The Ultimate in DSLR’s – Sony A500 and A550 Alpha Product Feature

Both the Sony A500 and Sony A550 certainty pack a punch in the world of DSLR’s, both are available on the market currently and offer a vast array of specs – so what sets the two intermediate level DSLR’s apart from one another, I attempt to provide an insight…

Both the Sony A500 and Sony A550 form part of the A5 series of Sony DSLR cameras, the Sony A550 being the pricer & slightly more technical of the two counterparts. Visually, and almost technically they offer the same to the user experience – solid, with good handling, packed full of features. Paramount to both include the EXMOR CMOS sensor with Bionz Processor meaning the user can photograph away in low light environments and combined with an ISO range of 200-12800 both DSLR’s deliver high resolution images.

The best of all the marketed features in terms of usability inherent in both the Sony A500 and Sony A550 seems to me to be the Auto HDR technology, which merges together two exposures to automatically produce a single HDR image with a natural tonal range – eliminating the need for editing software to make your photographs picture perfect.

If you are stuck between shelling out for either, the added features of the Sony A550 may just clinch the deal.  14.2 megapixels over the Sony A500 12.3, a 3” Xtra Fine LCD Screen with 922,000 pixels meaning you can photograph and alter the focus and exposure, confidently relying on the LCD.  And last but not least the Sony A550 offers up to 7fps in speed priority mode to further enhance fast shooting situations, whereas the Sony A500 is limited to 5fps.

The approximate price of the Sony A500 is around £620, and the Sony A500 is marked at around £750 (with 18-55mm lens kit).

 

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