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Sony Alpha A200 Digital SLR Review

Author Cliff Smith
Published 15th Feb 2008
Manufacturer Sony
Price £320.87 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £369.00 (Inc VAT)
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Features Score 8 for Features
Image Quality Score 10 for Image Quality
Value Score 10 for Value
Overall Score 9 for Overall
Sony Alpha A200 Digital SLR
award recommended

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A range of general test shots are shown over the next two pages. In some cases, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it to show the overall image quality. Some other pictures may be clicked to view the original full-size image.




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Here's my usual DSLR test shot of Sidmouth sea front. You can click on the image to view the full-res photo, or see the crop below. This shot was taken using the Carl Zeiss 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 lens rather than the supplied kit lens, and is processed from a RAW shot using Photoshop CS3.





Compare this shot with similar ones from other 10MP DSLRs such as the Pentax K10D, Nikon D80, Canon EOS 400D and Olympus E-510. As you can see the level of fine detail is extremely good, certainly comparable with the best of the competition.





This shot was taken in JPEG mode with the Dynamic Range Optimiser switched off.





This was taken with the DRO set to standard.





This was taken with the DRO set to maximum. As you can see it does produce noticeably greater shadow detail with no loss of highlights.


 

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comment Tim said on 27th August 2009

I'm struggling to find this and a lense kit for £250, any pointers?

comment Geoff Richards said on 27th August 2009

£300 seems to be the going rate these days... I certainly can't find anywhere selling it near £250 either

comment tamila56 said on 5th September 2009

asda have it for £247

comment Toby said on 7th October 2009

Hi guys Argos are selling the camera and lense kit for 225 as a managers special only available in Store. I know as I just managed to pick one up : )

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