OK, I have a bit hurried along in testing and give here like my tip further: Let Just all non-Portraits-photos through the program "Photomizer" through and they will be amazed at what fantastic results they will get. Your photos will automatically improves subtle. Even my famous professional photographers were amazed at the results. Ah yes, I have utomatisch for testing almost everything in "A" mode added in SX40. Amazing was that the much criticized too small and too little resolution display of the SX40 much better could be seen as the great high-resolution (920,000 pixels) LCD of Sony DSLR. I had to use the electronic viewfinder in the sun at the Sony, because I just could not see anything on the screen, not at the SX40. Clear that the Alpha 35 also has a few strengths where the SX40 can not keep up.
In short, absolute recommendation. Try it yourself and you will be pleasantly surprised.