Lately we read many positive reviews about the A55 and the A580. But Techradar doesn’t agree with all of them. They tested the A580 and gave them a Overall score of 3/5 only! They didn’t like the Image Quality results: “Although the majority of images are accurate enough, the camera does have a tendency of making them a little too warm. This, together with the odd underexposure, can produce dense-looking results, although the system also shows a tendency to veer towards unexpected coldness at times, which is particularly noticeably when the same scene is shot from a slightly different perspective. In summary, the A580 is clearly capable of capturing good images with plenty of detail, but leaving it to its automated settings doesn’t always produce the desired result.”
Read the full review at Techradar and feel free to share yout thoughts about their test results.
Meanwhile ThePhoBlographer posted the third part of the A580 field review.
P.s.: DxO Optics Pro v6.5.4 adds support for the Sony A580
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Stupid “finding”. One time it’s too warm, the next time it’s too cold for their taste… No automatic whatsoever is capable of adjusting image settings in a personal taste way. That’s why you let the camera save the raw sensor data and develop the image yourself, according to you gusto.
I think they have never heard of custom WB yet…
i feel the same as them. In “A” mode , sometimes the metering is poor, yet sometimes it perform very well.
sorry for my lousy english
I think this is the sister site of Photoradar.com and the Digital Camera magazine, got to say I have never seen them give a good rating to any Sony product, they seem very biased towards Canon (wonder if that’s got anything to do with advertising revenue – cynical I know).
A while ago they did a review of top end glass, there wasn’t a Sony or Zeiss product in sight.
with the alpha i prefer shooting at iso 200 with exposure compensation.. works prety good, and i never have underexposed pics.(even in JPEG) or did they ever hear from RAW @ techradar??? tests are the silliest things on internet.. it has nothing to do with knowing your camera, and how to use it..actually, i never saw one good pic in any test or whatsoever..
tests are the silliest things on internet.. Agree! And not only on the internet. Companies usually can buy test report from the magazines. Their only one reliable source: Your own experience…
BTW: The silliest thing i read so far in a camera test was giving the LX-5 bad marks because it isn’t a DSLR (sic!)…
“….but leaving it to its automated settings doesn’t always produce the desired result.”
That’s not why you buy an 800 dollar camera. Get a compact if you want to shoot automatic. bad review. Probably a bad testing method too.
I just came across this review of the A350 by the same guy that reviewed the A580 and he gave it a 90% score. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv_sBd41b_c
Strange that in 3 years,after such an improvement in image quality, that his standards have risen so much.
. Just another review give cheap wine with a great label to an amateur he will give you a 5 star rating. Funny really wonder if they knew how to work shutter speed, iso, aperture or even w/b setting lol. It’s like those guys at our photo club they own nikon d700 etc they just use the auto feature because they know what the other settings do LMAO
lol I should stop texting while I’m walking lol I meant to say *** they don’t know what the other settings do****
I’m going to register and give leave a comment with a piece of my mind.
i suppose they tested the high end cameras on automode too? heh..load of bull..
Perhaps he should shoot raw?