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By: Sony’s entry-level A290 DSLR smiles for the camera | Dschool

Sony’s entry-level A290 DSLR smiles for the camera | Dschool — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:11:31 +0000

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By: Disappointed

Disappointed — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:58:55 +0000

Man, my A200 got stolen a couple of weeks back and this is going to be the replacement? Crap. Looks like they’ve dropped the long lens offered in the twin lens kit down to 55-200mm focal length as well (down from 75-300mm that I had). Double crap. And they’ve dropped the prices now so my insurance payout won’t even let me jump ship to an equivalent Canon. Man this really sucks, looks like a big step back. At least the A200 actually looked the part, this looks like a point and shoot you can swap lens on.

By: nkp

nkp — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:58:58 +0000

What a joke, just the 230 with a higher MP, larger grip, and slight body tweak. Sure wish the 450 was available here in the States, or that they’d release something similar to it, instead of trying to blur the line of P&S and DSLR. More menu diving = P.I.T.A. My guess the 390 will be the same thing as the 380 just with a slight body adjustment. Lets hope the Mid to high end releases dont get watered down into a waste of money.

By: sonyalpharumors » Blog Archive » (SR5) Sony A290 and A390 to be unveiled in few days.

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:06:44 +0000

[...] few days. June 3, 2010 rumors Write a comment We already saw the new Sony Alpha 290 leaked on a thai website. According to our sources the A290 and the A390 will be announced within few days. We already told [...]

By: Sony A290 DSLR snel verwacht | Gadget Garden

Sony A290 DSLR snel verwacht | Gadget Garden — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:02:21 +0000

[...] goed dat er tegenwoordig niet alleen maar Memory Sticks in hun apparaten moeten dus ondersteund de A290 ook SDHC kaarten. Er is al een prijs genoemd van 10 miljoen Vietnamese Dongs, laten we hopen dat [...]

By: mikebw

mikebw — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:21:57 +0000

“The funny thing is that the a230 with the 10MP ccd has better IQ than the a380 which has the 14MP sensor that will go in this camera.”

It would make sense if that were true because most people still think more MP makes a better camera, especially coming from the P&S world. Also, this would make economic sense for Sony to use up the lower quality sensor on their low-end cameras and start putting something nicer in the next level up camera. Keep the low-end crappy and the higher-end well, higher-end.

By: DVX

DVX — Sat, 15 May 2010 02:13:56 +0000

The funny thing is that the a230 with the 10MP ccd has better IQ than the a380 which has the 14MP sensor that will go in this camera.

By: lely

lely — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:02:38 +0000

What i heard is..this is not the promised model they been talking baout…n in my opinion this is just a230 re-designed body..as we all knew..the current entry level model has too much complaint about the hand grip. As a380 is discontinued too (in Singapore at least) there’s must be something coming ….CMIIW

By: Tabitha Green

Tabitha Green — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:34:07 +0000

Sadly, Sony continues its march straight into the photographic toilet. Unless the a700-replacement is something spectacular (which seems soo unlikely), they’re sunk, as far as enthusiasts and semi/pros go. :/

By: Yianni

Yianni — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:11:28 +0000

From all the information we’ve seeing so far it looks like there’s 2-3 new Alpha’s coming.

The first thing to note is that Sony have fixed the silly grip of the current low end Alpha’s which is a good thing. The bad news is that there doesn’t seem to be any upgrades to its features. 2.5 fps? Come on it’s 2010! It will also probably get the current sensor from the A380 and everything else looks the same and I doubt it will shoot HD video either.

The A390 or whatever it will be called will most likely shoot HD video. The question is, what sensor will they put in it?

As to why Sony keeps taking features away from its entry level range is a head scratcher to me. The A200 looks better when compared to the A290.

Hopefully they’ll bump up the feature in the A350 and A380 replacements and give us something decent.

Cheers