Sigma SA-9 35mm SLR Camera Kit w/ 28-105mm Lens

I bought his camera just over a year ago for graduation i have shot nearly 50 rolls with it the only pictures to vcome out bad were pictures not meant to be. The functions are really easy to use, my favorite is the function to take rapid shots. great for taking pictures of my cousin's dog doing flybal then you can flip them like a animation. overall the best camera I have ever owned

Cameras as with most things are all about how much you want to spend. Thankfully, when researching cameras I came across the SA-9. It's an affordable quality camera with simple operation.
I couldn't be any more happy with this camera.

Although, Sigma has long been a company known for making quality lenses; they are relatively new to the camera business and therefore have competitively priced their cameras. The SA-9 has features that are similar or better than some cameras $$$ or more. This camera is capable of much more than point and shoot. Please if you buy this camera be sure to skim through the manual (as I 'finally' did) and you will soon discover how easy the many extra features are to use. I hope that makes sense to you. Anyways, multiple exposure, continuous auto-focusing, and autobracketing functions are all very simple and quick to access. The camera offers fully programmable and manual operation, however the best part is the convenient aperture priority and shutterspeed 'priority' modes. This allows manual configuration of one while the other is automatically configured. The 28-105mm lens which came with the camera is well suited for a variety of shots. If however you want to buy extra lenses, you'll probably have to buy them off the internet, as most stores don't carry lenses with sigma's sa mount. But, sigma definitely has plenty to choose from seeing how they are a lens manuracturer. Also, one last thing.. I would like to recommend the remote control which unfortunately comes separately. I hope this helps.

The only negative I have about this camera is my own lack of knowledge in using it. I wanted to take great pictures on my recent trip to Utah. As long as I kept it on totally autofocus I was fine. If I tried to use any of the manual features the pictures were diappointing. I didnot take the time to learn and experiment with all that comes with this camera,so it is my own fault. I hope I can help someone else to learn about shutter speed apature etc, before you spend this kind of money. I look forward to learning on this camera.

This is a great camera. I had read everything on the other SLR cameras and this seem to be the best bargin. I use the point and shoot mode and I thought some of the pics may be bad, but after seeing them I was amazed at the quality. I thought for sure that the fash was too small but the pics turned out great. I still have to test the super fast shutter speed and the bulb mode. I like the bag that comes with the kit. This is better than our Pentex SLR. I am happy.

I bought the SA-9 kit a few weeks ago, and have been impressed with the results. The image quality is excellent, the camera is easy to use, and I like the solid feel to the camera body and lens. Similarly equipped Nikon or Canon models feel [less expensive] prepared to the Sigma. You are getting a lot of camera for a good price. Only drawback (minor) is somewhat slow AF, which isn't that important to me. Overall I am very happy with my purchase and highly recommend the camera even though the brand is somewhat obscure. In my opinion, Sigma earns the right to compete with Nikon and Canon on equal playing field.