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The testers of dpreview have taken on the challenge to take a closer look at Sony’s SAL 70-200 G lens. It’s a rather old lens that has been carried over from Minolta times making it design-wise a rather “established” lens but let see what the folks from DP-Review have to say.

On the positive side – it seemed to be obvious that the lens’ metal casing created a superb impression on build quality which next to the outstanding image quality makes it an excellent Lens for Full Frame Cameras such as Sony Alpha 900 and Sony Alpha 850 without sacraficing too much of its power when used on APC-C Cameras. Sony/Minolta’s SSM motorization was impessive enough in terms of speed and noise as well as manual overriding options and well placed AF-stop buttons.

But also from the downsides it’s woth reading the article which states the SAL70200G to be a bit soft when wide open on the tele-side – unfortunately this is exactly the usage scenario what most photographes are buying this lens for. Furthermore it seems a bit unconsistent cratign a perfect match of SAL 70 200 G with eg. A900 a well made SEALED body mounted on an UNSEALED Lens – a bit of a half pregnant approach asking for a MKII version of such lens especially considering the very high price compared to both competition Canikon and third party lenses.

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Shot entirely on NEX – the loveley video below demonstrates greatly the power of the CMOS EXMOR HD sensor in Video shooting. But it also demonstrated how much fun and passion polish employees are putting into marketing of their little beasts – Marketshare seems to be no coincident.

Made by Maciej Magowski

From July,  Sony is planning a new firmware version for their NEX5/NEX3 models which enable these models to create 3D images while only using a single lens.  This will be made possible using Sony’s Sweep Panorama function and the extremely fast Sony Exmor CMOS sensors simulating a “two-eye-effect” while sweeping as illustrated.

A390

Light, compact DSLR with powerful yet easy to use features for beginners:

• Compact, stylish body with new grip design for positive, comfortable handling
• 14.2 effective megapixel CCD sensor and BIONZ processor for crisp, highly detailed images
• Quick AF Live View with XXcm tilt-angle LCD for responsive live view shooting
• HDMI output and BRAVIA Sync for easy photo viewing with superb quality
• Simple operation with Graphic Display and on-screen Help Guide

Sony A390 images:

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