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Digital SLR cameras have come a long way in a few short years; all are feature rich, and with each new model milestones topple. Sony has broken another barrier for the serious photo enthusiast in bringing to market their flagship A900—a full-frame 24.6 megapixel CMOS sensor capable of five continuous frames per second—all for about $3000.
The viewfinder has been designed with a 100 percent field of view, and the A900 also comes equipped with the world’s first anti-shake system for a full-frame sensor.
“The camera’s newly developed, body-integrated SteadyShot Inside unit achieves an anti-shake effect equivalent to shutter speeds faster by 2.5 to 4 stops.”
Among the features, intelligent preview seems to be an option that will save both time and frustration creating properly exposed photographs—by giving you the ability to fine tune an exposure before the next image is committed to one of the camera’s two memory cards.
“After pressing the depth of field preview button, the camera 'grabs' a RAW preview image, which is processed and displayed on the LCD screen. You can then fine-tune white balance, determine the best level and effect of dynamic range optimization, adjust exposure compensation, and check histogram data, all before you actually take the picture.”
The A900 will be available in November with online pre-orders beginning September 10th. More detailed camera images after the jump.
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Sep 9, 2008 9PM #
I am 100% a digital camera fan, I used to own a 35mm Canon EOS and really enjoyed it in it's time. But the digital alternatives available today have just opened up the world of photography if it has also somewhat diminished the level of skill required in some cases.
Sep 9, 2008 9PM #
Being a Sony Alpha user, I can see that Sony is really hitting on the dSLR side as much as they could. Here in Malaysia, Sony promotes their Alpha series like nobody's business. I'm glad that I'm in the Alpha bandwagon!
Sep 9, 2008 9PM #
I was hesitant about Sony with DSLR not being their core but they seem to be coming through as usual.
Sep 9, 2008 9PM #
Usualy i'm using sony camera
Sep 9, 2008 9PM #
Still the only pro DSLR that has image stabilisation built in - but behind the pack in terms of what matters to this end of the market > ISO noise control.
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