A perfect "tool chest" with everything you need to shoot like a pro!

This SLR camera by itself is a great item for someone making the leap from point-and-shoot photography to the art of really taking beautiful pictures. I have searched for weeks on the web and through brick and mortar stores for a camera that complements my wish to start really taking nice digial photographs. There is no question the a35K was the perfect solution.
I soon realized that entering into the world of pro quality digial photography means investing in a few more items to complete the tool chest. The package deal offered made the wish list a done deal. It is a very well thoght out selection of items that make your first mid-level digital photograpy experience an amazing one.
The camera seems to strike a perfect balance between ease of use and the hands-on manual manipulations necessary to turn picuture taking into “photography” The camera is compact enough to be handled easily. The HD video is of the quality you would expect from Sony. The still shot quality will leave you knowing why you finally purchased a “real” camera!

Great Camera, Great Value. Worth every penny!

I had old lenses from a Minolta 35mm SLR Camera from the 90s. I spent about $2000 on lenses, but when digital cameras came out (the small ones) I was able to take tons of pictures for free, so I stopped using the old camera. Minolta was purchased by Sony, and the Sony Alpha allowed me to use my old SLR lenses from the 35mm Minolta on a modern digital SLR camera.

I've taken thousands of pictures with this camera and have absolutely no complaints. Great design. Affordable, and it works with my old lenses. 5/5 Stars

Very nice

This camera is very nice, the value for money and the quality about the machine is very positive. I recommend this product.

Fairly good camera,does a lot,

I got this so I could use my old minolta lenses,it does that very well. The instruction book is too small with too light of ink to read so I had to buy instructions. The movie mode is good if you happen to have the right sony tv. While learning to use this camera I got some pictures processed and my wife did some that had similar scenes with her nikon d40. I liked the d40 pictures much better. Both on auto setting. I am still hopeing to get a better picture out of this camera. They aren't that bad,just not up to the nikon and to be fair I am still learning.

great for the money. get it for the great features

Not the best but for what you get for the price its amazing. If you know how to use a slr this will be a great bargain but if you don't you need to play around with it a bit. pictures are great definitely not studio pics but way better than most cameras.