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[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Hemet, CA on 4/25/2010
Comments about Sony Sony a850 Digital SLR Camera Body with 24.6 Megapixel & 3.0" LCD Screen, HD Output:
The Sony a850 is one great camera at a great price. It's well built and does everything I expect it to. I highly recommend
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from California on 4/17/2010
Comments about Sony Sony a850 Digital SLR Camera Body with 24.6 Megapixel & 3.0" LCD Screen, HD Output:
Upgraded from an A700. Love the FF and the large viewfinder. Great camera.
[7 of 7 customers found this review helpful]
from Fairfax, VA on 4/11/2010
Comments about Sony Sony a850 Digital SLR Camera Body with 24.6 Megapixel & 3.0" LCD Screen, HD Output:
It is best value for money to get into FF world and save money on lenses if you want to buy F2.8 zoom such as Zeiss 24-70 or Sony 70-200G. High ISO is not problem because it performs well to ISO 3200 with High Noise reduction on. It is best for studio portrait or landscape photography. I have researched for about 3 months to make this decision to go A850 when looking into Nikon D700 and Canon 5DII. But I can't refuse the value and picture quality by A850 plus Zeiss 24-70. It is no brain to leave Canon behind when you study the quality from Canon lenses. Nikon is over priced for high ISO pictures.
Sony A850 with Zeiss 24-70
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[7 of 7 customers found this review helpful]
from San Francisco, CA on 2/21/2010
Comments about Sony Sony a850 Digital SLR Camera Body with 24.6 Megapixel & 3.0" LCD Screen, HD Output:
I use this along with the alpha 900 at weddings. The Alpha 850 works just as well. Only difference is a sight delay after taking several rapid shots before the images are displayed on the LCD.
I would highly recommend the A850!
[5 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
from Shreveport, LA on 1/21/2010
Comments about Sony Sony a850 Digital SLR Camera Body with 24.6 Megapixel & 3.0" LCD Screen, HD Output:
After weeks of toiling between Nikon D700 or A850, I went with A850. While it's not a perfect camera, it's a very good one.
Image quality is outstanding (using CZ 24-70 and Sony 70-400G). Menus are easy to understand and the controls are easy to use, and the camera feels great in your hands. Awesome viewfinder!
I think the high ISO complaints are really overblown. I use up to ISO1600 easily with just a bit of chroma NR. I'll get up to ISO3200, but then I have to give the file some TLC with Noise Ninja, etc and your color suffers at 3200.
Overall a nice camera that produces great imagery. I've already done a 24x36" print and it looks awesome.
[4 of 9 customers found this review helpful]
from Boston on 11/2/2009
Comments about Sony Sony a850 Digital SLR Camera Body with 24.6 Megapixel & 3.0" LCD Screen, HD Output:
This camera would be awesome in the studio with the strobes. In a real low light setting, the high resolution was able to save photos that had to be cropped that might have been lost with half the MPs. The photos looked beautiful at print size but the crystal clear pixel quality I was used to with my A700 was not easily achievable using the same lenses (70-200, 2.8 G, 24-70, 2.8 Zeiss). There was a softness to the images that was not to my liking or taste. I was torn but after comparisons photos with the A700 I returned the A850 and will wait for Sony to produce their rumored camera with less MPs and better low light iso. Hopefully even a FF.