Sony Alpha 350 with Live View
August 19, 2009 by Philip
Filed under Philip Dunn's PhotoActive Blog
My previous post – An Eye for Street Photography – showed pictures taken on a Sony Alpha 300 by PhotoActive student Fred Wilkinson.
I have to say I was mighty impressed by his Sony DLSR. In particular I liked its tilting screen and live view facility. Its 10.2 megapixels is perfectly adequate for most photographers.
However for those who want to pile on the megapixels, the Sony A350 combines all the benefits of Sony’s excellent live view with a whapping great 14.2 megapixel capacity. The A350 has a two-way 2.7inch tilting LCD to make life really easy.
I’ve been looking at some of the reviews on the Sony A350 and I’m not the only photographer to be impressed by the camera. Take a look at Testfreaks.co.uk and you’ll see that the average review score for the Alpha 350 is just 6.8. I think it deserves a much higher rating because this is a fine little camera that is suitable for novices and more advanced photographers alike.
You can buy the Sony Alpha 350 online from the PhotoActive Camera Shop. The camera body only is available at £389.90, and also the Sony Alpha 350X complete with DT 18-70mm f3.5 – f5.6 and DT 55-200mm f4.5 – f5.6 zoom lenses. I think this is a real bargain at £575.99 for a what amounts to complete camera kit.
The idea of a tilting LCD screen and live view facility, has, in my opinion, been one of the most significant advances in digital single lens reflex cameras (DSLRs).
No longer is it necessary to prostrate yourself on the ground and try to peer through the camera’s viewfinder when you want to get a low angle on your subject. It is now a simple matter to lift out the tilting screen, press the Live View button and you can place the camera right down on the ground to frame and compose you photograph.
In the days of film this was a facility taken for granted when using a twin lens reflex camera. It was even possible with a Nikon F3 simply by removing the viewfinder prism and looking down into the screen. I have taken many picture like this – and also by holding the camera above my head to gain height.
With the Sony A350, you can even tilt the screen to enable you to see around corners – now that really is a boon for those candid shots – or as Fred Wilkinson described it – ‘observational’ street photography.
My previous post – An Eye for Street Photography – showed pictures taken on a Sony Alpha 300 by PhotoActive student Fred Wilkinson.
I have to say I was mighty impressed by his Sony DLSR. In particular I liked its tilting screen and Live View facility. Its 10.2 megapixels is perfectly adequate for most photographers.
However for those who want to pile on the megapixels, the Sony A350 combines all the benefits of Sony’s excellent Live View with a whapping great 14.2 megapixel capacity. The Sony A350 has a two-way 2.7inch tilting LCD to make life really easy.
I’ve been looking at some of the reviews on the Sony A350 and I’m not the only photographer to be impressed by the camera. Take a look at TestFreaks.co.uk and you’ll see that the average review score for the Alpha 350 is just 6.8. I think it might well deserve a higher rating because this is a fine, versatile little camera that is suitable for novices and more advanced photographers alike.
You can buy the Sony Alpha 350 online from the PhotoActive Camera Shop. The camera body only is available there at £389.90, and also the Sony Alpha 350X complete with DT 18-70mm f3.5 – f5.6 and DT 55-200mm f4.5 – f5.6 zoom lenses. I think this is a real bargain at £575.99 for a what amounts to complete camera kit.
The idea of a tilting LCD screen and Live View facility has, in my opinion, been one of the most significant advances in digital single lens reflex cameras (DSLRs).
No longer is it necessary to prostrate yourself on the ground and try to peer through the camera’s viewfinder when you want to get a low angle on your subject. It is now a simple matter to lift out the tilting screen, press the Live View button and you can place the camera right down on the ground to frame and compose you photograph.
In the days of film this was a facility taken for granted when using a twin lens reflex camera. It was even possible with a Nikon F3 simply by removing the viewfinder prism and looking down into the screen. I have taken many picture like this – and also by holding the camera above my head to gain height.
With the Sony A350, you can even tilt the screen to enable you to see around corners – now that really is a boon for those candid shots – or as Fred Wilkinson described it – ‘observational’ street photography.
As fellow students on the September 08 Menorca Photoactive holiday will remember I fell over and bust my Konica Minolta 5D DSLR. With Sony buying up Konica Minolta my insurance company were persuaded to cough up for me to get the Sony Alpha 350 with the said Liveview screen. I love it. Have to say that the supplied kit lense isn’t great but I treated myself to the 16-80mm Carl Zeiss Sony lense and I am a happy bunny!