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# 12 fps ultra-fast shooting 24.3 MP APS-C sensor 19-point Phase Detection AF Sony Alpha SLT-A77 Translucent Mirror Digital SLR Camera - Body only (OLD MODEL)

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## Summary

> ⚡ Shoot Fast, Focus Faster, Create Forever!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Sony Alpha SLT-A77 Translucent Mirror Digital SLR Camera - Body only (OLD MODEL) by sony
- **How much does it cost?** S/.82 with free shipping
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## Best For

- sony enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted sony brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Unmatched Speed for Action Shots:** Shoot up to 12 frames per second with continuous autofocus—never miss the decisive moment again.
- • **Revolutionary Translucent Mirror Tech:** Simultaneously focus and shoot with Sony’s exclusive 2nd Gen translucent mirror system for flawless precision.
- • **Capture Every Moment in Stunning Detail:** 24.3 MP APS-C sensor delivers breathtaking resolution for professional-grade images and enlargements.
- • **See It All Clearly with OLED Viewfinder:** World’s first OLED electronic viewfinder offers ultra-high resolution and real-time preview of settings.
- • **Cinema-Quality HD Movies at Your Fingertips:** Record Full HD 1080p video at 60p/60i/24p with full manual controls for creative freedom.

## Overview

The Sony Alpha SLT-A77 is a powerhouse DSLR featuring a 24.3 MP APS-C sensor, blazing 12 fps continuous shooting, and Sony’s exclusive 2nd generation Translucent Mirror Technology. It boasts the world’s first OLED electronic viewfinder for crystal-clear framing and supports Full HD 1080p video recording with advanced manual controls. Rugged yet lightweight with a magnesium alloy body, it’s designed for professionals and enthusiasts who demand speed, precision, and cinematic quality in both stills and video.

## Description

Sony α (alpha) SLT-A77V Digital SLR. World’s fastest shooting DSLR. Get action photos, HD Movies and Live View shots that other cameras miss, thanks to Sony’s exclusive Translucent Mirror Technology. Enjoy 24.3 megapixel resolution - with the world’s fastest shooting - up to 12 frames per second - and the world’s first OLED electronic viewfinder.

Review: excellent for what I use it for - Ok, let's start with the "con": you cannot tether this camera. The a700 could be tethered. The a77 cannot. It's not a huge drawback, but it is a drawback. What do you use tethering for? Controlling the camera from your computer. Transferring the pictures directly and immediately to a computer (for a client or someone else to look at). For easily seeing the pictures on a large screen, rather than the screens on the camera. And...using this in a photobooth! This camera just cannot be used in a photobooth. It's frustrating. Not being able to tether the camera is frustrating, but not a deal-breaker -- not even close. How many times have you needed to tether your camera? But it would be nice. I've been using the a77 for a year and three months. I resisted it and continued using my a700 because I hated the idea of an EVF. However, after about 30 seconds of trying out the a77, I was hooked, and I cannot go back to an OVF. Occasionally I use a Nikon, and it's just awful. An EVF has REAL advantages -- big advantages. I am a professional photographer, and I'm shooting 4-6 days a week, most weeks. About 70% of my assignments are sports, and about 20% are club event photography. The other 10% are group pictures, studio work, on-location "people at work" photos, etc. For sports especially, the EVF is incredibly useful. I shoot in manual mode. With an optical viewfinder, if you change from f/2.8 to f/11, the view doesn't change. If you change from 1/50 to 1/2000, the view doesn't change. The picture will be drastically different, but you won't see it until you actually take a picture. With outdoor sports, the lighting is constantly changing -- sun going behind a cloud, light diminishing during sunset, front-lit, side-lit, or back-lit faces. With an electronic viewfinder, you see exactly how the picture will look. If you change the shutter speed, film speed, or aperture, the image in the viewfinder will change. This is a huge help while shooting. Also, after you take a picture, the picture usually shows up on the back of the camera for a few seconds, right? Well, since the viewfinder is a tiny computer screen, you can have the picture show up there, instead. That is also great. You don't have to take the camera away from you eye and look at the back of the camera -- you can be shooting pictures and reviewing them, all without moving the camera. It's kind of like the difference between using keyboard shortcuts and clicking with the mouse. Yes, you can type, then use the mouse to click on the next field, then type some more, then use the mouse to click on the next field. But it's much faster to just hit "tab" to go to the next field. You never take your hands off the keys,and it just goes faster, your train of thought isn't interrupted, you can just "go" faster. For example, when I take group photos, I need to check to see if anyone was blinking, and take another picture if they were. With an EVF, I take the picture, then the image immediately appears on the screen in the viewfinder, and I can very quickly see whether I need to take another picture or not. I know -- it doesn't sound like a big deal. None of these things would have made much impression on me, before I bought an a77 and got hooked. I would have said they were all small things, and really not very important. Just try it. Borrow or rent one for a week, and then try to go back to an optical viewfinder. You won't be able to do it. One more benefit of an EVF: you know how, when it's sunny outside, it can be hard to see the screen on the back of the camera? Too much glare, too bright outside? Well, the EVF is inside the camera, in a deep dark cave. There are no reflections, no glare to fight. You can see how the picture actually looks. Ok, so obviously I think the EVF is the big selling point with this camera. But there are other good things. The 12 fps is kind of a lie. The real burst rate is 7 fps. 12 fps only works in "P" mode. If you are a serious photographer, you don't use P. But 7 is plenty. If you're the person who has to cull all the photos after an event (and I am), then...7 fps is more than enough to wade through... I do use the 12 fps setting when shooting golf, just because the club and ball move SO FAST. And I also use it in baseball, to get the "ball on the bat" picture. But otherwise, 7 fps is plenty. The camera is rugged. I shoot sports. Most sports don't stop because of rain, sleet, snow, heat, or cold. So I can't, either. I've used this camera in all types of weather, and it survives admirably. It's built tough. People say the Sony alpha cameras have bad high-ISO noise, and I agree. HOWEVER, I work for a large photography company. I am (obviously) the only Sony shooter. Most of the other photogs shoot Nikons, and a few shoot Canon. The head of sports photography sees ALL pictures, from everyone, before the pictures go onto the website. And he raves about my camera's noise performance. He's comparing my a77's noise to pictures from Nikons and Canons, and he thinks the a77 is excellent. He's a die-hard Nikon fan (a member of their professional photographer group), but my pictures have almost won him over to Sony. I honestly don't understand how my pictures are so much better than pictures from Nikon and Canon, but he swears they are. So much so that I have become my company's top photographer for low-light assignments. The GPS feature is GREAT, and I'm very disappointed that they've eliminated it on the a77 mark 2. It's another feature (like EVF) that you don't realize how useful it is until you actually have it. I will be very sad to lose it. Very. The Minolta/Sony hotshoe is a non-issue. Were you planning to use a Canon flash on your a77? No, of course not. So what does it matter? Sony, Sigma, etc make flashes with our mount. It's true, pocketwizard does not. But I use cowboy studio triggers, and guess what? They work equally reliably as pocketwizards, and they cost a small faction of what pocketwizards do. Perhaps a cowboystudio trigger wouldn't work from 100 meters away, and perhaps a pocketwizard would. But I don't work that far from my lights. In normal studio conditions, my cowboystudio triggers work as reliably as my company's pocketwizards. And the cowboystudio triggers allow my camera to fire my Canon 430 EXII flash remotely. (Ok, so I WAS planning on using a canon flash with my a77...) My Sony a77 is rugged, dependable, full-featured, takes great pictures, has good continuous AF, and has an excellent electronic viewfinder. I use the camera 4-6 days a week, and I'm glad I chose Sony, not Canon or Nikon. It's an excellent camera.
Review: Safe Purchase for Those Looking to Step Up Their Photography From Their Smartphone. - Tldr; You won't find a better overall starter from anyone else, especially Cannon, for the price that you can get the A77 for used. (I paid just $500.00) The A77 brings pro features to an entry level body, but it would be better if it had WiFi or NFC. >9/10 Long form: Every single one of my purchases comes down to one thing, bang for buck. How can maximize my dollar? As someone who spends hundreds of hours researching products before buying them, I can easily say that this camera falls beautifully into the sweat spot of price verses features, and that the purchase was worth the price. This camera was my way to "step-up" my photography from my mediocre smartphone camera. I paid $500.00 flat for a used but "Very-Good" version of this product. The camera arrived in mint condition from Swampscott M.A. of all places. It, however, didn't come in the factory box. Alongside this camera I purchased a 70 - 200mm lens from Sigma for $533.00, also used. This lens I found to highly acclaimed for its diversity and ability to excel in portrait photography. It is important to note that this lens cost over $1,200 new. Being important because what lens you get can make a huge difference and I got what I believe is a pro lens. Overall I paid about half what each item is worth at MSRP and I recommend doing the same only if you are patient enough to wait for the best deal. Remember I spent hundreds of hours on this, so think if its worth spending the time just to save a bit of cash. I want to address something very important. If this is your first DSLR, make sure you are not making any sacrifices in the quality of your lens to be able to afford this body. Glass is far more important than the camera body as it doesn't get outdated as easily as the body will. If anything, you should actually make sacrifices in what body you purchase so that you can buy a better lens. >I could spout specs at you, but you can find better spec comparisons and more complete listings on other sites like DxO. This was my first ever DSLR so I was a bit intimidated at first by the amount of menu options and buttons, but the camera has a handy feature that shows what each menu option means or does when you press a button. This is extremely helpful when I was getting to know the device at first. Full disclosure, I am usually pretty competent at navigating technology and learning new information, so I can't completly say how easy this camera is to learn for everyone. However no matter what camera you buy, you should not be afraid of it. Think of it as a challenge, there is a vast wealth of resources on how this camera works and on the fundamentals of photography for free online, if you don't know what Aperture or ISO means and how they affect your pictures, then I recommend reading up before making a purchase. All that being said the settings menu gives a excellent amount of control over the camera and you image. One of the best aspects of this body is the diversity that it offers in terms of what you can shoot. In the first few months that I had this camera I was able to take sports shots, macro shots, wildlife shots, landscape shots, panoramas, car shots, and most importantly pictures of my cats. The ability to take a picture twelve times every second is incredible. I've been able to make some incredible Volleyball gifs because of it. If you're going to be shooting sports at all definitely look into getting cameras that have a high fps like the A77. It will be the difference of having your subject be a blur or be crisp and in focus. This camera covers all the bases. It preforms commendably in both stills and film, and it brings useful extra features like the panorama mode. The only real downside that I found with this camera was the electronic viewfinder, no headphone jack, and the lack of WiFi or nfc. But with the viewfinder I found that I actually liked what Sony was able create. The viewfinder is an OLED screen that makes by far the best argument for OLED screens that I've ever encountered. This screen puts out inky blacks and crisp accurate colors, plus all at a glorious 1:1 ratio. That ratio is great as it means that 100% of the picture that the camera will take is shown on screen. This is enhanced by the screen showing you how the image is being affected by what settings you are doing in real time. You will be able to judge your exposer and color temperature on the fly. The viewfinder being electronic also gives the ability for it to display everything the normal articulating 3 inch screen can, so you can browse you photo gallery in the viewfinder and adjuste the settings. Continuing with the message of settings, the top mounted screen is really handy. It displays all of your image settings in real time so you can easily see what ISO or shutterspeed your currently using, which is really handy when taking shots really close to the ground. The articulating screen also helps here to. All in all this camera I found to be easy to learn but rich enough in features to provide a wide range of opportunities to explore with the depth to really become proficient. Any drawbacks are quickly and greatly out weighed by the positives. >This I can recommend as a safe purchase for someone who has a basic understand of photography and what's to take their game to the next level. For those who are new to the concept of photography I would still recommend this, but only if you know yourself to be someone who is willing to commit time to learning and developing their skills.< (v.1)

## Features

- 2nd Generation Translucent Mirror Technology camera
- 24.3 MP for superb detail and amazing enlargements
- World?s fastest up to 12 fps continuous shooting
- World's first OLED viewfinder; big and bright
- World's first HD Movie mode with AVCHD 60p/60i/24p

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B005IHAICK |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Aperture modes | F2.8-F22 |
| Are Batteries Included | Yes |
| Auto Focus Technology | Continuous, Face Detection, Live View, Multi-area, Phase Detection, Selective single-point, Single |
| Autofocus | Yes |
| Autofocus Points | 19 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #326,348 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #514 in DSLR Cameras |
| Bit Depth | 14 Bit |
| Brand | Sony |
| Built-In Media | Battery, HDMI Cable, Instruction Manual, Remote, Tripod |
| Camera Flash | Built-In |
| Camera Lens | A zoom lens compatible with Sony/Minolta Alpha and Sony/Minolta Alpha DT mountings |
| Color | Black |
| Compatible Devices | Sony/Minolta Alpha, Sony/Minolta Alpha DT |
| Compatible Flash Memory Type | SD |
| Compatible Mountings | Sony/Minolta Alpha, Sony/Minolta Alpha DT |
| Connectivity Technology | HDMI, USB |
| Continuous Shooting | 5.5 FPS |
| Crop Mode | 16:9 |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 154 Reviews |
| Digital-Still | Yes |
| Display Fixture Type | Articulating |
| Display Maximum Resolution | 921,000 |
| Display Resolution Maximum | 921,000 |
| Display Type | LCD |
| Dots Per Screen | 837273 |
| Effective Still Resolution | 24.3 MP |
| Expanded ISO Maximum | 16000 |
| Expanded ISO Minimum | 100 |
| Exposure Control | Manual |
| File Format | JPEG |
| Flash Memory Bus Interface Type | UHS-I |
| Flash Memory Supported Size Maximum | 64 GB |
| Flash Memory Type | SD/SDHC/SDXC/Memory Stick Pro Duo/ Pro-HG Duo |
| Flash Modes | [INF] Inferred: Live View Flash, Red Eye Reduction, Fill Flash |
| Flash Sync Speed | 1/250_sec |
| Focal Length Description | 24-75 millimeters |
| Focus Features | TTL 19-point Phase Detection |
| Focus Mode | Automatic AF (AF-A), Continuous-Servo AF (AF-C), Manual Focus (MF), Single-Servo AF (AF-S) |
| Focus Type | Automatic with Manual |
| Form Factor | Mid-size SLR |
| Generation | 2 |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 04905524857863 |
| HDMI Type | Type C Mini HDMI |
| Hardware Interface | USB |
| Has Color Screen | Yes |
| Image Capture Type | Stills & Video |
| Image Stabilization | Sensor-shift |
| Image stabilization | Sensor-shift |
| Item Weight | 1.61 Pounds |
| JPEG Quality Level | Fine |
| Lens Construction | 13 |
| Lens Type | zoom |
| Manufacturer | Sony |
| Manufacturer Part Number | SLTA77V |
| Maximum Aperture | 3.5 Millimeters |
| Maximum Focal Length | 75 Millimeters |
| Maximum Image Size | 24.3 MP |
| Maximum Shutter Speed | 1/8000 Seconds |
| Memory Storage Capacity | 1 GB |
| Metering Methods | Multi, Center-weighted, Spot |
| Minimum Focal Length | 24 Millimeters |
| Minimum Shutter Speed | 30 seconds |
| Model Name | SLT ALPHA A77 |
| Model Number | SLTA77V |
| Model Series | SLT-A77 |
| Movie Mode | Yes |
| Night vision | No |
| Optical Zoom | 3.1 x |
| Photo Sensor Resolution | 24.3 MP |
| Photo Sensor Size | APS-C |
| Photo Sensor Technology | CMOS |
| Remote Included | No |
| Screen Size | 3 Inches |
| Self Timer | 10 Seconds |
| Sensor Type | CMOS |
| Shooting Modes | Automatic, High dynamic rang, Scene |
| Skill Level | Amateur, Professional |
| Special Feature | Live View |
| Supported File Format | JPEG |
| Total Still Resolution | 24.3 MP |
| Total USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Total USB Ports | 1 |
| Total Video Out Ports | 1 |
| UPC | 027242833067 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Video Capture Format | mpeg-4;avchd |
| Video Output | AVCHD |
| Video Resolution | FHD 1080p |
| Viewfinder | Electronic |
| Viewfinder Magnification | 1.1x |
| White Balance Settings | Auto, Flash torch |
| Wireless Technology | EyeFi |
| Write Speed | 12 fps |
| Zoom | Optical |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Sony
- **Compatible Mountings:** Sony/Minolta Alpha, Sony/Minolta Alpha DT
- **Expanded ISO Minimum:** 100
- **Image Stabilization:** Sensor-shift
- **Maximum Aperture:** 3.5 Millimeters
- **Maximum Focal Length:** 75 Millimeters
- **Metering Description:** Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
- **Optical Zoom:** 3.1 x
- **Photo Sensor Technology:** CMOS
- **Supported File Format:** JPEG

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ excellent for what I use it for
*by S***D on June 8, 2014*

Ok, let's start with the "con": you cannot tether this camera. The a700 could be tethered. The a77 cannot. It's not a huge drawback, but it is a drawback. What do you use tethering for? Controlling the camera from your computer. Transferring the pictures directly and immediately to a computer (for a client or someone else to look at). For easily seeing the pictures on a large screen, rather than the screens on the camera. And...using this in a photobooth! This camera just cannot be used in a photobooth. It's frustrating. Not being able to tether the camera is frustrating, but not a deal-breaker -- not even close. How many times have you needed to tether your camera? But it would be nice. I've been using the a77 for a year and three months. I resisted it and continued using my a700 because I hated the idea of an EVF. However, after about 30 seconds of trying out the a77, I was hooked, and I cannot go back to an OVF. Occasionally I use a Nikon, and it's just awful. An EVF has REAL advantages -- big advantages. I am a professional photographer, and I'm shooting 4-6 days a week, most weeks. About 70% of my assignments are sports, and about 20% are club event photography. The other 10% are group pictures, studio work, on-location "people at work" photos, etc. For sports especially, the EVF is incredibly useful. I shoot in manual mode. With an optical viewfinder, if you change from f/2.8 to f/11, the view doesn't change. If you change from 1/50 to 1/2000, the view doesn't change. The picture will be drastically different, but you won't see it until you actually take a picture. With outdoor sports, the lighting is constantly changing -- sun going behind a cloud, light diminishing during sunset, front-lit, side-lit, or back-lit faces. With an electronic viewfinder, you see exactly how the picture will look. If you change the shutter speed, film speed, or aperture, the image in the viewfinder will change. This is a huge help while shooting. Also, after you take a picture, the picture usually shows up on the back of the camera for a few seconds, right? Well, since the viewfinder is a tiny computer screen, you can have the picture show up there, instead. That is also great. You don't have to take the camera away from you eye and look at the back of the camera -- you can be shooting pictures and reviewing them, all without moving the camera. It's kind of like the difference between using keyboard shortcuts and clicking with the mouse. Yes, you can type, then use the mouse to click on the next field, then type some more, then use the mouse to click on the next field. But it's much faster to just hit "tab" to go to the next field. You never take your hands off the keys,and it just goes faster, your train of thought isn't interrupted, you can just "go" faster. For example, when I take group photos, I need to check to see if anyone was blinking, and take another picture if they were. With an EVF, I take the picture, then the image immediately appears on the screen in the viewfinder, and I can very quickly see whether I need to take another picture or not. I know -- it doesn't sound like a big deal. None of these things would have made much impression on me, before I bought an a77 and got hooked. I would have said they were all small things, and really not very important. Just try it. Borrow or rent one for a week, and then try to go back to an optical viewfinder. You won't be able to do it. One more benefit of an EVF: you know how, when it's sunny outside, it can be hard to see the screen on the back of the camera? Too much glare, too bright outside? Well, the EVF is inside the camera, in a deep dark cave. There are no reflections, no glare to fight. You can see how the picture actually looks. Ok, so obviously I think the EVF is the big selling point with this camera. But there are other good things. The 12 fps is kind of a lie. The real burst rate is 7 fps. 12 fps only works in "P" mode. If you are a serious photographer, you don't use P. But 7 is plenty. If you're the person who has to cull all the photos after an event (and I am), then...7 fps is more than enough to wade through... I do use the 12 fps setting when shooting golf, just because the club and ball move SO FAST. And I also use it in baseball, to get the "ball on the bat" picture. But otherwise, 7 fps is plenty. The camera is rugged. I shoot sports. Most sports don't stop because of rain, sleet, snow, heat, or cold. So I can't, either. I've used this camera in all types of weather, and it survives admirably. It's built tough. People say the Sony alpha cameras have bad high-ISO noise, and I agree. HOWEVER, I work for a large photography company. I am (obviously) the only Sony shooter. Most of the other photogs shoot Nikons, and a few shoot Canon. The head of sports photography sees ALL pictures, from everyone, before the pictures go onto the website. And he raves about my camera's noise performance. He's comparing my a77's noise to pictures from Nikons and Canons, and he thinks the a77 is excellent. He's a die-hard Nikon fan (a member of their professional photographer group), but my pictures have almost won him over to Sony. I honestly don't understand how my pictures are so much better than pictures from Nikon and Canon, but he swears they are. So much so that I have become my company's top photographer for low-light assignments. The GPS feature is GREAT, and I'm very disappointed that they've eliminated it on the a77 mark 2. It's another feature (like EVF) that you don't realize how useful it is until you actually have it. I will be very sad to lose it. Very. The Minolta/Sony hotshoe is a non-issue. Were you planning to use a Canon flash on your a77? No, of course not. So what does it matter? Sony, Sigma, etc make flashes with our mount. It's true, pocketwizard does not. But I use cowboy studio triggers, and guess what? They work equally reliably as pocketwizards, and they cost a small faction of what pocketwizards do. Perhaps a cowboystudio trigger wouldn't work from 100 meters away, and perhaps a pocketwizard would. But I don't work that far from my lights. In normal studio conditions, my cowboystudio triggers work as reliably as my company's pocketwizards. And the cowboystudio triggers allow my camera to fire my Canon 430 EXII flash remotely. (Ok, so I WAS planning on using a canon flash with my a77...) My Sony a77 is rugged, dependable, full-featured, takes great pictures, has good continuous AF, and has an excellent electronic viewfinder. I use the camera 4-6 days a week, and I'm glad I chose Sony, not Canon or Nikon. It's an excellent camera.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Safe Purchase for Those Looking to Step Up Their Photography From Their Smartphone.
*by J***0 on November 28, 2016*

Tldr; You won't find a better overall starter from anyone else, especially Cannon, for the price that you can get the A77 for used. (I paid just $500.00) The A77 brings pro features to an entry level body, but it would be better if it had WiFi or NFC. >9/10 Long form: Every single one of my purchases comes down to one thing, bang for buck. How can maximize my dollar? As someone who spends hundreds of hours researching products before buying them, I can easily say that this camera falls beautifully into the sweat spot of price verses features, and that the purchase was worth the price. This camera was my way to "step-up" my photography from my mediocre smartphone camera. I paid $500.00 flat for a used but "Very-Good" version of this product. The camera arrived in mint condition from Swampscott M.A. of all places. It, however, didn't come in the factory box. Alongside this camera I purchased a 70 - 200mm lens from Sigma for $533.00, also used. This lens I found to highly acclaimed for its diversity and ability to excel in portrait photography. It is important to note that this lens cost over $1,200 new. Being important because what lens you get can make a huge difference and I got what I believe is a pro lens. Overall I paid about half what each item is worth at MSRP and I recommend doing the same only if you are patient enough to wait for the best deal. Remember I spent hundreds of hours on this, so think if its worth spending the time just to save a bit of cash. I want to address something very important. If this is your first DSLR, make sure you are not making any sacrifices in the quality of your lens to be able to afford this body. Glass is far more important than the camera body as it doesn't get outdated as easily as the body will. If anything, you should actually make sacrifices in what body you purchase so that you can buy a better lens. >I could spout specs at you, but you can find better spec comparisons and more complete listings on other sites like DxO. This was my first ever DSLR so I was a bit intimidated at first by the amount of menu options and buttons, but the camera has a handy feature that shows what each menu option means or does when you press a button. This is extremely helpful when I was getting to know the device at first. Full disclosure, I am usually pretty competent at navigating technology and learning new information, so I can't completly say how easy this camera is to learn for everyone. However no matter what camera you buy, you should not be afraid of it. Think of it as a challenge, there is a vast wealth of resources on how this camera works and on the fundamentals of photography for free online, if you don't know what Aperture or ISO means and how they affect your pictures, then I recommend reading up before making a purchase. All that being said the settings menu gives a excellent amount of control over the camera and you image. One of the best aspects of this body is the diversity that it offers in terms of what you can shoot. In the first few months that I had this camera I was able to take sports shots, macro shots, wildlife shots, landscape shots, panoramas, car shots, and most importantly pictures of my cats. The ability to take a picture twelve times every second is incredible. I've been able to make some incredible Volleyball gifs because of it. If you're going to be shooting sports at all definitely look into getting cameras that have a high fps like the A77. It will be the difference of having your subject be a blur or be crisp and in focus. This camera covers all the bases. It preforms commendably in both stills and film, and it brings useful extra features like the panorama mode. The only real downside that I found with this camera was the electronic viewfinder, no headphone jack, and the lack of WiFi or nfc. But with the viewfinder I found that I actually liked what Sony was able create. The viewfinder is an OLED screen that makes by far the best argument for OLED screens that I've ever encountered. This screen puts out inky blacks and crisp accurate colors, plus all at a glorious 1:1 ratio. That ratio is great as it means that 100% of the picture that the camera will take is shown on screen. This is enhanced by the screen showing you how the image is being affected by what settings you are doing in real time. You will be able to judge your exposer and color temperature on the fly. The viewfinder being electronic also gives the ability for it to display everything the normal articulating 3 inch screen can, so you can browse you photo gallery in the viewfinder and adjuste the settings. Continuing with the message of settings, the top mounted screen is really handy. It displays all of your image settings in real time so you can easily see what ISO or shutterspeed your currently using, which is really handy when taking shots really close to the ground. The articulating screen also helps here to. All in all this camera I found to be easy to learn but rich enough in features to provide a wide range of opportunities to explore with the depth to really become proficient. Any drawbacks are quickly and greatly out weighed by the positives. >This I can recommend as a safe purchase for someone who has a basic understand of photography and what's to take their game to the next level. For those who are new to the concept of photography I would still recommend this, but only if you know yourself to be someone who is willing to commit time to learning and developing their skills.< (v.1)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I love it! I hate it! I love it! I hate it!
*by H***R on January 26, 2012*

I bought this camera as an upgrade for my Sony A700 (badly dated) and this camera is a very good, but too long delayed, replacement for the A700. I do wildlife photography and sports photography as hobbies, so this review will only touch on those uses. I absolutely love the improvement I have gotten in my wildlife pictures. The focusing is faster and sharper, the colors seem more true, and the transition from 12MP to 24MP makes a tremendous difference in my ability to crop images (most animals still refuse to walk up to me) and still have a quality photo. There is a night/day difference between the quality of pictures I take with this camera and pictures I took with the A700. I am disappointed with this camera's usefulness for sports. The quality of pictures I obtain is either excellent or worthless. Some reviewers love the electronic viewfinder and it does give you a better idea of how the camera sensor is "seeing" the scene. However it is slow when following rapid sports action, and the viewfinder stutters (i.e. it shows still shots of previous pictures or just shows a black screen for a fraction of a second) when taking a continuous series of pictures. This is very frustrating when I am trying to follow an athlete who is chasing a ball. It is very difficult to keep a player in focus if I cannot see them and do not know exactly where they are. The manufacturer is justifiably proud of offering a camera that can shoot 12 frames per second (only in aperture priority mode) and I really wanted that level of capture speed to allow me to get better pictures of bats meeting balls etc.. The only time you need 12 fps is when you are photographing a rapidly moving object, which is the time you will not be able to consistently see that object in the viewfinder:( The "Sports Mode" is unusable in my opinion. You cannot employ spot focus in Sports Mode, and consequently the camera tries to average the focus between the athlete you are trying to photograph and all the players, officials, coaches, birds, stands, water coolers, etc., that you do not want to focus on. It is not that difficult to employ manual settings, but why would you make a camera with a Sports Mode that assumes everything you can see is equally interesting to you? I love that I am getting great images and am able to get some shots I could not get before. I hate that I am missing some shots that used to be much easier to obtain. This camera has many great qualities and I will continue to use it, but is does make sports photography more difficult.

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