Sony a68 Translucent Mirror DSLR Camera (Body Only)

Thought it was new, it was used

Not that the A68 is a bad camera, but be aware of the limitations this presents. I would also hesitate to recommend it on the used market unless the price is very good (think £200 odd). This wasn't an expensive camera, yet for some reason commands over the top used prices. A68 was a 0 effort product from Sony on their pledged to continue, yet completely neglected and eventually abandoned quietly A mount. Sony took the main body shape from the A77II, plastic shell as expected, they tweaked the back dial in place of the joystick. To be fair there are some worthwhile things here... + Body design is alright despite being cheaper, Sony kept the top LCD display and dual dials front/rear + You do have AF fine tune available, almost unheard of at this price + Video quality is pretty good, for full HD - lot better than the first A77 or other older models A58/57 etc + Battery life is among the best for the SLT range, that's part down to the EVF/LCD display though + Locking top mode dial with user memory settings, same as the A77II + The 79 point AF system was also kept, yet this is nicer on paper v actual use But there are some obvious downsides - Meh buffer, it's about 7-8 shots raw, then you're chugging along at just over 1fps. Yes slightly better than the A58, but a long way off the A57's 20+ raw buffer - Mediocre EVF and LCD. The EVF is OLED, but it's only 1.44m dots, magnification is average at 0.88x, that's a bit smaller than the A700 optical finder!. Back LCD is tilting type, but unfortunately a very dated 460K dots, my old 2008 D90 is twice that!. Both are usable, both are unspectacular - Sensor is "NOT" the same as the A77II, it's not even as good as the A77 first get in low light (many sites back this up). Sony fudged the ISO values so it looks a lot better than you think. It's not bad as the exposure is much better than the A77, but it's soundly beaten by DSLR's even 7-8 years older. - No grip contacts, Sony kept the A77II body but took out the connections, only third party offerings for this. - Slow fps. Only 5fps for full size images, 8fps is for crop mode hence misleading. Half the point of the SLT is the non moving mirror, yet saddled with a modest fps and small buffer. Disappointing There are a few other limitations such as 1/4000s shutter v the 1/8000 on the A77II, of course no mention of sealing or mag alloy panels. None of these are problems. However the 79 point AF system, from the A77II, at first seemed good. Sadly when Sony updated the firmware for the A77II, it became much less reliable, hesitant, high miss rates (even on easy shots or non moving subjects). The AF turned into a bit of a nightmare. My initial A77II excitement, became a show stopper - I sold off the A77II due to poor AF tracking, and overall performance. You can read up on imaging resource, the shooters report post firmware, and his hit rate is sub 50% in many cases. Sadly the A68 inherits the same poor AF system, which looks nice on paper, yet is really not very reliable. This is a camera Sony slapped together in 2015 from bits lying around the factory, rather than giving A mount users a tuned and refined camera. Worse the price ramped up in the last few years, and it's now rather expensive for a budget camera that's 7 years old on the used market (compared to say an A57 which is pretty cheap) Hard to recommend, unless you're stuck with A Mount and want a body that does alright video. It had potential to be great, but falls short. The A77II might be a better buy, but beware the dodgy autofocus system, yes the build is nice enough and the buffer fairly deep; both cameras look pretty dated in terms of performance. I would recommend invested A Mount users check out a used A99, it's a far better camera overall than the crop bodies. Or the first A77, is a reasonable price, and has built in GPS. You could of course try a transition to E mount, but with some obvious adapter limitations for screw drive lenses, it might not be quite as exciting as it could have been. Then you have to ask yourself, do you want to continue to invest in a company, that didn't even put a press release out informing their A mount customers, their mount was finished. No thanks, nothing, reality time is Sony ghosted their A mount users. That's not something any company should do...ever.

Works well with my minolta lenses and the evf is a game changer. Wish batteries lasted longer but other than that. Worth it.

The A68 is a great Camera for the price. The A68 brings along many features from its more expensive siblings including focus peaking which works fantastic with manual focus lenses you can focus almost as fast and as accurately as an autofocus lens with this feature. One thing I purchased along with the camera was a wifi sd card which gives you all the wifi functionality of built in I would also recommend RCCDROID-PRO for control of the camera functions via Android device and an OTG cable The above setup make this camera perform well above its asking price

Unfortunately there are better cameras at cheaper prices. Really wanted to love it.

I love this camera! I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 because the instruction manual isn't as helpful it could be. I've used slr and dslr cameras for 20 years. There is just a little learning curve on how to change and access settings, but this is a major improvement over my Sony A33.

I just upgraded from the Sony A35, and WOW! I am impressed. I did a ton of research on which camera I should go with as my next “upgrade”. And I can honestly say I am very happy with my decision. This camera sits at 24 megapixels, which is VERY high, considering the price of the camera. I wanted to stick with the “A” series from Sony because I have a HUGE collection of Minolta lenses. The lenses all work perfectly with the Sony A68, which was a very important aspect I was looking for in buying a new camera. The camera body is definitely bigger than my A35, which took some getting used to, but honestly I love the way the camera grips in my hand; It feels more “expensive”. I love the tilting screen; but the ONE draw back with this camera, is the screen size. My Sony A35 screen was bigger... but it is something I can look past because of the price. I would rather have a WAY higher megapixel (upgrading from 16 mp to 24 mp) then a “bigger screen”, because let me tell you, when I pull up an image I took on the Sony A68 on my computer, it is worth it! The pictures are so crisp! If you are debating on buying this camera, I would pull the trigger and do it! You won’t be disappointed!