Our Overall Score:
9.0/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the DSLR and compact system cameras category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £849
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Sony or alternative products in the DSLR and compact system cameras category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens
SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens scores 9.1/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with DSLR and compact system cameras. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for DSLR and compact system cameras, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any DSLR and compact system cameras? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens scores 8.5/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the DSLR and compact system cameras category was £2819.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £259.00 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the DSLR and compact system cameras category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the DSLR and compact system cameras category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the DSLR and compact system cameras category. This was £918.63 from the 118 products we found in that category. So SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens actually comes in below average at £849.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £2819.00 and the least expensive, which was £259.00. In total we found that of the 118, 53 were more expensive and 62 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens.
Prices of products from Sony
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Sony. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Sony, which was £453.54 of the 318 products we found. So SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens price is above average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Sony was £6.99 with the most expensive coming in at £9999.00.
Prices of products from Sony and in the DSLR and compact system cameras category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Sony that sit specifically within the DSLR and compact system cameras category.
For this we found that the average price was £1061.95, making SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens at £849 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £1918.00 with the lowest priced item being £369.00. In total there were 12 items that were more expensive and 7 that was less expensive.
Reviews of SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens
SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens scores 9.4/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens is.
Overall score
SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens scores 9.0/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Sony so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: SONY a7 Compact System Camera with 28-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens
- Brand: Sony
- Model Number: a7
- 24.3 megapixelsFull-frame 35 mm / 35.8 x 23.9 mm CMOS sensor3″ tiltable LCD screen5 fps in continuous shooting mode
- EAN: 4905524958645
- Description: Top features:- Full-frame photography with a huge 24.3 megapixels – Hybrid autofocus lets you capture those important moments – Connect to other devices with ease – Creative shooting for precise and memorable images – Full HD movies capture incredible detail Full-frame photographyWith a mammoth 24.3 megapixel count working with a full-frame image sensor, the interchangeable lens camera produces an incomparable picture performance. The Sony A7 camera shoots with speed and accuracy, capturing the scene with professional quality.The palmed-sized compact gives you shooting comfort, intuitive functionality and a precise AF performance. The high-speed BIONZ X processor engine ensures natural details, richer tonal gradation, lower noise and remarkably clear detail.Hybrid autofocusFast hybrid autofocus allows you to get the most from the full-frame image sensor. This AF system combines speedy phase-detection with highly accurate contrast detection, achieving an impressive focusing speed. The 117 densely placed AF phase-detection points dramatically improve the AF performance, giving you a better chance of capturing those challenging shots in crystal clear lucidity.Lock onto your subject and capture the action with a continuous burst of images at 5 fps. The OLED Tru-Finder viewfinder allows you to see the exact view of the shot in high resolution.Connect to other devicesShare your stunning photos instantly with WiFi and NFC connectivity. Simply touch the Sony Alpha 7 with an NFC-enabled smartphone or tablet and share your moments in an instant. You can use the built-in WiFi to share your photos and movies on social network sites.Creative shootingWith multi-frame noise reduction you can capture darker scenes without the need for a tripod or flash. The camera uses four shots and composites them with considerably higher speed to significantly reduce noise.Auto HDR expands the dynamic range of your images from the darkest shadows to brightest glow, effectively capturing the tones you see in real life.With ultimate precision and craftsmanship, the Sony mirrorless camera is designed for professional use anywhere. The small, tough and lightweight body features customisable buttons and an intuitive control wheel for fine-tuning settings. The magnesium-alloy body has protective dust and moisture seals while the comfortable grip allows for long shooting sessions.Full HD moviesRecord Full HD movies in smooth 60 frames per second – capture those moments how you see them and enjoy them back in cinematic detail. The high performance audio and Clear Image Zoom allow you to capture striking closes up with great sound to match.A 3” LCD tilt screen makes it easier to capture at tricky angles, it also gives you a comfortable viewing when you want to playback your photos and movies.Make sure you’ve got enough memory It is important to have the right memory card for your camera. The memory card will determine how fast an image is saved and how fast an image is uploaded. If you’re shooting high definition videos along with high resolution images then it’s best to invest in a high performance memory card. A high performance memory card will get the best out of your photography, ensuring the best continuous shooting speed and high quality data capture.
- Product ID: 3063768101
