Sony Alpha A3000 review: Photos, price impress on this slow, faux dSLR

Rather than shrinking the size of one of its single-lens translucent (SLT) models, as Canon did with its SL1 compact DSLR (which would likely result in a more expensive model), Sony has adopted a seamless design around its E-mount. Mirrorless DSLR style body. Lens and NEX menu and control system. Overall, the idea makes sense. Once you put down the mirror, the biggest limit to zooming out becomes the lens mount. On paper (though not necessarily in practice), the NEX menu system looks friendlier to novice buyers of this camera. As you can see, the A3000’s closest price competitors, such as the Canon T3, are generally around two years old. Unfortunately, the result is a very confusing camera. Since it has to be on the website somewhere, Sony hid it in the middle of the SLR page, which in itself is misleading since SLT cameras are not SLRs. The truth is, there are two main reasons people upgrade from point-and-shoot cameras: better photo quality and better performance. The A3000 succeeds in the first, but not in the second. For the most part, the ability to change lenses tends to be an ancillary desire—most people stick with the lenses that come bundled with their cameras. Unlike compact DSLRs like the Canon SL1, Sony’s use of the E-mount system means the lenses are smaller compared to full-size EF-S lenses.

Picture qualityThat’s one thing the camera really does; it really is the best image quality you can get for $400 right now. It delivers very good JPEG images in the ISO 800 range and relatively usable JPEG files in the ISO 1600 range, depending on the image content You can even live with ISO 3200 if you’re upgrading from a point-and-shoot. Image processing is pretty good, but if you shoot raw+JPEG and process raw you’ll probably get slightly better results; you’ll get more detail, but only in exchange for a Granier image.
Sony Alpha A3000 Photo Sample The tonal range is pretty typical for an entry-level APS-C model, in that it clips highlights and doesn’t retain much detail to render, Battery for Sony Alpha A3000 but it recovers shadow detail without adding a lot of noise. Colors are saturated and contrasty, with some tonal variation in the reds, but they’re still pleasant. There’s no neutral color profile option; you can adjust existing presets, but you can’t save them as new ones. Videos also look good for the class Yes, it’s a bit washed out and there are aliasing artifacts (aliasing) on ​​the diagonal or film edges, but the detail resolution is decent. As you’d expect, artifacts increase as ISO sensitivity increases, but overall, I thought the video quality was adequate for vacation, school, and other casual use.
PerformanceThe A3000 may look like a DSLR and produce images similar to a DSLR, but it doesn’t shoot like a DSLR. This is partly due to its use of an old-school contrast AF system (rather than the new hybrid AF system found in Sony’s higher-end NEX models, or the fast phase-detection AF found in true DSLRs) and relatively slow processing speeds. The HX300 is generally faster even at its wide zoom range.
Power-up, focus, and shooting take just 1.9 seconds; it’s slower than the similarly priced Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5 mirrorless ILC since it has been replaced, and significantly slower than competing dSLRs. Focusing and shooting takes 0.5 seconds in good light and 0.8 seconds in dim conditions. This requires abDesign and featuresThe A3000 is lighter than a dSLR but significantly heavier than the more compact ILC, and the best aspects of its design are the relatively large handle, the large stereo microphone, and the placement of the memory card slot on the left side rather than in the battery compartment. There’s a hot shoe on top, a rare feature at this price, buttons to switch between the viewfinder and LCD, a mode dial with the usual manual, semi-manual and automatic modes (there are actually two Auto modes, automatic and more automatic) plus panorama and play buttons. I have to say: You really won’t appreciate the eye sensors on higher-end models unless you’re forced to switch manually.
On the back is the EVF, a large, well-placed movie record button, a very smooth rubber-free thumb rest, and NEX-like controls. The latter includes ISO sensitivity, drive modes, exposure compensation and display options, although these are all reprogrammable. The two buttons above and below the adjustment dial are context-sensitive and display soft labels on the LCD screen.
However The NEX menu system is deceptively complex. Although it’s divided into large, friendly categories at the top level, once you get to another level it can be difficult to quickly find the setting you’re looking for., it does remember your last position in each submenu, which is nice. The camera has a reasonable, but unexceptional feature set for the money. It’s got the boring filter selection from older NEX models and only does 60i or 24p in real HD. It does support manual controls while shooting video , and in fact lets you set the shutter speed to anything you want, which can be nice for special effects — most cameras stop you at 1/30 second.

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Pentax K10D Digital SLR Review

A few years ago Pentax may have been the UK’s leading supplier of advanced amateur and semi-professional cameras, but over the following years their position has declined. Pretty much the last legacy brand to go digital with the awfully named *istD, they then did minor upgrades with Ls and Ss suffixes. But recently, everything has changed and K is back! First there was the K100D with the new Anti-Shake (AS) device and now the K10D with AS and a host of new features is aimed not only at advanced amateurs but also semi-professionals.


Historically, all cameras worth their salt have had PASM, which stands for Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual. Pentax has gone a step further with this camera, which I call PASIM because they added a very reasonable ISO priority setting. Pentax calls it sensitivity priority, but we usually know it as changing the ISO setting. In fact, there are two versions of sensitivity mode, one that chooses shutter and aperture for you, and another called Shutter and Aperture mode that allows you to choose shutter and aperture while optimizing the ISO for you.
The next big advancement was the image processing engine. Called PRIME (Pentax Real IMaging Engine), it collects data from sensors in 22-bit format and then A/D converts it to 12-bit RAW or 8-bit JPEG for storage. Pentax claims better graduation results with this system. DDR memory is used to keep image processing and data transfer as fast as possible.
AS and dust removal are interrelated, as the sensor features a nanotechnology-based fluorine seal to prevent dust settling, an adhesive strip to collect particles, and a combined vibration function to remove stubborn particles such as pollen. AS is said to allow the lens to improve independently by up to four stops when held handheld. (PEF) RAW and the Adobe Universal RAW format DNG RAW. JPEGs can be shot in three sizes (10, 6 and 2 megapixels) and in three qualities (three stars, two stars or one star). The camera also supports SDHC compatible cards, offering higher capacities.


The menu system will be familiar to anyone upgrading from an early Pentax DSLR, and is simple to navigate for those new to the system. The secondary menu, accessed by pressing the Fn button on the right side of the rear screen below the daisy wheel, common displays changes such as shooting mode, white balance, flash and ISO settings. White balance is adjustable between automatic, six presets, manual and Kelvin scale. Shutter options include single shot, continuous shot, 12-second timer, 2-second timer, IR remote, and IR remote with 3-second delay. ISO can be set from 100 to 1600 in 1/3 or 1/3 stop increments, and the flash has five different modes and compensation from –2 to +1 stop, also in 1/3 or 1/3 stop increments. quantity.
A switch on the side of the K-AF2 lens mount allows single, continuous or manual focus selection, and the AF area can be set to automatic, selectable or center point via a knurled ring around a rocker-type daisy wheel. Select the metering mode via the auxiliary ring below the mode dial. Built with a stainless steel chassis, the K10D has a total of 72 individual seals mounted on its fiber-reinforced polycarbonate (FRP) body, making it dust and rain-resistant with a durable finish. It also feels well-made, without any pretense of light weight or small size. It’s not that the camera is too big or too heavy, it’s just right. Whether you have large hands or the more delicate version, it’s comfortable to hold, with plenty of space between the grip and lens mount for the clumsiest of fingers.
The shutter release is located at the top of the handle, and two adjustment wheels drop easily onto your thumb and forefinger. To the right of the top of the camera is an LCD screen that displays all shooting parameters as well as an estimate of the number of frames available on the SD memory card. On the left side of the prism housing, the main mode dial has a secondary lower ring that controls the metering mode. The prism housing itself contains a pop-up flash unit with a guide number of 11 , which is convenient but not overly functional, as well as a hot shoe. The controls on the rear of the camera are well laid out and bear a strong kinship with its younger siblings, but with a few extra features added to bolster its credentials. These include a ribbed ring around the rocker for selecting focus modes, a handy addition that has been removed from the menu. The K10D has a Pentax  K10D Camera Battery  grip that can be purchased as an extra, but it’s worth mentioning here. It’s one of the most comfortable grips out there, and it’s built just as well as the camera, with a similar seal. However, it does have one quirk. The handle only holds one battery, the original camera battery remains inside the camera. This does mean that to charge the first battery, the handle needs to be removed. On the plus side, the extra space in the handle can be used to accommodate a spare card holder. 


Flash optionsA pop-up flash is a handy piece of gear on any camera, especially for fill-light work rather than lighting the entire scene, and in this case it’s well thought out. The Function (Fn) button in the lower right corner of the home screen displays the usual secondary menu, one of the four options being flash settings. You can choose from Flash On, Flash On + Red Eye, Slow Sync, Slow Sync + Red Eye, and Rear Curtain Sync. With the screen on, you can use the rear thumbwheel to adjust flash compensation in ½ or 1/3 stop increments from –2 to +1 stop. The whole thing is very intuitive.
performanceWith a choice of two RAW, RAW + JPEG, or nine sizes/quality JPEG recording formats, the choice is almost confusing when it comes to storing your images. While three sizes and three qualities of JPEG are now common, Pentax unusually gives you the option to record RAW files in its own PEF format or Adobe’s universal DNG format. The included software Pentax Photo Lab supports both file types and is pretty good for free software.
Autofocus speed appears to be limited only by the lens, and since the camera is designed to operate with an upcoming sonic motor lens that Pentax is developing, it will be interesting to see how fast the system is.


At default settings, the camera produces files in JPEG format that are pleasantly colored and not oversaturated, and settings can be configured via the menus to achieve any desired amount of correction in image hue, saturation, contrast, or sharpness.digital noiseISO settings range from 100-1600, and the camera has a noise reduction setting that works at all speeds. While it does make some subtle differences at high ISO, this can be done much better with a dedicated software package. Regardless, files shot at speeds up to ISO800 are very useful, and the ability to select sensitivity speeds in half- or third-stop increments gives a lot of leeway. Metering is via 16-zone multi-segment, center-weighted or spot metering, selected via the secondary dial below the mode dial. It proved to be quite accurate, selecting the correct exposure for all scenes attempted.The 2.5-inch rear LCD screen proved bright and visible at fairly wide angles, and the 210,000-pixel display was more than adequate for the job. When viewing pictures, you can use the rear thumbwheel to zoom in, making the operation simple and fast .


The dedicated lithium-ion Pentax K10D Camera Battery proved to be very long-lasting, recharging within an hour at three-quarters of a charge, after a day of shooting with a lot of menu clutter. Stuff, some onboard flash for photos and a dedicated Pentax flash, and a lot of image removal to achieve this.

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Canon PowerShot G7 X Review

Surprisingly, Sony has remained unchallenged in this segment for over two years, during which time it has successfully launched two more generations of the RX100. The Sony RX100 III features an electronic viewfinder and a more consistently bright (albeit shorter) zoom, helping it further outshine its rivals. With the arrival of the Canon PowerShot G7 X, this largely unchallenged supremacy comes to an end.


Like the RX100 III, the G7 X offers a 1-inch 20MP BSI sensor matched to an F1.8-2.8 zoom (from 24mm equivalent focal length). The two cameras are also similar in size and offer broadly similar feature sets. This is great for photographers, because it means Sony finally has some proper competition. Canon is one of the only manufacturers to have consistently offered dedicated enthusiast-level compact cameras in its lineup, and the arrival of the G7 X means it now offers four: the S120 , G16, G7 Each offers a different balance between size, price, and functionality. The G7 X’s styling and dimensions make it look like an S-Series, but the level of direct control justifies its G-Series moniker.


The camera’s combination of a touchscreen, a dedicated exposure compensation dial, and a click control dial around the lens provide a high degree of direct control for such a small camera, and Canon’s iterative, evolutionary approach to camera interfaces, as well as spending a little time playing with the camera, suggests it should work just fine.
At the same time, judging from the details of the sensor, it uses Sony’s IMX183CQJ sensor, so it is completely comparable to the latest RX100 series in terms of image quality. This alone is enough to make it a great addition to the market. G7 X is just as small as the Sony but offers more in terms of direct control.

lensGiven that image quality depends on light capture, the best way to get the most out of a large sensor is to pair it with a bright lens. One of the factors that helped the RX100 III win the gold medal was the inclusion of an F1. 8-2.8 zoom feature, which means the camera can retain more of the big sensor advantage as you zoom in (rather than killing it with F4.9) over the first two RX100s maximum aperture at telephoto). However, this increase in speed comes at the expense of lens range, with Sony limiting the zoom range to 24-70mm equivalent to keep the camera small.


So it’s interesting that Canon has packed a 24-100mm equivalent lens into the G7 X, while also offering a maximum aperture range of F1.8-2.8. And, to paraphrase some nasty internet verbiage: We looked at the G7 Wide aperture combined. Zoom range while reducing camera size. Note in the image above that the G7 X’s maximum aperture stays bright much longer than the RX100 III’s. They may offer the same range on paper, but at any point between 24-50mm equivalent focal lengths, the Canon’s lens can maintain a wider aperture than the Sony’s, and at 30mm equivalent focal lengths, the difference amounts to 2/ 3EV and above.


The image above should make it clear that the G7 consistently X is one of the most bright compact cameras on the market once sensor size is taken into account, which should allow for excellent control over depth of field (including the focal length for shooting). classic portraiture) and low-light performance. Considering that both cameras are likely to use the same (excellent) sensor, if the Canon’s lens is good enough, it’s reasonable to expect that the Canon’s image quality will be quite competitive.


Only Panasonic’s DMC-LX100 offers more light-capturing power, and it’s a larger camera with a tighter zoom range (although we also think this is very attractive, depending on your specific needs and taste).
Specification comparisonSize, sensor, lens specs and price make the Sony RX100 series the G7 X’s most obvious competitors, but we think the G1 X II should also have cause for concern.

The big G offers a slightly longer zoom and the ability to add an electronic viewfinder , but the G7 X is much smaller, slightly cheaper, and rivals it in terms of direct controls. In its bid for the RX100 crown, the G7 X risks eclipsing Canon’s existing champion. To be clear, it’s not all plain sailing for the G7 X. Video shooting with the Sony RX100 III is excellent, and there’s nothing in the G7 X’s specs or in Canon’s recent compact camera history to suggest it can match the Sony in this regard. The addictive clickless control dial on the Sony is certainly useful when video footage. Canon PowerShot G7 X longevity is also pretty bad.

The G7 X also doesn’t have the option to include a viewfinder, whereas the RX100 III has a built-in viewfinder. This may be a deciding factor for some shooting photographers, but the Canon is brighter, has a longer lens and has better external control range


Might be a compelling counter-argument. The Canon PowerShot G7 XCamera Battery also has poor longevity. The G7 X also doesn’t have the option to include a viewfinder, whereas the RX100 III has a built-in viewfinder. For some photographers, this may be a deciding factor. But the Canon’s brighter, longer lenses and better external control range may be a compelling counterargument.

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