Sony has today officially revealed the new Alpha DSLR-A100, a ten megapixel Digital SLR, the first to come out of the Sony and Konica Minolta marriage, with many similarities to the Konica Minolta 5D. The A100′s ten megapixel CCD is mounted on a CCD-shift Anti-Shake platform (now named Super SteadyShot) which delivers both image stabilization and Sony’s own form of dust reduction (by shaking the sensor at power off). There’s also a new image processor called ‘Bionz’ (hmmm) which delivers hardware based dynamic range optimization (with only a slight impact on performance).
Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 digital camera specifications:
| Format | SLR |
| Price (street) |
$215.98
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| Also known as | |
| Release Status | |
 Max resolution |
3872 x 2592 |
| Low resolution |
3896 x 1936, 1920 x 1280 |
| Image ratio w:h |
3:2 |
| Effective pixels |
10.0 million |
| Sensor photo detectors |
10.8 million |
| Sensor size |
23.6 x 15.8 mm (3.72 cm²) |
| Pixel density |
2.7 MP/cm² |
| Sensor type |
CCD |
| Sensor manufacturer |
Sony |
| ISO rating |
Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 |
| Zoom wide (W) |
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| Zoom tele (T) |
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| Digital zoom |
No |
| Image stabilization |
Yes, Sensor shift |
| Auto Focus |
Yes, 9 area |
| Manual Focus |
Yes |
| Normal focus range |
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| Macro focus range |
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| White balance override |
7 positions, plus manual |
| Aperture range |
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| Min shutter |
30 sec |
| Max shutter |
1/4000 sec |
| Built-in Flash | Yes, pop-up |
| Flash range | |
| External flash | Yes, hot-shoe |
| Flash modes | Auto, Fill-in, Red-Eye reduction, Slow Sync, Off |
| Exposure compensation |
-2 to +2 EV in 1/3 EV steps |
| Metering |
40 segment, Center weighted average, Spot |
| Aperture priority |
Yes |
| Shutter priority |
Yes |
| Focal length multiplier |
1.5 |
| Lens thread | Sony Alpha mount, Minolta A-type mount |
| Continuous Drive |
Yes, 3 fps |
| Movie Clips | No |
| Remote control | Yes, Wire (Optional) |
| Self-timer | Yes, 2 or 10 sec |
| Timelapse recording |
No |
| Orientation sensor | Yes |
| Storage types |
Compact Flash (Type I or II) |
| Storage included |
None |
| Uncompressed format |
Yes, RAW |
| Quality Levels |
Fine, Standard |
| Viewfinder |
Optical (Pentamirror, 95% coverage, 0.83x magnification) |
| LCD |
2.5 “ |
| LCD Dots |
230,000 |
| Live View |
No |
| USB |
USB 2.0 (480Mbit/sec) |
| HDMI |
No |
| Wireless |
No |
| Environmentally sealed | No |
| Battery |
Lithium-Ion (NP-FM55H) & charger |
| Weight (inc. batteries) | 638 g (22.5 oz) |
| Dimensions | 133 x 95 x 71 mm (5.2 x 3.7 x 2.8 in) |
| Notes | Sony’s first digital SLR |
| Resolution Chart | |
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