Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Sony SLR camera Alpha A700. Sony introduced the DSLR-A700 in September. The Sony Alpha A700 sells for $1,399.99 on Amazon.com.

Quote from the review: "It must be hard for Sony being number 3 or 4 when it comes to cameras, especially when it dominates just about every other category it enters—other than that little iPod thing the company wishes would go away. HDTVs? Sony is number one. Home audio? Camcorders? You guessed it. The list goes on but you get the idea. Sony wants to be a leader in whatever field it enters.
As far as point-and-shoot digital cameras, Sony gives top-seller Canon a run for its money. Yet when it comes to more advanced and expensive D-SLRs, Canon and Nikon are the 1,000-pound gorillas in the room with Olympus, Pentax and Sony trying fiercely to make inroads (with little success, I might add). "
Read the full Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Review.