Review of the Sony DSLR Alpha A290 Kit

Review of the Sony DSLR Alpha A290 Kit

I just want to dispel the myths that there is no camera. They just don't know how to take pictures. We chose it on Yandex Market from cameras up to 25 thousand according to the most basic characteristics: matrix, crop factor, compatibility with lenses, etc. I took it to work with photo banks.

I couldn't take a picture for a long time so that the photo was accepted, but I still succeeded. This means that there are no noises, grains, aberrations and other defects in 100% magnification.
The main problems of the camera - autofocus is not very good - I could not take a picture of dew on a spider web, no matter how I tried. For these purposes, the soap dish is even better, since the focus is all over the picture. Images with a whale lens are dark. You need to take photos in a bright room or outdoors and only in clear weather at ISO 100. Then the images will be perfectly light and clear.
With ISO 800, it starts to make a lot of noise. At 400, the noise is still tolerable.
But otherwise, this camera is a normal DSLR. The image is three-dimensional, as it should be. The white balance is adequate. Colors are not confused, the main thing is to set it up correctly. Portraits are especially good. The Sunset mode is good.
In general, it's a good choice for an amateur or a beginner. For the pros, of course, it is not suitable.
It's a pity I didn't try it with a good lens...
on the right are the photos taken with this camera.

My first camera, simple, but such a favorite! Back in 2012, I was given this camera! There was no limit to my happiness, because now I had a REAL PROFESSIONAL (as I thought then:) photo camera. I really started using it using manual settings (M) only in 2015, when I suddenly felt the urge to do photo shoots, to photograph nature, people, animals and everything around. There is an instruction attached to the camera, in which everything is described in detail, so I will not dwell on the settings. I will say that if you are not going to use this camera for commercial filming or just for shooting other people in order to give them "professional photos", then you can not bother with the modes A, S, M. But just use those that are there (portrait, landscape, in motion, etc.). But if you want to start a career as a Smile photographer, as I decided to do, you will have to understand all manual modes, set the aperture and exposure. In 2012, its price was about 16000 rubles, now I looked on the Internet, its price is no more than 13000 rubles. The camera itself is very convenient, compact enough, will be a great start in the field of photography for people who have never had a DSLR. I will share my most favorite photos taken with this camera (+ Light room processing, PS).