Sony Alpha A500, A550 & A850 DSLR

Sony has just announced their THREE latest upcoming Alpha DSLR camera lineup two days ago.

Here are some of their main features:

Sony Alpha DSLR-A500

- 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor
- BIONZ processor
- 180° tilt-angle 3″ LCD screen
- 5 fps
- ISO up to 12800
- Auto HDR mode
- Enhanced quick AF live view
- MF check live view
- Face detection & smile shutter technology
- SteadyShot INSIDE™

Sony Alpha DSLR-A550

- 14.2 megapixel CMOS sensor
- BIONZ processor
- 180° tilt-angle 3″ Xtra Fine LCD screen
- 5 fps / 7fps (in Speed Priority mode)
- ISO up to 12800
- Auto HDR mode
- Enhanced quick AF live view
- MF check live view
- Face detection & smile shutter technology
- SteadyShot INSIDE™

*(I’ve highlighted the differences above between the main features of A500 & A550 for comparison)

CMOS sensor! No more CCD sensor that my current camera has! +1

Woots 7fps! Can shoot sports photography liao lolol! +1

3″ tilt-angle Xtra Fine LCD! Means no more: “Aiyah, how come just now i see on my camera, the photo looked damn sharp but now transfer to computer the photo blur blur wan?”
*Trust me, i get this kinda situation alot of times ahaha +1

ISO up to 12800! Means the ISO performance should be much much better than! Low light photography without flash, CHUN! ahaha +1

Face detection feature! Means i won’t accidentally focus ‘wrong’ part of the body already +1

Now if you compare Sony Alpha A550 with Nikon D90, A550′s specs is a great challenger to Nikon D90 and it won over D90 in a lot of aspects (EXCEPT for the HD video feature which i’m kinda disappointed Sony didn’t include it). You try compare and see? At least it’s good enough for me la, better than my current camera

It’s a decent upgrade if you’re using an A200/A300/A350 previously (like me), but i don’t think it’s wise for A700 users to buy A500/A550 lor (=

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As for the,

Sony Alpha DSLR-A850

- Full-frame 24.6 megapixel Exmor™ CMOS sensor
- Dual BIONZ processor
- 3″ Xtra Fine LCD screen
- 3 fps
- Bright pentaprism viewfinder with 98% coverage
- ISO up to 6400
- SteadyShot INSIDE™

Basically, the Sony Alpha A850 would be considered as the cheaper alternative to Sony Alpha A900 Full Frame DSLR. Although i wouldn’t have the money to afford this camera, the offer is good thou because it’s cheaper than the A900! What’s more? The A850 is bundled with a 28-75mm f/2.8 as a kit lens! Nice right?
The retail price for Malaysia is not out yet, but it’s definitely cheaper than the A900 but with lesser fps and so on so fourth laa.

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Anyway, here’s a cool Sony Alpha a500/a550 advertisement from Denmark

So have you got poisoned to get a Sony Alpha DSLR camera already? Ahaha~ xD

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Source taken:
dpreview (a500/a550, a850)

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