 | No movies | None |  | Below average sized screen | 3" |  | Poor maximum light sensitivity | 12,800 ISO |  | No touch screen | More buttons |  | No weather sealing | Need to shelter it from weather |  | Slightly fewer lenses available | 126 lenses |  | Uses battery, see less detail | Pentamirror |  | No GPS | Missing geo-tagging |  | Below average viewfinder coverage | 95% |  | Thick | 3.3" |  | Slow shutter speed | 1/4000 of a second | |  | Low resolution screen | 921k dots |  | Small viewfinder | 0.52x |  | Poor startup delay | 500 ms startup delay |  | Lower true resolution | 14 MP |  | contrast detection autofocus | slower focusing |  | Poor shutter lag | 184 ms shutter lag |  | Old | August 2009 |  | Quite large | Professional size (137×104×84 mm) |  | No focus motor | Won't autofocus with all lenses |  | Heavy | 632 g |  | Not so popular | Among snapsort users | |
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That's just one of the un-ergonomic, misguided choices made in the design of this camera. You almost wonder if it was crippled to make the parallel A33/55 series of EVF SLRs look more desirable, sending Sony's clientele in the company's favored direction? But the camera still has a little appeal. My a500 has a very nice senor, with improved high ISO and longer DR than my A700. The A580 is supposed to be even better. On any day, I rather give back that fraction of image quality for the build quality, complete controls and better VF of the a700, though.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2029497_2030652_2029799,00.html