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Reviewed:
Aug 2009
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Very similar in terms of core specification to its predecessor the A350, the A380 is - if anything - a minor downgrade to the older model. Unlike two of its arguably most direct competitors, the Canon EOS 500D and the Nikon D5000, the Sony A380 does not offer video capture nor does it come with an on-screen 'Quick control' type user interface, something that has pretty much become a standard on all recently introduced SLRs. The rest of the feature set and specification is, next to the competition, not particularly impressive either.
While the 14.2 megapixel resolution is still more than competitive and the output at base ISO is generally good, the frame rate in continuous shooting is pretty slow, the high ISO performance isn't quite on the same level as the rivals and the battery capacity is poor. The A380's Quick AF Live View system is great, but as a whole, the camera is far from impressive, and it's inadequate, pinchy handgrip is - frankly - just annoying.
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Opinion: I have had a chance to wring out the Sony A380 DSLR the past week. I have read a number of reviews which claim the image quality leaves something to be desired. I have also had opportunity to take sufficient photos with the Canon Xsi, T1i and Nikon D5000 to say the Sony A380 image quality is the equal or better than the other cameras. I have also had the chance to try the older Sony A350 and can say the image quality of the A380 has improved. The Sony RAW conversion software has changed so the A380 RAW files will not open with the older software but Sony gives you a disc where as Nikon wants $179 for their software plus the price of the camera. I used the kit lens which comes with the Sony A380 and did not feel upgrading to an expensive Zeiss lens was required for the photos I take. The articulated screen is stiff but probably will loosen up with some use. The live view on the Nikon D5000 is a joke and only suitable for taking pictures of buildings and table top photography. The live view function on the Canon is not articulated and only slightly better whereas the Sony will take live view shots of moving objects and is handy for a waist level finder. The reason the image quality was rated only 4.5 is because that is all you are going to get out of a half frame sensor no matter what brand of camera.
Now you have a choice of memory cards and can use SD cards or Pro-Duo. Also like the feel of the memory acess door as it it not flabby rubber.
My only reservation with the Sony A380 is the price which I believe should be lower when compared to the feature sets on the competition and that is why I lowered the value for the money to a 4.0.
This is not intended as a pro camera to take punishment with a metal body and a shutter rated at half a million photos and I thought the construction is equal to the Canon Xsi, T1i and Nikon D5000
Problems: I don't have any problems..worked right out of the box and did not have a sneaky recall as per Nikon D5000.
Opinion: To compensate Princhov's crap....
Opinion: I have Sony Alpha DSLR-A380 for 15 days now and it is
my entrance to dslr world, before I had only compaq
cameras with the last to be SONY T100. My new Sony is
is a positive change for me, I took it with the Sony 18-
55mm lens and the Tamron 55-200mm and I can say that
I am very satisfied!
Problems: Nothing special to be mentioned!
Opinion: why pirinchov beeing compensate twice? once by catamaran and once by ollecram. just to compensate back.
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