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Sony - Alpha a77 II DSLR Camera with 16-50mm Lens - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.5
Rating breakdown 85 reviews
5 Stars
62
4 Stars
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92%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Sony - Alpha a77 II DSLR Camera with 16-50mm Lens - Black
Customer Rating
5
really good features. love the panarama shooting.
on June 29, 2018
Posted by: volvo47
Gender:Male
Verified Purchase:Yes
bought it a year ago and I've been happy every since. Make sure you buy the Sony
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a772 ILCA-77M2 guide to Digital Photography by David D. Busch
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Great camera
on September 14, 2018
Posted by: Scoots42
Gender:Male
I am just a Dad taking photos, amateur photographer at best. Great for my kids sports(soccer, bball) and VG for general everyday photos
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
"A MOUNT POWERHOUSE"
on June 17, 2020
Posted by: Patrick1954
Gender:Male
First off, this is my MOST used "A" Mount Camera. The Fully articulating screen is FANTASTIC! This camera has perfect button layout WITHOUT being heavy. the following photos were taken with super wide angle and a 35 year old Minolta Super Telephoto 300mm 2.8. All photos were taken on a Monopod. All photos were shot @ 1 frame/SEC.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Great bang for your buck!
on August 15, 2014
Posted by: TFLemieux
I just purchased a 77MII about a week ago so I would have a backup camera. I already have owned an SLT-A77 for over a year and love it as well. The 77II has some nice refinements over the original 77. The biggest being the auto focus is now a little faster and more accurate.
The new auto focus has more focus points than the old model but it also has a few key features that I feel make it much more effective.
1. You can adjust the depth of field that the camera will focus on. This helps prevent your lens from "hunting" much in the same way that a focus limiter switch on say a 70-200mm lens would. Only this can be limited from both ends near or far which is even nicer. If my subject is close I can limit the far end and if my subject is far I can limit the near end. Or you can do both to keep it in the middle but I have not tried this yet.
2. You can adjust how quickly the camera will change the auto focus. This is for using continuous auto focus and while I haven't had the chance to try it out thoroughly yet I am impressed with it so far.
3. You now have more options in the focus area menu. One in particular that I am enjoying a lot is the expanded flexible spot. This is like using the center spot only you can choose where you want that spot to be AND it uses (up to 8) other focus spots adjacent to the spot you select to use. I use this one a lot in conjunction with the ability to show only the cross type focus points. I feel that this combo packs a one two punch that I have noticed helps the auto focus to find my subject with a little more speed and accuracy than with out it. All in all the auto focus improvements are very welcome. Two improvements that I feel will always be welcomed in any camera are reduced image noise in low light and faster more accurate auto focus.
1. You can adjust the depth of field that the camera will focus on. This helps prevent your lens from "hunting" much in the same way that a focus limiter switch on say a 70-200mm lens would. Only this can be limited from both ends near or far which is even nicer. If my subject is close I can limit the far end and if my subject is far I can limit the near end. Or you can do both to keep it in the middle but I have not tried this yet.
2. You can adjust how quickly the camera will change the auto focus. This is for using continuous auto focus and while I haven't had the chance to try it out thoroughly yet I am impressed with it so far.
3. You now have more options in the focus area menu. One in particular that I am enjoying a lot is the expanded flexible spot. This is like using the center spot only you can choose where you want that spot to be AND it uses (up to 8) other focus spots adjacent to the spot you select to use. I use this one a lot in conjunction with the ability to show only the cross type focus points. I feel that this combo packs a one two punch that I have noticed helps the auto focus to find my subject with a little more speed and accuracy than with out it. All in all the auto focus improvements are very welcome. Two improvements that I feel will always be welcomed in any camera are reduced image noise in low light and faster more accurate auto focus.
Another improvement that I enjoy is the lock button on the mode selector knob. There have been too many times when I have pulled my older 77 out of the bag to get a quick shot only to find it had slipped into the wrong mode and I ended up missing the shot. The lock button ensures that the mode selector will stay exactly where you put it, which its very nice.
The new hot shoe is also welcomed as when I purchased my original 77 I picked up the FVL-60M and now I no longer have to use an adapter which makes it so much simpler. It also will accept standard hot shoe accessories so I now have more to choices when looking at products that attach there. ie. radio triggers for studio flashes and things like that.
The new sensor and processor are also great. The things I have noticed are; less noise in low light shots, improved burst times, (more frames per burst)
Wifi and NFC are also great features that I did not expect to enjoy as much as I have. I especially love being able to remote control my camera with my smart phone and actually see on the phone what the camera sees! This is awesome!! While it is limited to just clicking the shutter button and turning the flash on or off it is a great start and love it! I also can appreciate being able to take a picture with my professional camera and send it to my phone for sharing instantly instead of wither taking a lower quality pic with my phone or waiting until later to share it from my computer. While these are not professional features I can appreciate them for the functionality and making it easier to do the things I love to do with my camera.
As a professional photographer I can also appreciate that the new body is now weather proof. This is something I was waiting to see Sony do with their cameras.
And finally the menu system has more options for changing settings and making the camera work just the way you want it to.
The only thing I do not like about this camera is that they switched the function of the from and back control dials when you are changing the ISO. On my original 77 the front dial would make changes in one stop increments like 200, 400, 800, etc. and the back dial would make them in 1/3 steps 200, 250, 320, etc. now that is reversed and it gets confusing especially when I am switching between camera bodies because I have different lenses on each body. To me that is like a car manufacturer deciding to put the brake where the gas pedal is and the gas where the brake pedal is. Why would you do that? It makes no sense to me, and it can be a bit annoying at times.
All in all this is an amazing camera for the money and tough to beat. I have only had it for a week and already an am super happy with my purchase. As I become more familiar with it I hope to update this review.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
The a77 Mark II - a great choice!
on December 27, 2014
Posted by: PhotoGuyNW
I left Canon to purchase the a55 when it was "Camera of the Year" -- and have not looked back! Next I purchased the a57, a major improvement in my experience. My wife inherited the a57 when I purchased one of the first a77 II cameras to be used here in the Grants Pass, Oregon area. I'm blown away with its capabilities, especially when compared to any other APS-C DSLR on the market. I don't believe the lab tests mirror real-life usage - I have seen my photographic talents raise significantly since moving to Sony. I won't bore you with technical language, but believe me when I tell you that using a Sony becomes instinctive in short order. It goes with me just about everywhere I go, and I have great photos to prove it!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Big upgrade from Sony a77
on October 4, 2014
Posted by: birdie774
The Sony a77m2 is Sony's best APS-C camera. The Bionz X greatly improves the picture quality. As a former Sony a77 users, I can tell Sony has redesigned some of the buttons on the camera. I felt like I was using a brand new camera, not a mark 2 camera.
The video bit rate is 28M/S as before. I do hope Sony will release an upgrade for a77m2 to make it 50M/S just like Sony A7S and a5100. The a77m2 deserves it.
The video bit rate is 28M/S as before. I do hope Sony will release an upgrade for a77m2 to make it 50M/S just like Sony A7S and a5100. The a77m2 deserves it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
A few problems - but overall very good
on October 15, 2014
Posted by: Anonymous
Very happy with our first outing with this camera. Shot about 1000 frames on a trip to Alaska. Also shot a few minutes of video just to make sure it worked, but not enough to comment on. This body replaces a Sony alpha 700.
Most things work as advertised, and I am not going to list everything that was good. Except for the things that I listed below, the camera lived up to Sony's claims. I do want to mention two items that were good. The autofocus was very fast and accurate. I was a little worried about how I would like the electronic viewfinder. Except for the problem mentioned below, I really like it.
These are the things that could use improvements:
1) The viewfinder cannot quite keep up with the high speed drive mode. This makes tracking something like a bird in flight somewhat difficult. It would be nice to have a slightly slower drive rate option. Perhaps with a firmware upgrade this could be possible.
2) The "zebra" function is not very useful, at least for still photos. I thought it would really be useful for finding areas of overexposure without having to first take the photo and then check the histogram. However, no matter how I set the level of "zebra" from 90 to 100+, the "stripes" would show up long before the histogram showed any overexposure.
3) The LCD screen is a real battery killer. But since all the information that it shows can be set to show in the viewfinder, you can turn it off and get much longer battery life.
Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase, and would buy the same camera again.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
A77 vs. A77m2
on September 9, 2014
Posted by: WaggingTail
I have had the A77 since ~ March 2013, and have used it extensively. I recently acquired the Mark II.
My reason was, the need to switch lenses mid-field, when switching between capturing wildlife (I use a Sigma 50-500 lens, which weights about 2 Kg) and flowers or butterflies ( I use a Sigma 18-250 lens, which is quick and easy).
My reason was, the need to switch lenses mid-field, when switching between capturing wildlife (I use a Sigma 50-500 lens, which weights about 2 Kg) and flowers or butterflies ( I use a Sigma 18-250 lens, which is quick and easy).
After using the new body for only a short while, I now itch to substitute my A77 for the Mark2!!
The A77 is awesome, but the Mark 2 is so much more!!
I'm looking forward to more improvements from Sony, so I can buy the Mark 3 to replace the A77.
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