Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Camera Kit

12.25MP, 4288x2856, Compact Flash/Memory Stick Duo Card slot - MPN: DSLRA700K

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Description: Enjoy impressive wide-angle capability and midrange telephoto shots with the included SAL-1870 lens on your Sony alpha DSLR-A700 camera. Broaden your horizons with emotional perspectives and let your creativity flow with 12.2 megapixel resolution to capture the full imaging ... read more

Enjoy impressive wide-angle capability and midrange telephoto shots with the included SAL-1870 lens on your Sony alpha DSLR-A700 camera. Broaden your horizons with emotional perspectives and let your creativity flow with 12.2 megapixel resolution to capture the full imaging precision of Sony zoom lenses, Carl Zeiss lenses and legacy Minolta a-mount lenses. Quick response, creative style modes and high-speed shooting help you capture your creative vision, while Super SteadyShot image stabilization conveniently works with every lens. For improved picture quality and reduced blur, the Eye-Start®g Autofocus system uses an 11-point center twin-cross AF sensor for phenomenal results. All of this combined with Sony's innovative Anti-Dust Technology and a rugged magnesium alloy body and you have the ultimate DSLR for serious photo enthusiasts and amateurs alike. minimize

A robust performer dSLR.. BUT... BATTERIES WILL GIVE YOU A SHOCKING JOLT!!

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Posted 1 year ago - The Sony Alpha A700 with body-based shake reduction and weather resistant body is the most featured top-of-the-line Sony dSLR to date. But I did a little research on the new Alpha's... and found out something ugly and bothering that plagues all the new Sony Alpha's that most potential buyers don't know: all the new Alpha dslr's are using a proprietary battery (the NP-FM500H) that is RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE, compared to other current li-ion batteries today; and it's kind of hard to find. But even worse, it appears that Sony is doing something to prevent third party battery manufacturers to offer better priced alternatives, in order to rip off consumers with their overpriced NP-FM500H battery. And if you think to get their (also expensive) vertical battery grip.. that one uses TWO of those overpriced suckers! Currently there are many good and well priced third party batteries available for ALL the other brands of dslr's that use proprietary li-ion rechargeables, EXCEPT the new Sony Alpha's. Things may change after I write this, but so far Sony is apparently succeeding in ripping off consumers with their overpriced batteries. And yes, you will need extra batteries with dslr cameras, because dslr's are power hungry; and even if that expensive NP-FM500H lasts a very long time, batteries do wear out with the time. Of course, this may not be a very big concern after all, at least for some people, but I'm a professional who usually takes hundreds of shots in a day, and now I realize that if I end up buying this camera, I'll also end up spending a lot of money in the long run in overpriced batteries that shouldn't cost that much, compared to the competition, and in overpriced accessories. I really hate when manufacturers resort to "predatory" practices like these: attracting consumers with cheap dslr's (see the A200), and then, they lock them into proprietary and overpriced items like the NP-FM500H battery. Pretty much like the inkjet printer scheme: give away the printer, catch'em and suck their money with expensive cartridges. OOOHHHH, and what if Sony decides to discontinue the NP-FM500H battery in the future, rendering ALL the current Alpha's instantly obsolete... in order to force you to upgrade to a newer model.. since NO ONE currently makes compatible batteries for the current Alpha models??? Think about it! That has indeed happened in the past with certain laptops! Discovering that issue with the Sony Alpha A700, and by extension all the other Sony dSLR's, was serious enough for me to eliminate Sony cameras from my considerations. So... if you are thinking in buying a Sony Alpha dSLR, beware that you may end up spending too much in the long run, and even risking of endangering your dSLR to instant and permanent obsolescence.

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