Sony Alpha A290
Sony Alpha A290
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Sony Alpha A290
Editor's Review
If it's priced anything like its predecessor, this will be the cheapest new dSLR money can buy when it comes out this summer. Sony's latest iteration of its budget dSLR now has the very good 14.2 megapixel sensor found on it's more advanced models. Released alongside the A390, the A290 will cost $100 less and wont have the quick-focus live view, or live view at all for that matter. It stacks up about equally with similarly-priced competitors, although we suggest waiting a bit for the price to come down to street levels.
Specifications
- 14 megapixels
- Interchangeable lens
- 2.7-inch LCD
- 2.5 fps continuous shooting
- ISO up to 3200
- Captures to Memory Stick/SD/SDHC memory cards
- Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Release Date: Jul 30, 2010
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Sony Alpha A290 Comments & Questions (write your own!)
donski (12/04/2011)
is this good for indoor users?
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suzie q. (10/29/2011)
the camera works pretty good. takes alright pictures. i have also worked with the canon eos rebel. that camera is much better.
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minolta AF lens (ajay — 01/31/2011)
Minolta AF lens that are the A-Mount will work on all Sony Alpha's
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Minolta Filters (tkh — 07/10/2010)
Will it also take 58mm minolta maxum filters?
If not, which camera will do that?
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If not, which camera will do that?
by James DeRuvo (07/14/2010)
Depends on what lens you are referring to. The 18-55mm zoom kit lens has a 49mm filter. For DSLRs, it's not a matter of camera, it's the lens. So if you want to use those filters, then just choose the right lens. However, consider that these days, most filter effects can be achieved with software. I wouldn't paint yourself into a corner just because of a handful of old filters.
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Availability of he product (Subir — 06/23/2010)
When it will available in market?
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by James DeRuvo (06/23/2010)
From what I've read, sometime later this Summer.
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cindy (06/11/2010)
does this camera accept the minolta maxum lenses
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Chris Weigl (06/11/2010)
Yes it does.
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Minolta lenses on this camera (Jim — 10/08/2010)
Will maxum AF lenses work in automatic?
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