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Good results with low noise can be taken at 3200 and even 6400 ISO. The camera is a joy to use and is easy to carry. At ISO 400 or 800, the photos are amazing. This camera has all the features any good SLR would have, but it also has an excellent viewfinder that shows you what the image exposure and focus will look like. You can move quickly between viewfinder view and live view (it's automatic). This truly is one of the ten best cameras available.
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As a concert/wedding photographer I do a lot of shooting in low light situations. Until now I have been relying strictly on my low light (1.4, 1.8, 2.8) lenses. Now that I have upgraded from my 2 SONY A77s I am able to get shots in lighting situations that even with those great lenses were impossible. I even photographed a band at 12,800 ISO and got very usable images. I love the full frame vs the cropped sensor although now my favorite 20MM 1.8 lens is actually too wide for some of my applications. I really do miss the pop-up flash, I had mastered it with my A77s and had no need for an external flash. Fortunately my girlfriend still has an A77 so she takes care of all of our flash work. The lenses that came with this camera were redundant to lenses that I already have. They are both great lenses but I already had the range covered with low light lensesRead full review
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a99 mk1 is still a great full-frame camera, and a stellar value right now in the $1000-$1200 price range; about a third of the new mk2. Yes the mk2 is a superior camera, but the a99 delivers clean images up to iso 6400, shoots 6 fps (up to 10 in jpeg, crop mode) and Full HD video. The tilt and swivel screen is amazing, the EVF is bright and clear and beautiful, and the body is weather sealed and feels good in hand. Yes, it should have had more AF points and I wish Sony could update the firmware to support XAVC-S and S-Log, but it is first and foremost a stills camera that can take 1080p 24/60 fps video. Unless you need 42 mp, or the newer video codec, there's no reason not to buy the a99 if you're looking for full-frame A-mount camera.
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High density CCD makes very nice enlargements. Very fast transfer rates. With a 90MBS SD installed you can take quite a few high definition picts, maybe 2 full seconds before the camera slows noticeably from its 12 picts per sec rate to about 9 FPS;. Even slow this beats nikons and canons best. Nice to have when photoing your Karate Kid in action. Or humming birds. The picts are a full 24 Megapixel too.. Puerists love the other guy's top of the line because they have good low light sensitivity. Well they are right. But since I don't take pictures in the dark without Infra red illumination or flash I really don't care and wouldn't spend another $3K for a few ISO steps. The main reason I bought this though was the Minolta lenses. Their great AF days was in the 90's and I have the 100macro, some G qooms and a few singles. Man do they impress with the color and sharpness. Again Canon and Nikon have great lenses too. maybe even better, but not for the color. And of course they are way expensive and the difference not noticable to most people and even then not on normal size display prints. So overall this is a good top of the line camera. Maybe not the best for a purist but for a person who wants to get good action shots, good bird shots and decent all around nature shots, this camera is hard to beat.Read full review
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Love this camera as soon as I got it, produced beautiful low light images. A lot to learn but every feature seems to be geared toward repeatable better pictures with outstanding quality. Rapid shots, on the fly adjustments and so much more than my previous model.
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