| Digital Cameras Reviews : Digital SLR Cameras |
 | Nikon D5000 12.3 Mp Dx Digital SLR Camera with 2.7-inch Vari-angle LCD
Very fast and helpful! -- 2010-09-09
Working with them has been really easy. My package arrived in 2 days. Everything was perfect minus them forgetting 2 lenses. The Customer service was very helpful in fixing this issue!
Great Seller! -- 2010-09-01
I just purchased this product last week from this seller. Awesome shipping! I had it here before Amazon even updated their site! What a surprise! The camera is great (still trying to learn it), everything came as it said it would. I would recommend this seller to anyone! Keep up the good work!
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 | Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with Accessory Kit
CANON EOS REBEL T1i 15.1 -- 2010-08-28
Very basic, well suited product, just what I needed on my level of photography. Thanks.
Great out of the box -- 2010-08-18
Out of the box I could use this camera and the lenses. Easy to use and set up with the fully automatic setting but still has all the DSLR options to learn in the future. The only issue I had was when I received the camera one of the books was not what was listed but the seller quickly rectified the situation. It is great for the novice who wants the flexibility to learn more in the future but still wants to use the camera now.
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 | Pentax K-7 14.6 MP Digital SLR with Shake Reduction and 720p HD Video with DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Weather Resistant Lens
A true photographer's camera -- 2010-09-07
I bought this camera for my Peru trip just a couple of days before leaving. It was easy to set up and format with very little time to read instructions. It feels good in the hands, easy to hold and use. I have yet to use the advanced features, however the photos of Peru were mindblowing, using the kit lens. The colours came out to be bright and beautiful and I could make a photojournal with lovely pictures. Having learnt photogrpahy on my Father's Pentax M series which is more than 30 years old, this was a natural choice. More after I have had the time to test the advanced features.
Great digital SLR for an advanced amateur -- 2010-09-06
I purchased the Pentax K-7 body last year to use with my existing Pentax compatible lenses (a Tamron 70-300 and a Pentax 18-55), and it has been a great camera. Lots of positives: The weather resistant body is rugged and feels solid in your hands, and is noticeably more compact than other digital SLRs. Despite the smaller size (which comes in handy when traveling or hiking), the whole camera feels much more substantial than the Nikon and Canon models in the same price range that I test drove. Good low-light sensitivity and shake reduction work together with great auto white balance to let me capture great interior shots with ambient light (or sometimes a flash with a diffuser bounced off the ceiling if it's really dark). Controls are laid out well and are intuitive to use, and it's a piece of cake to adjust f stop, exposure times and compensation settings while you're shooting. Daylight shooting is a breeze. Autofocus motor in the body and shake reduction built in to the body mean that lenses are cheaper. Having HD video capability at the ready has been awesome while traveling. Quite often I take it with just the 18-55 mm zoom lens, and leave all my other gear in the camera bag at home.
Negatives: Autofocus sometimes searches for a moment in very low light, but does usually find focus after a second or two. The frame rate in burst mode shooting is decent, but not super fast. Pentax cameras and lenses are not as common as the Canon & Nikon, but with the body and two decent zooms, and possibly a hot shoe flash, you'd be all set. If you need to shoot at really high frame rates, capture 1000's of images per day, or need super high performance lenses and other gear, this may not be the camera for you. However, it's an overall great pick for an advanced amateur.
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 | Pentax K-7 14.6 MP Digital SLR with Shake Reduction and 720p HD Video (Body Only)
Best Pentax to date. Offers features that would cost you twice as much. -- 2010-08-25
I would like to echo E. J Tastad's review. He basically nailed every point you can make about this camera.
Its a wonderfully small compact body, that allows use of any of the millions of Pentax lenses built to date. This is a huge advantage especially since there are a lot of legendary Pentax lenses out there that still shoot with the best of today's glass. This also can ease your budget quite a bit, since you can pick up superb manual primes for under 60 dollars. When I first moved to Pentax I had about 15 old manual lenses that shot like a champ with my K-7... if nothing else, it will give you a huge appreciation to all the photographers that had to catch all the memorable shots that we have today... without the help of Autofocus, Advanced Metering, Auto Aperture... etc.
I use this with my DA* 16-50 and DA* 50-135 lenses, and get nothing but fantastic photos from them. Both those professional grade lenses and the K-7 cost less than half the cost of competing brands would have cost me for the similar features of the K-7 and IQ and of the glass.
Weather sealing is splash resistant as well... which is more than most camera bodies can claim. I have had this out in pouring rain and had the basic (the K-7's kit lens if you buy the kit) 18-55 WR lens on it, and never had an issue.
Pentax is a name that doesn't get a lot of recognition due to lack of advertising, but they are alive and well making outstanding cameras and glass.
Cheap weather resistant lenses than Pentax makes are the 18-55WR and 50-200WR... you can both of those for just over 300(total, not each)... and they are the best "kit" classed lenses I have ever used.
Pro Features & Quality at a Consumer Price -- 2010-08-12
Pro: Features & quality per dollar, you may not find a better value than the K-7. This DSLR provides extensive features and options of a camera that would cost more.
Cons: ISO performance is noisy at the high end. This in turn limits quality low light shots unless you are capturing stationary subjects.
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 | Sony Alpha A380L 14.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with Super SteadyShot INSIDE Image Stabilization and 18-55mm Lens
New Shutterbug...newly addicted...thanks to great photos!!! -- 2010-08-01
I was a little concerned - after one review stated the camera had some issues. This made me look - only when I can purchase it with an extended warranty - which I did (From NFM for $529.00 + $89.00 for the warranty).
Anyway - the other MAIN reason I went with this camera was the expense of the Nikon and Canon lenses (only with Image Stability or Vibration Resistance). The price of the Nikon and Canon lenses with these features were easily 2x what it was going to cost me for the Sony/Minolta AF lenses - because of the feature built into the Sony Camera.
The sony came with an 18-55mm lens - but I knew I immediately needed a telescopic lense and found one at Best Buy for $200 - I was very happy with the quality of both lenses - but especially with the 75-300mm lens. I just spent my first morning shooting and WOW - I've never taken more beautiful pictures in my life.
Anyway - at this point I am VERY HAPPY with my purchase. I gave it a 4 out of 5 on the ease of use, only because I've never owned an SLR before - I've only had the point and clicks. I've had to spend some time learning a bit of "real" photography. Hope this review is helpful and good luck with your camera decision!
very poor build quality -- 2010-06-04
I am really frustrated with Sony and my Alpha DSLR, a product with inferior build quality and a customer service that lays the blame on me instead of acknowledging quality problems. I have bought it sometime in 2007 and only had problems with it. After some weeks it just wouldn't turn on anymore and it took Sony several weeks to get it repaired and back to me. Now when I take pictures the resulting file shows a different field of vision than what the viewfinder showed me. Even worse, there is a black right upper corner in every one of my picture. After several tries to get to the right person to help me, Sony told me that any repair would cost a fixed amount of £114.56. Without even knowing what is wrong with my camera. Asking if this functional failure is normal for a Sony product after three years, I was told that this is normal "wear and tear". For me a camera that is expected by the producer not to last longer than the guarantee period of one year, is not worth paying for. My next camera, or any electronics product for that matter, will for sure not be a Sony product. I recommend for everyone planning to buy one of their products to think hard about how long he/she plans to use it for.
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 | Nikon D3000 10MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G & 55-200 AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lenses
Superb SLR Camera -- 2010-08-21
I went back and forth between this camera and the Nikon D5000. For me, I couldn't justify the price for the video and on screen display (neither of which I ever used on my old Olympus Digital camera). This camera was very easy to use right out of the box. The manual is informative and easy to use. I only used the camera for about a week before going on an Alaskan cruise. I took close to 1200 pictures with the 4mb card and the pictures are stunning. I mostly used the 55-200 AF-S DX zoom lens and was able to photograph eagles, seal and moose at a long distance with this camera. Even though only 10MP (compared to 12 with the D5000), I was able to zoom in on the moose, seal and eagles after downloading to my Imac with great clarity. Price wise, I feel I got a great deal with this camera with the extra lens and carrying case. I think after taking a few digital photography classes, I will be quite adept at using all the features and taking stupendous photos.
Best 1st SLR -- 2010-06-10
This is the Best 1st time SLR camera I could have gone with. Ease of use is great. Camera takes great professional like pictures. I looked at many others before going with the D3000. The price and ease of use alone were the greatest factors in my decision since this was to be my first SLR. Was a little conerned about only being 10MP that is not a factor in this camera. Would recommend this to anyone.
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 | Sony Alpha DSLR-A380 Digital SLR with 18-55mm & 75-300mm Lenses and Carrying Case wtih Turtorial DVD
excellent camera -- 2010-09-06
I bought this camera for my wife as a replacement for her 35mm. She took it to shoot a wedding 2 days after getting the camera. She won't be going back to 35mm any time soon. The only thing she will be needing is an external flash. the built in flash doesn't cut it.
Great camera and seller -- 2010-08-10
I spent weeks trying to decide what camera to get, my son is playing youth football and our old point and shoot would only give us ghost images when he was in motion. I read the reviews on all DSLRs and saw that most of them give the good rating to Cannon and Nikon but they are at least $100 more expensive, granted they have HD movie capability but that is not something I need in my DSLR. The price plus the antishake built into the camera is what had me decide to get a Sony, this allows you to buy less espensive lenses, and I couldn't be happier, I haven't taken my son'd pictures yet but we went to the NY Giants football practice this weekend and I was able to get amazing pictures from the watching area, usually the opposite end of the field and at least 100 feet from the end zone, and they look like I was on the field within 20 feet of the action. I took the pictures in the auto mode using burst and moved the camers with the action perfect pictures, I will try to post a few. From the practice we went to the baseball Hall of Fame and I took pictures with the camera flash and at times I had to retake the picture because of bad light exposure, I was able to get great shots with the flash most of the time. Also the 14+ mp allows the pics to be zoomed and cropped without quality loss. I founf it very easy to use the auto mode and hadn't even read a single line in the manual.
I reccomend this camera to someone that is looking to get quality pictures but doesn't want to spend a lot of $$$.
The seller Andorama got me the camera immediately, I ordered Saturday night and had the camera on Tuesday.
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 | Sony Alpha DSLR-A550L 14.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm Lens
A Fun Step-Up From Entry Level DSLRs -- 2010-05-13
Since the other reviews have quite a bit of practical information in them, I thought I'd post one that was more of a gut reaction from a new user. What it lacks in detail, it more than makes up for in brevity.
I own an A700, and love it, but wanted a good back-up camera/second body. Naturally, I kept going back to Sony, since I have quite a bit invested in glass and gear.
Unfortunately, none of the previous models felt quite right in my hand. The grips all seemed too slight and uncertain. I have big hands and long fingers (perfect for a pianist or strangler, not so hot for a DSLR shooter,) so finding a camera with a "good feel" is a bit tricky. The A550 fits the bill (and my hand,) quite nicely. For me, it's a great second camera. I also found it be fairly responsive and easy to use, as well as alot of fun. I may never take full advantage of all
the "bells and whistles," but they're alot of fun to play with, and may come in handy from time to time as well (a bit like an amp that goes to 11.)
Has Bells, has Whistles & Delivers too -- 2010-01-24
I can remember sitting in an outdoor cafe in St. Martin on the French side with my Canon EOS film camera on the table. I was alone, looking out over the bay in Marigot, wishing I was on one of the sailboats going out to sea, when a man asked if he could join me. It's not what you think, all the other tables were full with couples or more. I was the only one dining (actually drinking) alone. So I told the portly Dutch guy, "Sure, no problem."
He sat down, immediately pointed a small digital camera out to sea and snapped a few shots, then he showed them to me on a small LCD screen. Damn, I thought. Digital photography just might catch on.
And it did, but I didn't make the jump from film to digital until the the summer of 2006, six years after I'd met that guy in Marigot. Why, it took me so long, I don't know. The laundry room I'd converted into a dark room, maybe. I was a pseudo, photo taking stuck up snob, who thought film was better, probably. I was an idiot, certainly.
My ex, also a photo taking snob, got the house, the darkroom, my heart in the divorce and I threw in all my gear and moved to a condo by the beach. Huntington Beach, where I could see the ocean from my front door. Lots of surf there. You can see Catalina on a clear day and the pollution makes for gorgeous sunsets. The sunrise on the water is gorgeous, too.
And because there was no room for a darkroom in my small condo, I decided it was time to go digital and I bought a new Sony Alpha 100. And I liked it. Rather than upgrade the body year after year, I concentrated on lenses and I have a lot now. But my Alpha 100 body got long in the tooth, so I upgraded to an Alpha 550 and wowza, this is a camera.
Bigger pictures, 14.2 megapixels, a bright three inch LCD. The resolution is so good you can even read it in bright sunlight. The live view is great, but there is no video which you can find on Canon and Nikons, but I don't do video, so I don't miss it. The camera accepts both SD cards and memory sticks.
This camera has bells, it's got whistles. Built in IS, which helps keep the price of the lenses down, five frames per second shooting with auto focus, seven without. Want face detection? This camera has it. Smile detection too, though I believe that's overkill and I don't use it. I could go on and on about this cameras features, but all the bells and whistles in the world wouldn't be worth a hill of beans if it didn't deliver and this camera really delivers. For me it comes down to noise, because I do a lot of low light shooting. I got noise at 800 ISO & above on my Alpha 100, but not now. Shooting at 6400 ISO and you don't see any noise. You can shoot 12.800 and it's barely noticeable, depending what you're shooting.
And this camera just feels right in your hands. They say this isn't a professional camera because it's not full frame. Well, that's just crazy talk, because if you can't full fill your photographic dreams with this camera, you can't call yourself a pro.
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 | Sony Alpha DSLRA500 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera (Body only)
Professional level camera -- 2010-08-18
I just wanted to write a quick review of this camera highlighting the fact that although pitched by Sony to amateurs, this camera has performed exceptionally in demanding wedding and portrait shoot environments. Throw a good prime lens on there like the f/2.8 100 macro, or a super sharp f/1.4 50mm on it, and you can get amazing shots from this <$500 camera.
As a professional photographer of 5 years(and amateur most of my life), I can tell you that this camera is only limited by it's owner's abilities.
If you want to spend an extra $200, get the A550 for the 7 fps, but this camera is all you need!
Great Value. Worthy Replacement for my A300. $$$$$ -- 2010-08-16
I'll try to review aspects of this camera body purchase, and not just to repeat "camera test" reports which you can find several by googling it. I am happy with the price and solid reputation of Amazon on this "fulfilled by Amazon" purchase. This is important as there are other lower prices offered by some dubious sellers. (Now you can get a good "sold by Amazon" price.)
The Sony A500 body replaces my A300 body, and the improvements (confirmed in my 2 day makeshift tests)are definitely there , while retaining the two best and also improved features that I treasure -- the tiltable screen and the best live-view system. On a value basis, I would give it 5+ stars. I agree with the previous reviewer that Sony is under-appreciated. Sony delivers value, best bang for the buck. As you can tell by the price, the camera has been heavily discounted, making it a tremendous value over Nikon and Canon, who I think are too traditional photography bound. They lack innovation and usable features. Who introduced dust removal, anti-shake, live view, tilt screen? Not them. (Don't respond to this. I am not trying to start a war with Canon fanatics. Oops, I mean fans.) To the pixel peeping Toms, Canon is the epitome. But Sony shooters can still use old Konica-Minolta AF lenses and have auto focus and anti-shake function because they are built into the camera, not in the lens. In the lower price category, the Sony A500 is a very capable camera, as others. So it boils down to personal preference on features or brand name when choosing a camera. The most important part of the camera however is the photographer. Composition is the key and post software editing does the rest. Go out and take some pictures. As previous reviewer noticed, the cameras are getting better and cheaper every year, just like other electronics.
You must also have a fairly good Point & Shoot to complement the DSLR. The P&S is good for portability, 25mm wide angle, a longer zoom and 720p movie. My camera equipment for my budget and style: Sony A200 body, A500 body, 18-55mm kit lens, various Minolta era lenses, 3 big flashes; Panasonic ZR1; and Pentax Optio WS80 (not good, but cheap and weather resistant)
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 | 58mm Digital SLR White Balance Lens Cap
Quick and Easy! -- 2010-07-23
With this lens cap you can easily setup a custom white balance in seconds! It also doubles as a permanent lens cap. Its economically priced and less cumbersome and more durable than gray cards or white paper.
Not a lens cap. -- 2010-07-10
Calling this thing a lens cap boarders on false advertising. It is not threaded (just grooved) and does not hold onto the lens in any real way that would justify calling it a lens cap. As for WB it does OK but you just have to hold the white part over the lens, same as doing the old Pringle can lid trick.
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