Sony DSLR-A700 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Sony's capable DLSR is full-featured enough for pros, at a price serious hobbyists can actually afford.

Pros: High resolution. Built-in image stabilization. Uses UDMA cards

Cons: No live view. Proprietary battery. No automatic flash pop-up

Verdict: The A700 offers great image quality at a good price. As with all DSLRs, a purchase commits you to that camera's family of lenses and other accessories. If you are comfortable with Sony's current offerings or have an investment in Minolta alpha lenses, ...

Review summary: Built for durability and reliability, the A700's internal chassis is made from high-strength aluminium alloy, while its top and face plates are magnesium alloy. Weather-resistant silicon seals protect media card slots and control buttons against the ...

Verdict: Covering most of the rear panel is a huge (3.0-inch) Xtra Fine LCD monitor with 921,000 dots of resolution. It boasts a hybrid structure and anti-reflective coating to provide better viewing in sunlight and also claims a 2.8x improvement in contrast ...

Review summary: Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Field Guide : The Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know in order to take amazing digital photographs using your Sony Alpha A700 digital SLR camera. This full-color portable guide walks ...

Review summary: Sigma's new prestige compact camera, the DP1, packs a lot of sensor into a small body. It's well-placed to appeal to Digital SLR users wanting a camera that gives total control over exposures and fine detail in images within a diminutive frame. Here's ...

Review summary: Sony doesn't have a long history of producing SLR digital cameras. As a matter of fact, the Sony Alpha A700 is only their second DSLR. Their first DSLR was the A100, which was released over a year ago. Since Sony's acquisition of Konica Minolta back ...