Thinking of a new Sony DSR

[cjstarr]

I am looking at the Sony SLTA-65V and would like to know if there is any one that has used one or has one and is willing to give me some feedback.
I am choosing this DSLR for the built in study shot feature that is has built into the camera.

 

[havoc315]

I believe ""steadyshot" is a sony ttrademark,, but all modern dSLR cameras have some form of image stabilization whether in camera or in lens.

 

[photo_chick]

Keep in mind the SLT cameras are not really DSLR's. What makes a DSLR is the mirror or prism system that lets you look through an optical viewfinder through the lens. The Sony SLT cameras have electronic viewfinders. It doesn't bother some, but some prefer the optical viewfinders. It's a personal preference thing because both have advantages and disadvantages.

 

[zackiedawg]

You might have some better luck going to a camera forum, such as dpreview.com, where you can ask on a dedicated Sony DSLR/SLT forum, with lots of other A65 owners to help.

I have been shooting with Sony DSLRs for about 6 years now, and have had very good experience with them - I haven't shot with an A65 but it looks to be a fine camera. As Danielle mentioned above, the Sony 'SLT' models differ slightly from DSLR models in that the flipping mirror inside that deflects the view to an optical viewfinder has been replaced with a fixed mirror that constantly feeds data to the autofocus sensors instead - the camera operates full time in live view mode with phase-detect AF sensors receiving a constant feed of information, which give these cameras some unique abilities like maintaining phase-detect autofocus during video shooting and while firing fast bursts of shots. Whether the view through the electronic viewfinder or an optical viewfinder would be more to your personal taste is up to you - try handling one and looking through it and you can see if you like it more, less, or if it doesn't matter either way. Personally, I shoot with two different cameras - one with an optical finder and one with an electronic finder, and I can shoot with both effortlessly and equally - each having their advantages in different types of shooting.

If you prefer shooting using the camera's LCD screen, the Sony models have a distinct advantage over all other DSLRs since they operate identically fast whether you use the viewfinder or LCD...other DSLR cameras using their LCD screens have much slower focus performance and lag when pressing the shutter.

Having stabilization built in the camera body is a nice feature since it does allow you to receive the benefits of it with all your lenses, even older ones, cheap ones, fast primes, wide angles...when you rely on lens-based stabilization, there are some types of lenses not offered with stabilization. Sony and Pentax both use in-body stabilization on their DSLRs/SLTs.

 

[Hockeyman]

Also the A65 has a pretty sweet high resolution OLED EVF which can hold its own with some of the higher end optical view finder

 

[HPS3]

I think the A65 is a great camera. I've shot with the Nex 7 for a while and love the OLED finder.