Cheap Price Sony Alpha SLT-A57 16.1 MP Exmor APS HD CMOS Sensor DSLR with Translucent Mirror Technology and 3D Sweep Panorama (Body Only) for sale in USA
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Sony Alpha SLT-A57 16.1 MP Exmor APS HD CMOS Sensor DSLR with Translucent Mirror Technology and 3D Sweep Panorama (Body Only)
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Product Description
Capture your perfect moments with Sonys next generation Translucent Mirror Technology DSLR enabling simultaneous focus and capture. Shoot up to an amazing 12 fps in Tele-zoom High speed mode, complete with continuous auto focus. Auto focus is also visibly faster in Live View and HD Movie modes. Translucent Mirror Technology accelerates AF performance Up to 12 fps w/ Continuous AF in Tele-zoom High Speed mode Up to 10 fps at full 16.1 MP with Sony?s Exmor HD APS sensor Clear Image Zoom extends the reach of any lens Get professional portrait composition with Auto Portrait Framing 1080/60p/24p Full AVCHDor 1080/30p MP4 movies Tru-finderElectronic Viewfinder: big and bright Tilt/swivel 3.0 LCD , 921K dots, TruBlackscreen Auto HDR captures more contrast than one exposure can SteadyShot INSIDEimage stabilization built into body Accurate 15-point Auto Focus system; 3 cross sensors Image layering: Multi-Frame NR & Hand-held Twilight shot Sweep PanoramaMode captures landscapes beautifully 3D Sweep PanoramaMode: incredible views to enjoy on 3DTV Translucent Mirror Technology Other DSLRs can shoot. Or they can focus with the speed and precision of Phase Detection AF. They cannot do both at once. The SLT-A57, with Translucent Mirror Technology?, directs light to both the image sensor and the Phase Detection AF sensor simultaneously. Up to 12 fps Tele-Zoom High Speed Shooting By capturing the center 2/3 of the image sensor (8.4MP), Tele-zoom high speed shooting brings the action closer with a 1.4x effective increase of focal length. Shoot up to an incredible 12 frames per second with continuous auto focus and auto exposure to capture the decisive moment. Up to 10 fps at 16.1MP capture Shoot up to 10 frames per second in incredible detail with the 16.1 megapixel Sony Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, the camera achieves high resolution with no penalty in low-light sensitivity or sensor noise. Clear Image Zoom Utiliz...
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #486 in Camera & Photo
- Color: No Color
- Brand: Sony
- Model: SLTA57
- Dimensions: 5.00 pounds
- Display size: 3
- Included Software: Hotshoe
Features
- 16.1 megapixels
- Exmor APS HD CMOS Sensor
- Translucent Mirror Technology
- High-speed 12 fps continuous shooting
- AVCHD Version 2.0 (Progressive) Full HD Movie at 60p (50p)
Customer Reviews
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
Great step up from the A100
By Derrick
I purchased this from another retailer before it was available from Amazon. I needed it in a hurry because my A100 failed. The a57 is a very good camera but it took some getting used to.
This is my first SLT so I found the LCD viewfinder to be a bit strange at first when using a DSLR. It is very bright, and has a bit too much contrast when shooting in very bright sunlight. The LCD multiple angle live/playback/menu screen is great. Easy to see even in bright daylight. Being an SLT (single lens translucent mirror) camera, the a57 is extremely quiet when taking pictures. I use the Intelligent auto mode or the P mode most of the time as opposed to the Superior mode. I don't want the flash to pop up on its own when shooting in low light, which it does very well. All my older Minolta AF A mount lenses work well with the camera, including my Sigma 28 f2.8 macro lens. My older HVLF36am flash is completely compatible with the a57 as well.
The camera body is the same size as the a100 although a bit lighter in weight. It has a comfortable grip with room for all my fingers (no pinky hanging off like with earlier Sony DSLR models). The controls are layed out logically. There is one minor problem...it is possible to hit the movie button by accident. I would prefer a slide switch to start a movie as opposed to a button. You can eat up your memory card without even knowing what happened if not careful.
I am still a guy who misses film (I had my own color darkroom) I shot mostly 200 ASA negative film and 400 ASA in very low light conditions. So at 16 MP I feel that the A57 takes very sharp pictures in all conditions. I took a look at the a65 with its 24 MP and its brighter OLED View Finder but really did not see enough advantage to the camera to spend an extra 200 bucks. I think Sony had that in mind when they replaced the a55 with the a57. If you really want the extra MPs then 200 bucks is not bad, but you don't sacrifice much if you go with the a57. As a matter of fact you get a couple of new features with the a57 not available with the a65. One is Auto Portrait Framing. When taking a picture that captures a face, you can center and snap and the camera will automatically save a second image, re-frame the shot using the rule of thirds. Pretty cool I think. Also, if you are willing to shoot at a smaller picture size, the a57 will fire at 12 frames per second. At the largest pic size it will shoot at 10fps. Not bad for action shots. Last the a57 will shoot at 16000 ISO which for all of us old film buffs translates to a lot of pushing in the darkroom.
Not having used an SLT with electronic viewfinder before, I found out that there are things I like... such as the level indicator, and things I don't like..like too much info cluttering up the viewing area. Fortunately info displayed is optional and you can change how much you want to see.
The a57 uses the larger M size battery, the same newer battery for the a100. The a55 which the a57 is replacing uses a smaller battery, which doesn't last as long and tends to get hot as well.
The Pros of this camera are many....sharp pictures even in low light. Records movies easily (also a con)
Terrific number of auto shoot modes for all kinds of conditions including portrait re-framing and auto HDR along with multi frame exposure for low light conditions.
Uses the large M batteries.
Bright LCD multi angle live/review/menu screen.
Cons (keeping the camera from getting a full five stars)
View Finder screen has too much contrast when shooting in bright daylight, .
Easy to hit the movie button by accident...with a finger or against your chest.
The camera has some fun things I have not used yet..such as the panorama sweep mode, both 2d and 3d. Not having a 3d television I doubt that feature will get used much.
All told I look forward to using this camera for a long time to come. I will say this...I still like looking through an optical VF so my a100 is going in for repair. Using the a57 and the a100 together should allow me to do just about anything including shooting HD movies.
I am updating my review, now that I have learned a bit more about the camera and giving it five stars.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.This camera is a very nice upgrade of the already very good SLT-a55
By N Doxey
I have used a Sony SLT-a55 for the past year and a half and purchased a number of the Sony and Zeiss professional lens. This combination has produced very good output. Some of the finest pictures I have ever taken were with the a55. However I was annoyed that the camera was not as responsive as my a700 and the overheating problem during video recording. So I preordered the SLT-a57 March 18th and it arrived yesterday. I have only had the camera one day and I am very impressed and think the upgrade from the a55 is very good. I think the Sony SLT cameras offer an excellent feature set. I am a fan of the EVF technology. Much of my photography is done shooting stage events where the lights vary greatly across the stage. I love being able to see the adjustments of the camera setting in the EVF and shoot without needing to refer to the output on the LCD screen. What you see is what you get. I can concentrate on the subjects and wait for just the right moment in the action. I prefer to compose the scene through a VF anyway. I no longer take an OVF camera to stage events. Getting the right exposure is so easy with an SLT camera. The exposure on stage can easily vary from 1/30 to 1/640 sec at F4 depending upon the subject position relative to the lighting, especially spotlights. I no longer do any exposure bracketing. I also enjoyed the continuous focus during video recording (DLSR AF during zooming while video recording is poor), and in camera HDR feature that works very well. I do prefer an OVF camera for studio work with strobes. I have been very impressed with two other features of the SLT-a57 already. The first one is focus peaking during manually focusing. I have poor eyesight and could no longer manually focus a scene. But with the focus peaking feature my manual focusing that been restored. It is like a part of my vision has been restored. I now would buy a Sony SLT or NEX camera just for this feature alone. The other feature that appears very impressive is the clear zoom feature where the picture quality is processed and improved over what one usually gets from a digital zoom which degrades the IQ. You can zoom up to 2.8x on any lens attached to the camera. I have uploaded two pictures for you to see the magnification of my CZ 16-80 zoom lens at 80mm while lighting the subject with bounce flash (These are jpg pictures right out of the camera. Notice the knots on the beaded jug as a reference). I now will have a very nice combination with my a77 for event photography with some SSM lens. I want to thank the engineers at Sony for this feature set. In the past I felt that Sony offered some excellent lens but that each of their camera models was lacking an important feature. Now I feel that Sony has produced two excellent cameras in the SLT a77 (I bought it for its AF system (which is great) and the ability to micro adjust lens focus) and the SLT-57 model. They are very fun to use with a super feature set. They are fast, feel good in the the hand and produce very nice pictures indeed.
I tested the clear zoom feature further tonight and I think that it works as advertised which is amazing. You can digitally magnify the image up to 2.8x more while still retaining very good image quality through Sony's image enhancement feature. I included some pictures taken with my telephoto lens on the Sony a57 product page here on Amazon shot at an 8 Mp resolution. Look for yourself. I made my 200mm telephoto lens a 400mm with the push a button. There is a picture taken with my 400mm lens for comparison. It doesn't look like a gimmick to me. 4-29-12 I uploaded more pictures to the Sony SLT-a57 product page after a trip out "birding" with an 400mm lens. I think people interested in photographing wildlife should consider this camera.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.wonderful camera
By luke
I am not a professional photographer but I would like to say something about my comparison of the slt a57 and the slt a65. I may be crazy but I cannot tell the difference in the oled viewfinder and the supposed lesser tech slt a57 viewfinder. both are great. the resolution of the slt a57 is better at iso 3200 and above. the slt a57 has 12 fps with the 1.4 crop and the slt a65 does not. the slt a57 has the slt a65 body which is very ergonomic. there is 200.00 price difference. I would take the slt a57 for the 12fps 1.4 crop alone. my d700 will not take sports pictures that are better than the slt a57 except at very low light. I use the tamron 70-300 usd and the sony 16-50 and it is a beautiful combination. the focus on both cameras is faster than my d700 and the continuous af is outstanding. you cannot go wrong with the slt a57.
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