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Jun 23, 2016
I love my A100!
5 of 5 found this helpful I had a Canon Rebel XS DSLR a few years ago and I loved it. I never did anything professional, but I did and do take my photography pretty seriously. I ended up selling that camera and regretted it ever since then. With that camera I had pretty much the same accessories this kit comes with, and I had a 50mm f1.8 lens and tripod (which I already bought both of for the Sony!).
I would say as far as ease of use, the Sony gets a 4/5 compared to the Canon's 5/5. The only difference really in terms of function is that the Canon had a live-view mode which made zooming in and manually focusing very easy. I do a lot of low to the ground shooting so using the eye-piece is difficult for me at 6' 4. With that said, I would say the Sony is a little better build quality and the body itself fits my big hands really well.
In terms of value, I think the Sony blows the Canon out of the water. I couldn't find a kit for the Canon equivalent for anywhere near this price, and the Canon kit only comes with the 35-55 lens. The accessories for the Canon (and Nikon) cameras tend to be a little bit cheaper, just because they are more plentiful, but also keep in mind that you can buy adapter plates to use other lenses, AND you can use Minolta lenses on a Sony DSLR. Huge plus.
The imagine quality is standard for a 10MP crop sensor DSLR. With that said, it is excellent. Easily on par with my Canon camera. I do definitely recommend buying at least one lens outside of the kit lenses. The common lens for a beginner that is of great quality and value is the 50MM f/1.8. It is a lens that can usually be found for $100 or so and offers a very fast optic, with very good quality. Keep in mind though that a 50MM lens on a cropped sensor like these equates closer to the 65MM mark, so it isn't necessarily good for tight quarter shoots.
If I had to pick some negatives for the camera, definitely a big one for me is that there is no live-view LCD mode, at least not that I can find. Something else that is a tad annoying is that Sony decided to make the SD cards unique to Sony products and the USB is also unique to Sony products. Not a big deal, but something to keep in mind. I had a USB cord that while it did plug into the camera, still did not work for transferring photos. Also, there is no option to save JPEG + RAW, all I can find is either JPEG or RAW. I don't have Lightroom or Photoshop, so RAW files don't work for me even though I would much prefer to shoot with it.
All in all, I love this camera and I am very very happy with my choice to go with Sony this time around. I have a feeling I will be with this camera for a good bit of time!
P.S.- For budget minded enthusiasts, a great photo-editing app is online and called pixlr. It offers a good bit of the features that Photoshop offeres, and it is free!
Sep 07, 2018
Well worth the money.
5 of 5 found this helpful It does all the stuff the standard Canon/Nikon/Sony 50 f1.8 does, but for half the price. Well worth the money, highly recommend it if you're on a tight budget. It did seem to have some trouble auto focusing with sunset facing the lens, but that is probably a large part fault of the camera (XSi) as well.
Overall, highly recommend.
Oct 27, 2016
So far, so good!
I'm using this cover for a 1991 Suzuki GS500e and it fits great. I know this says XXXL but I feel like a significantly bigger bike would not fit very well. Then again, it does fit loose enough on my bike that the wind can get underneath it and lift it off. I just roll the bike forward to make sure it doesn't blow off, which only happened once and it was VERY windy. This cover seems to be pretty high quality, so I'm sure it'll last the winter and probably next winter. That said, at this price even if it only makes one winter I'll buy another next year.