Manufacturer's Description
10 MegaPixel APS CCD; In comparison to 6- and 8-megapixel competitors, the A100 offers 10 megapixels. But the pixel count is just the beginning. With the exquisite sensitivity of Sony's Super APS-sized CCD, you get great pictures in candlelight or night shooting. And with Sony's full 23.5 x 15.7 mm APS frame, you get incredibly low image noise and superb dynamic range. The Sony Alpha A100 also has the power to blur the background for outstanding portraits.
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Super SteadyShot® Image Stabilisation; Unlike most DSLRs, the A100 has image stabilization built into its body, so that, unlike other cameras, any lens you use benefits from a stabilized image, and this includes many of the 16 million Maxxum A-mount lenses dating back to 1985. The Super SteadyShot system empowers you to take spectacular shots where un-stabilized lenses would give you blur. It's great anywhere a tripod is unavailable, or in museums and churches where flash is prohibited. It's also perfect for indoor sports, candlelit subjects that would be ruined by flash, or macro telephoto shots.
Quick Response; To capture life as it happens, your camera has to be fast. Most point-and-clicks have a delay of one to three seconds after you push the button before the image is captured. The Sony A100 brings the exceptional responsiveness of an SLR camera and adds innovative features that improve speed. With Eye-Start Autofocus, the camera begins focusing as soon as you put your eye to the eye piece, so it's ready to shoot when you are. And Continuous Burst Mode lets you capture up to three frames per second up to the limit of the memory card.
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A 21 Year Legacy of Lenses; The Sony A100 is built on the foundation of 16 million Maxxum A-mount lenses dating back to 1985. These include such cherished Minolta glass as the classic 135mm Smooth Transition Focus (STF), the awe-inspiring 300mm f/2.8 G and the 500mm f/8 Reflex - the world's only AF telephoto reflex lens. Not only is Sony retaining a wide range of these well-loved lenses, they're also introducing Carl Zeiss ® A-mount optics, taking a proud legacy into the future.
Anti-Dust Technology; A simple lens change can let dust particles collect on the image sensor surface, degrading picture quality. Once there, dust is difficult to remove. That's why the A100 has comprehensive anti-dust technology. A special Indium Tin Oxide CCD coating repels dust. What little dust gets past this first line of defense is dislodged by a unique CCD shake routine& and the result?...Clean, crystal clear pictures!
Dynamic Range Optimizer; Why can't a camera capture what the eye sees? Often, the culprit is limited dynamic range. Expose for shadow detail and you end up blowing out the highlights. Expose for the highlights and you end up crushing the blacks. That's where Sony's Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO) comes in. DRO Normal selects from the most appropriate of 400,000 gamma curves to improve shadow detail. DRO Advanced adjusts
area-by-area, to maximize detail in both highlight and shadow areas.
DSLR-A100 Digital SLR plus Standard Zoom Lens (DT 18 - 70 mm F3.5 - 5.6)Take your photography to the next level with the a100, the first digital single lens reflex (D-SLR) camera from Sony. The a100 is set to make advanced digital photography simpler, more accessible and more enjoyable than ever before! The Super SteadyShot built in to the camera body, a 10 megapixel CCD and our wide range of interchangeable Sony a mount and Carl Zeiss lenses deliver an impressive picture quality in any situation. Our Eye Start autofocussing system, 2.5 Clear Photo LCD Plus and an astonishing battery life (750 shots) ensures a comfortable high-speed response and easy usage. The standard zoom lens can be widely used for everything from everyday snapshots to portraits. These impressive features, combined with an advanced anti-dust protection system, ensure you get clean, pin-sharp results every time!
Product Description
Truly a camera to shake up the DSLR market!! When Konica Minolta decided to withdraw from the camera market last year, they had just started on a collaboration with Sony. As a result, Sony bought the relevant assets & technologies from Konica Minolta, and continued on the development program on their own. This is the fruit of their labours, and it looks to be an absolute cracked of a camera the chip is a slightly tweaked version of that from the Nikon D200, as that is produced by Sony, the revolutionary Minolta CCD shifting anti-shake system has been overhauled by Sony engineers, now producing the effect of a shutter speed 3.5 stops faster that that used, and the ISO1600 setting is now usable as well. If this weren t enough on it s own to get the camera-buying public s mouths watering, the camera includes 2 separate anti-dust technologies we have already heard anecdotal evidence of people changing lenses in the desert with any problems - and look forwards to trying this ourselves! Added to this, compatibility with the large range of Konica Minolta Dynax mount lenses already in the market, and a range of Carl Zeiss optics being launched by Sony later this year, almost double the battery life of the equivalent cameras from other manufacturers, excellent build quality & well thought out design, it s no wonder that Sony are being very bullish about their future place in the DSLR market.
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