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Sony - Alpha a99 DSLR Camera (Body Only) - Black
Average customer rating
4.6
(41 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 41 reviews
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
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2 Stars
1
1 Star
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91%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Sony - Alpha a99 DSLR Camera (Body Only) - Black
Customer Rating
5
Excellent Full-Frame SLT
on May 3, 2014
Posted by: huskymed
Hands down the best upper-end digital camera I've used (and I've used just about all of them; Canon, Nikon, Fuji, etc.). The pictures are clean and crisp right out of the box, even using standard lenses. The ability to use older Minolta lenses is a plus as well! Would highly recommend this camera to any enthusiast or pro shooter, and have already done so!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Here To Stay
on January 4, 2013
Posted by: HajiTJackson
The A99 gives superior image quality, even in low lighting. By far this is the best camera I've ever used. I would strongly suggest this camera to friends or anyone who wants to step their photography game up to the next level. I totally applaud Sony for introducing this excellent image producing camera. I switched from Canon to Sony and I am very happy I did.
What's great about it: Superior image quality, Ease of Use, Continuous Auto Focus, Dual Card Slots
What's not so great: Joystick needs improvement.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
GREAT CAMERA!
on March 4, 2013
Posted by: jhemp
I LOVE this camera and it's Electronic View finder. I wasn't sure about the EVF the first few times I used it, but after a week I was sold. I don't want to shoot without it. Long live EVF!
What's great about it: EVF-Great manual focus aids!
What's not so great: ?
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Good camera for wedding
on June 5, 2014
Posted by: SONYholic
a99 with 24-70 lens
A good camera can beat Canon for wedding performance.
A good camera can beat Canon for wedding performance.
I give 4 stars, for less options of lens.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Simply The Best
on January 18, 2013
Posted by: rar1
I love the feel of this camera and I love the results. It is capturing images will all their entire beauty. I would highly recommend this camera to those who are pursuing photography and videography seriously.
http://youtu.be/Oe7-YfTGhEs
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
impresive machina
on February 23, 2013
Posted by: nagnet
i wish more bundle options with lens designet for this camera
What's great about it: wery best technology
What's not so great: limited bundle options
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
3
Many awesome features but fails in key areas
on March 27, 2013
Posted by: HPsause
First let me say, I wanted to love this camera so much! It takes some really great pictures of landscapes (still pics are awesome) but where it falls down is indoor sports :(
The buffer is way too small for sports - ripping off 15 pictures at 5fps (cont Hi), then waiting 8 - 10 seconds for the buffer to clear is awful as you miss so much action -- like my daughter's gymnastics routine. A camera of this caliber should be on par with the Canon 5d Mk III, which allows for 3x as many pictures in the buffer. Auto focus and tracking is a problem for things like gymnastics where the number of focus points is pretty small (19) where others are greater (ex. the 5d is 61). I know the AF-D has 102 points but they don't support the sigma 70 - 200 lens I have and so I am hobbled. ISO noise at 6400 is pretty low and I am impressed, but I wish 12800 was less noisy. For me, it came down to the buffer size -- If the buffer was bigger, I could live with the camera but I am missing too many shots now due it's size. (shoot 10 shots rapidly then not being able to shoot anything for several seconds is a killer when the gymnastics routine is only 45 - 90 seconds long in the first place)
Again, this is an incredible camera for other types of photography -- the EVF is amazing, the folding screen is great, menus are easy to navigate and video support is great too. I understand not everyone does sports or even indoor sports, but for my main need (indoor gymnastics) it just doesn't work and that's a shame :(
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
My first DSLR
on August 3, 2014
Posted by: Alawe
Great camera with ton of capabilities
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