Sony Alpha DSLR-A850

The Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 is a DSLR camera launched on 15/04/2010.

Technically speaking, the Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 54 overall. The Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 weights 895 gr and spans 156 x 117 x 82 mm. This means that it is one of the largest and heaviest cameras within its category.

Going into details, the Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Image Quality - Score 66, ranks in the category best 8%.

On the contrary, the performance of Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 is below the category average in:

• Speed Performance - Score 35, ranks among the worst 24% of its category.
• Comfort - Score 51, ranks among the worst 30% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 51, ranks among the worst 40% 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 - Great, score 61, ranks in the best 17% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 is perfect for Portrait photography, one of the best in its class.
• Landscape - Great, score 63, ranks in the best 17% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 is perfect for Landscape photography, one of the best in its class.
• Sport - Good, score 52, ranks in the best 41% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street - Good, score 52, ranks in the best 58% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 works well for Street photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Everyday - Good, score 51, ranks in the best 64% of its category. Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.

Last but not least, the price. You can find the Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 sold on Amazon for a price comprised between 2313.71 GBP and 2313.71 GBP, well above the average for this camera type.

Overall, Sony Alpha DSLR-A850 is not the best value for money. Unless you have specific reasons to go for it, we suggest you to consider available alternatives. Click here to see alternative options.