Sony Alpha DSLR-A230L with 18-55mm lens Reviews: Digital SLR Camera

+ Feature packed, excellent picture quality and really easy to use. It allows the user to either manually decide on focus, exposure time etc or to let the camera default to what it assesses to be best. This allows a lot of scope for more artistic and unique pictures. Its small without being fiddley. Not long had it so just using it with the lens it came with but will be purchasing others to increase the possibilities.

- Have not found any as yet.

+ Outstanding ease of use with an excellent built in user guide. The photo quility at low ISO levels is excellent for the cost of the camera however at higher ISO (>800) quilty starts to degrade fast. Overall an excellent starter camera for keen amateurs which I have had hours of fun with.

- No live view, which for standard shots of groups or portraights is no real drama, however when photographing wildlife and scenery this can be a little annoying for some shots.

+ Very good image quality, very easy to use and overall has a very good general feel to taking pictures. Would recommend this camera to novice users and people wanting to take goog high quality pictures.

- Their is no OK button, cannot take picture whilist looking into the main screen and it s quite a large camera (but this is not a deal breaker)

+ For a beginner this is the camera for you, easy to use, picture quality very good.

- Have not found any yet

+ Easy to use. Good handling.

- No live view.

+ Very easy to use and excellent picture quality on manual settings for a beginner to DSLR photography like me. The instruction interface on the camera display is superb. I also like the looks, quality and feel of the camera which did have influence on my purchase.

- Accessories are very expensive i.e £80 for a spare battery I thought a little over the top. Whilst the picture results are superb the picture's received on the camera's auto setting wasn't as good as I hoped. This may well be a good thing though, as it made me make use of the cameras other more manual settings and thus make me more creative and experimental with excellent results. I also would like to have had a hand grip option as with other A series cameras in the Sony range.

+ ease of use, large choice of extras

- twists on neck strap carrying cse to bulky

+ great value camera for the money and usual sony standards

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+ amazing photo quality. light to carry.

- need to read the booklet, as as a first time digital camera user its a little technical.

+ Light weight and easy to use.

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