Customers often highlight the Alpha a5100's excellent camera quality and ease of use, along with its compact size and convenient flip screen. Many appreciate its lightweight design and the inclusion of WiFi capabilities. However, some users mention concerns about battery life and occasional overheating, particularly during extended video recording. A few also comment on the price point and low-light image quality.
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Camera quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great camera
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We have enjoyed what the camera does looking forward to taking Christmas puctures
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
great camera for someone that's starting up
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Easy controls. Thought it would be alot harder to figure out but it's fun and easy!
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great camera overall
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I absolutely love this camera!! Pictures and video r crystal clear
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Camera quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome camera!
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Amazing picture quality! Great price point! Would recommend this camera to anyone!
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Nice camera
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Comparable to those DSLR cameras. Very nice picture quality only downside for me it's too bulky. Aside from that everything is good.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Size
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great camera
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Wonderful camera if you want something smaller but still desire to change lenses.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Overheating
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Overheats
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I’ve used this camera a few times so far and have found that it shuts off in the middle of recording due to overheating. I bought this camera for the purpose of recording videos, I use my DSLR for photography. I feel like I wasted my money since I cannot record longer than 12 minutes. I’m going to play with the settings to find ways get it to run longer but for now, I’m disappointed.
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No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality, Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great camera
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I am a recreational camera user. This camera takes great pictures and is easy to use. I am still trying to figure out all it can do. But I love that I am able to review and save the picture from the camera to my phone.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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We are glad to hear you love it, MOMOF2. Thank you for sharing your experience with your new Alpha camera. We really appreciate your time and feedback. Regards, Vincent
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Open box special
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Love the camera even though there are newer models out. The a5100 has great features and can be bought much cheaper than when it first came out. They even beat Amazon pricing on this because I got it as an open box item.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality, Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Image quality
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I got this camera for my sister about a year ago. She's loving it so far, she takes it everywhere with her. It has amazing picture quality and the controls are pretty simple. Now i'm thinking of getting one for me too.
This review is from Sony - Alpha a5100 Mirrorless Camera with 16-50mm Retractable Lens - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for newbies
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First nice camera and I can actually work it. Great!! Takes awesome pictures!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality, Flip screen
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Just as good as the A6000!
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I ended up getting this camera over the similar, although superior, A6000 because for my purpose of casual vacation photography, the A5100 has just as good of an image quality for so much less. The flip up selfie screen is great too!
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Camera quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great Instagram camera
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I bought this camera to up my instagram game. My posts look high quality and attracts attention to my content.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best mirrorless on the market!
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This camera takes professional quality photos at an amateur price. Since using this camera I have received many compliments on my photos, even though I am still learning. A must-buy for someone considering making the jump from a point-and-shoot camera and would like to get more serious about photography.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for beginners
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Great focus on long distance, great camera for family outing.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality
Cons mentioned:
Low light performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
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Great little camera for when I don't want to carry around my DSLR. Takes pretty nice pictures, im not 100% satisfied with the quality of low light pictures. Fast focus and shutter. Overall, I'm satisfied.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great amazing camera full of awesome features.
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Daily use for vlogging. Neat camera with high end features.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Flip screen
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best camera I've had
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I love this camera a lot of settings and love the screen flip option
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Camera quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great camera for a beginner
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I really like this camera, And of course I will recommend it to anyone
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Smaller size for big performance
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This review is to help y
Those like my daughter. She asked for a Sony a6100 or a Canon. She wasn't looking to be a pro...her only goal was to get much better photos than her iPhone. iphone is ok .. But only under specific conditions. We like Canon , but fit into a purse.
The a5100 fits and fits into a medium purse
But in that price range we didn't want to compromise specsI compared the meaningful specs, so I compared it carefully to a6100.
Heres what I found..
1.) No optical viewfinder on a5100..only digital.it still pops out and tilts though
2.) No. Shoe for 3rd party flash... But thebuiltin one pops up at the touch of a button and is a real flash..
3.) Rapid capture is about 8/sec half the a6100...bit still very fast so who cares.
You can't tell from the advertising or photos but the magic to the performance is that the lense extends when powered up ... Also the lenses removeable and usesa standard mount..so you can use other lenses if so inclined.
The multipoint metering is great
.the camera comes with a an
SNap on lenses cover. Which os a must.
We bought a 10.00 polarized lenses that fits in for t of the expensive lenses ...I don't care about polarizing so much as I care to have any scratches appear on the 10.00 lenses
The but in speaker on movies is Bearly loud enough ... But that's the only weakness. Great camera ..easy to Wi-Fi photos ove to your pc. ..
In my opinion you give up only the meaningless in exchange for the great performance in a smaller size ... my daughter loves it Btw the lenses f-stop range extends from portrait ..almost to telephoto
Hope I helped
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