time buyers of a DSLR are
spending a lot of money & need guidance.

Keith-C
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I just said "I" was burned out on so many reviews. Reviews are great, but I don't need a new camera. So trying to keep up on all the reviews of so many different brands and models is not interesting to me. Also the flaming and arguing about them is really boring. By the time the arguing slows down on a certain model a new one is out and it starts all over again...heheh.

To me, a camera can have too many features, gimmicks..etc. Before too long all you will have to do is 'tell' the camera to go out and take some good photos for you. Of course someone will complain that you have to open the door for it..heheh. So you will have to buy the newer camera with the 'door opener feature'. Just kidding..maybe.
Russ

P.S. Keep up the good work reviewing cameras folks, because when I am ready to buy a new camera, I will be reading them all. Until then "click" is all I will be doing.
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Hard to make any real conclusions on IQ...

NR off doesnt seem to do a lot.
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Seems this model borrows too much from the A100. Examples against Canon show the canon racing away in IQ above 400 iso just like we've seen in the past. Oh well lets hope for better things from the 300 series. Is the Sony 300/350 a completely new sensor then, because even at the high pixel count, I think we are all agreed iso upto 1600 looks very good?

Nick
 
From all the bits and pieces of information seeping down, it seems the Canon 450D stacks up pretty well against the a200 - a300 series camera in terms of IQ.

Im still on the market for a DSLR solution, with the key decision really between a300 and 450 D.

I hope for Sony's sake it can compete relatively well at high ISO.
 
Thats true, but it depends on what is important to you (and me and him and her)
 
Okay,

I,m talking about noise, noise reduction, smudging, sony water colours, and all those things that have the potential to ruin image quality and keep us chatting away on this forum!

nick
 
Seemed to have truncated his review in his rush to get it out. Usually has resolution tests too. Guess we will have to wait for Phil/Simon again.
 
Hi Nick, you-d make up your own mind.
Don-t believe all written at cam...lab... - try comparometer/imagingresource.
A200 is a real step forward comp. to Sony A100 (noise/clean color + blacks).

Comp. to Canon 400xti , it has fast AF + antishake + better colors ( in noise there isn-t much difference at all) .
 
NickGreen said:
Seems this model borrows too much from the A100. Examples against
Canon show the canon racing away in IQ above 400 iso just like we've
seen in the past. Oh well lets hope for better things from the 300
series. Is the Sony 300/350 a completely new sensor then, because
even at the high pixel count, I think we are all agreed iso upto 1600
looks very good?

Nick
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Well I agree the sony looks behind the canon for high ISO, but he uses jpegs I think..need to see what RAW does!

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Clint is on holiday! Soon to return! ;-)
 
We are discussing a lot of minor-minor-minor issues that doesn't mean a thing for most A200 buyers, who will use their cameras to snap beautiful memories. They will not sit in front of Photoshop for hours peeping pixels at 100 and 200 percent.

If image quality is very important (noise and watercolor effects that hardly shows up in A3 prints viewed at normal dictances and much less on pictures that are scaled down for screen/web) you should look for higher end cameras.

Technical quality does not make an interesting picture. Technical quality is boooring and way over focused. You need a lot more to make an interesting pictures. The magic is within the photographer, not the camera.
 
Must be my eyes again because on the examples shown the Canon seems clearly better than the Sony - there is much less NR smoothing.

Keith-C
 
Sorry don't agree!

There isn't a correlation between 'noise' and the cost of the camera.
Plenty of expensive DSLR's of 'yesteryear' (to quote myself) had noisy sensors.

However there is a correlation between new technology / sensor / hardware design and low noise. Some manufacturers go 'off the path' a little bit, but in general they are all going the right way ie low noise.

I have a contract for photography with a client where I'm not allowed to use flash, so low noise high iso is the norm. I'm also an KM owner with lots of lenses no wish to really jump ship. The A700 has yet to drop in price in the UK, so if I may, can I look at some of the cheaper models please!

thank you!

Nick
 
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