"The A100 gets an A, 100 percent; its photos are glorious and vivid."

So he obviously didnt really tweak the saturation, contrast, sharpness etc settings of the onboard chip but went with the factory presets? Or am i missing a trick and should ditch my Canon for a Sony?

I think he is writing for a non-photographer (at least how we understand the term "photographer") audience, and comes across well in explaining things in laymans terms.  However, as always with doing that there is a tendency towards some bias in explaining things.  For instance he was all about the dust shaking thing but forgot to mention that there are other ways to clean dust / remove it in postwork. Plus i have heard that they dont work all that well anyway...

My opinion - read it if you are looking for info on entry level dslr's, then go read about the same cameras someplace else... repeat until you have enough info to make up your own mind.

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In every stone sleeps a crystal.
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