information on a Sony DSLR camera?

Liam

Seriously GOOGLE IT!

The A55 has had many reviews done, some in form of video others blog posts. There have been images posted made by this camera and so on!

It isn't hard to find information about the A55... seriously it is a good camera. But you have to remember it is a camera for YOU! does it fits YOUR needs.. that is something YOU have to find out yourself.

It is really a nice camera

Pros:

- Light weight, small and easy to handle.

- Great photo quality

- Even better video quality than most.

- Very fast, continuous Auto Focus even during video.

- Level indicator on screen (I can't tell you how many images I've had to adjust photos on the PC for a crooked horizon)

- Fully articulated 2.9" LCD (I won't buy a camera without one of these)

- Very nice Electronic View Finder. Some see this as a "Con" if they've come from an OVF. I've only used EVF for 10 years so this is no big deal for me.

- Nice, sharp, 18-250 lens (an option I purchased separately.

- Panorama mode - take an auto-stitched sequence of photos in one quick motion. Awesome feature.

- High Dynamic Range - Take, for example, a photo indoors with a bright window in the background. HDR will properly expose both the inside of the room and the image outside the window - automatically in the camera.

- Hand Held Twilight mode - take a photo in very dark conditions. The camera will take 6 photos and combine them to achieve amazing 25,000 ISO equivalent photos.

- Night portrait - uses the flash for the person in the foreground but properly exposes the background too.

- Amazing Night View scene mode - take great city skyline photos at night.

- Built in pop-up flash

- Built in GPS records where you are in the photo data. Display on Google Earth

- Face detection

- Smile shutter

- 10 Frames Per Second - yes 10fps. You can't find that in any other camera in this price range. And it will focus during the burst!

Sony purchased Minolta and the knowledge that Minolta had within Photography is quite impressive (they exchanged technical knowledge of electronics for optical knowledge on lenses with Leica), The build quality between these two cameras isn't worth comparing, there's not a lot in it. Nikon professional cameras have an improved build quality over their 'enthusiast' cameras. Both the alpha 37 and D5100 are aimed at entry-enthusiast level. All Minolta AF Lenses are compatible with the Sony Alpha 37 and the independent brands offer a comprehensive range of lenses for Sony/Minolta fit. . I bought the D5100 last week and its a decent camera, my sister uses the alpha 37 and loves it, both will give you great results, try and get your hands on both of them in a specialist store and take your pick of the one that feels best in your hands. It always works for me..!

I'd suggest you try one first. The A55 uses an electronic viewfinder, and unfortunately the resolution is low enough that you can see the pixels! If you can, have a look at the A65, the viewfinder while still electronic is vastly superior.

Please for the love of God just google it. There are a lot of people that volunteer their time here to help people with questions that cannot be answered with a simple search of the web.

There are so many reviews, and so much info on the web, and youtube videos, on the web for the Sony A55, that asking for info on this camera is just plain lazy. Please help us help people with real questions.

Your best bet is to google it, there'll be specs and all the reviews you want online.