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Camera preview: Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 DSLR
I’ve been reading reviews about the Sony Alpha DSLR-A100, and I’m impressed. It looks like the successor to Minolta’s D-SLR line is a worthy one, and the features it packs for its price point are powerful. This camera has a 10.2-megapixel image sensor, improved 40-segment metering, a 2.5-inch Clear Photo LCD Plus, and Anti Dust technology. It will have 19 high-quality Sony lenses and a wide range of accessories, not to mention that it will be compatible with Minolta’s line of lenses. The lithium-ion battery will let you get up to 750 shots per charge.
I would love to get my hands on it for an up-close review, but until I do, I’ll leave you with links to some good reviews:
Some detailed specs are also in order:
- Lightweight and durable magnesium alloy body: frame is 545g and frame+lens is 630g
- Sony a Alpha/Minolta-A bayonet lens mount
- 10.2-megapixel Sony CCD sensor with 10M/5M/2.5M image sizes
- Recording choice of JPEG, RAW, or RAW plus Fine JPEG
- Super SteadyShot anti-shake system with viewfinder indicators
- Anti-dust system automatically shakes dust off the imager
- Large 2.5-inch TFT color Clear Photo LCD Plus
- Pentaprism viewfinder with 95% coverage and Eye Start AF
- 9-point AF with Wide, Spot and Focus Area Selection
- Image adjustments: Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness (5 levels)
- Shooting modes: Full-auto, Programmed AE with program shift, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual and Scenes
- Dynamic Range Optimizer using the Bionz image processor
- TTL metering: 40-segment honeycomb-pattern, Center-weighted or Spot
- White Balance: Auto, six presets and Manual color temperature
- Unlimited Continuous 3fps shooting Large/Fine JPEG images, up to 6 RAW
- Shutter speeds: 30 to 1/4,000 seconds, 1/160 sec. flash sync
- ISO Range: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 (with lo80 and hi200)
- Built-in TTL popup flash with red-eye reduction.
- Hot shoe for Sony/Minolta Program Flash units
- CompactFlash I/II card slot, Microdrive and FAT32 compatible
- Video Out with selectable NTSC or PAL timing
- High capacity lithium-ion battery pack and charger included
- Exif Print, PRINT Image Matching II, PictBridge compatible
Raoul Pop 