Sony Alpha DSLR-A550

The Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 is a spiegelreflexkamera camera launched on 09.12.2009.

Technically speaking, the Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 50 overall. The Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 weights 632 gr and spans 137 x 104 x 84 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.

Going into details, the Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Speed Performance - Score 42, ranks in the category best 39%.
• Versatility - Score 66, ranks in the category best 47%.

On the contrary, the performance of Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 is below the category average in:

• Image Quality - Score 47, ranks among the worst 46% of its category.
• Comfort - Score 50, ranks among the worst 27% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Good, score 46, ranks in the best 59% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 works well for Portrait photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Landscape - Good, score 45, ranks in the best 58% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 works well for Landscape photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Sport - Good, score 51, ranks in the best 47% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street - Good, score 53, ranks in the best 55% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 works well for Street photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Everyday - Good, score 55, ranks in the best 53% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.