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The Sony A390 is truly a budget-priced entry-level DSLR. As someone who has used film SLR cameras (Canon and Pentax) long ago, in mostly portrait and macro photography, I decided to purchase the A390 for its affordability and to see if what I already knew about film cameras would easily translate to digital cameras. My review is based on my week long experience with the camera and the included 18-55mm lens included with the kit. I have taken a variety of pictures ranging from portraits, macro, to low light. The first thing I noticed about the camera itself is the textured, smooth body with rubber grips on the shooting fingers and rubber thumb rest (I am right-handed). For an entry level DSLR, it does have some weight to it that reminds me of traditional all metal SLRs. The settings controls for the camera can easily be operated comfortably with the right thumb. The left hand side of the body has the shooting mode selector switch, menu button, autofocus switch for the body, and the memory card slots. Although the camera has an HDMI port, the camera is not capable of capturing video. The 2 choices for memory (SD and MS) give the camera a bit of flexibility for those with spare memory cards. The LCD screen can be tilted to about 90 degress to face upwards and about 45 degrees downwards to allow for angled shooting through Live View. The resolution for the LCD screen is a bit low and feels a little cramped during Live View mode but well organized when using the optical view finder. The camera's tilt sensor automatically rotates the information on-screen and reviewed photos are automatically rotated as well. The battery life when shooting with the optical view finder is very good however suffers when using the Live View mode. I unknowingly left the camera on for over an hour and when I took another photo, still had full battery bars. The optical viewfinder is recessed into the camera a bit and since I wear glasses, the large rubber eye piece does not fully surround my shooting eye allowing for light to affect my visual judgement. The view finder contains the 9 points of auto focus which light up red when focusing. The bottom border contains the shutter, aperture, and exposure meter as well as indicators for the other control settings operated by the right thumb, easily allowing adjustments without taking your eye out of the view finder. The symbols for each setting does take some memorization to get used to. The camera has several modes for a variety of situations which I have found to perform well with the exception of Auto mode which feels like the camera does not use all settings to produce great photos. The A390 does not have the Sony Sweep Panorama mode found in its point and shoot and higher priced DSLRs. Time it takes to go from off to on, focused and shoot a picture is about 1 second. The hotshoe itself is proprietary making third party hotshoes incompatible. Picture quality is excellent until about ISO 800 when noise can become very noticeable. Low light shooting is manageable thanks to the addition of the Steady Shot Inside technology. The teleconverter button on the top of the camera allows for an excellent digital zoom in 1.4x and 2.0 magnification at the cost of resolution. The included lens is great for general photography but dedicated lenses will produce better photos. Sony branded lenses are a bit pricey, however Minolta AF lenses are compatible with the Alpha line and most lenses can be purchased at low cost.Read full review
A total WOW experience. I cannot believe the photographs I was able to take. Went out on our boat and was lucky enought to have an airship go by. Got some incredible shots! Also have been taking shots of trees and flowers in our yard, they look like professional photographs. I could not be happier with this camera!! The fact that all of my Minolta SLR lenses and an external flash from my Minoltas fit this camera was a super ++++. I have been researching DSLR's for quite some time now and purchasing this camera was one of the smartest things I hve ever done. Cannot praise it enough!!
Exactly what we wanted! Hubby has had 2 of these cameras before and when his previous one stopped working, he insisted on exactly the same one as a replacement. Definately happy with htis purchase.
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well i am a 17 year old kid who wanted to do photography and for my birthday i bought it. this a great camera for the starters. i was looking for a great looking camera with a affordable price and size with good functions. this is a good choice for the photography enthusiasts. what i liked about this camera is the size. its compact and can be carried anywhere. it not big the the canon and nikon dslrs. one thing is disliked about this camera is that it should have been more cheap considering its workability compared to other dslrs.
Well, the camera is light weight compare with most dslrs. Also, the image quality is pretty good, the color style is a little different with previous sony products, but looks nice. The only problem is that there are not so many buttons on the camera, you cannot access some frequently used functions by one button
