Monday, December 15, 2008

Sony DSLR Digital Alpha A300

Originally got the A350 when it goes on sale. 1 week after I got it, A300 goes on sale even more. It's $599 cdn including 18-70mm and 75-300mm lens. That's $180 cdn cheaper than the combination on A350. This week in Bestbuy, it's $579 for the same combination.

The difference between A350/A300 is the 14mp/10mp which is not a big deal to me at all.
The picture taken from A300 is noticable better than most of camera I had before. However, there are some settings need to get use to get the picture better too. It's a nice camera. I got it mainly for special events for my kids.

Taken by A300
From 2008 Pictures


Taken by A350
From 2008 Pictures

Auto Focus speed is amazing and the LiveView tilted LCD is the 2nd reason I went with this camera. It's much easier for taking pictures with kids. Battery life is a lot longer than I expected. After few days of use with many pictures taken, I still have over 50% battery left. I have Trascend 133x 8GB CF which is as little as $30 and the speed is good enough for 3fp burst shot.

The cap is annoying that it doesn't have any string. Therefore, I ordered a string cap for $3.5US and it's very useful. I also got some cheap UV filter for $5.51 and Polarizer Lens Filter for $8.66.

String cap for DSLR
Polarizer Filter
UV Filter