At first I was a bit skeptical on the optical viewfinder (the Alpha 350 has indeed) to dispense. A glance at the electronic viewfinder of SLT-A65V has me but then convinced. The quality can hardly be distinguished from an optical viewfinder during the day. The picture is bright and extremely sharp, it is also significantly greater than the optical image at the Sony Alpha 350th
In addition, the electronic viewfinder offers numerous displayable information. I use very much like the built-in spirit level, resulting now immediately to straight horizons (formerly I often had slightly sloping horizons with difficult angles. Thanks to a spirit level can be very accurately aligned).
At night, the electronic viewfinder, although clearly recognizable as such (as is electronically greatly lightened and the viewfinder therefore noisy bit), but it also facilitates the precise motive orientation. In the optical viewfinder of the A350, however, almost nothing could be seen in the dark.
The camera has many features and programs. The image sensor provides up to 24MegaPixel and so much reserve for big enlargements or enlargements.
Of course you can only achieve with matching lenses the full image quality. Since none is included here, I will not go into the various lens options here ...
On special features should be mentioned:
- Integrated anti-shake at the sensor (confident in the performance, surpasses partially also in the lens built-in anti-shake performance eg the old Sigma 18-250)
- Quality HD video function (but also requires a suitable zoom lens)
- Features that combine many individual images (eg good panorama function, 3D Panorama function but also the so-called multi-frame noise reduction, the night can be used and a lot of pictures with high ISO combined into a relatively low-noise image; it works surprisingly well if you hold the camera steady, and is a good remedy for quick night shot go if you have no tripod at hand).
My initial fears, the electronic viewfinder would lead to increased battery consumption, has also not been confirmed. The viewfinder probably works with and is quite power efficient OLEDs. The battery lasts good for 400 shots (with the Sony battery has already convinced me of the Alpha 350, it's the same guy who seems to be quite durable).
The built-in flash is also better used than at the Alpha 350, because it folds out further (in the Alpha 350 was very often a lens shadows in the picture).
The fold-out monitor is (in contrast to the Alpha 350) also rotate and therefore visible from different angles. One can also completely close (which was at the Alpha 350 does not) it conveniently, it is in rough use of the camera better protected (by the very high electronic viewfinder quality one needs actually only to look at pictures on the monitor later or to show others, or to take pictures from unusual perspectives).
Further advantages: infrared receiver for remote control (remote release) is also available (but only on front page).
Conclusion: A thoroughly successful camera. The special principle of transparent mirror (actually probably a slightly reflective film) is of course a bit of getting used to, but has many advantages. A cleaning selbiger is however probably very difficult. Here you have to be very careful. The sensor can be cleaned, if one folds away the foil mirror manually.
