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Sony Alpha DSLR-A100K Digital Camera

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Sony's 10 megapixel Alpha DSLR-A100K digital camera is an instrument built for the professional and serious amateur photo buffs. 'Sony definitely benefited from its purchase of Konica Minolta's DSLR know-how. The Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 's body feels very comfortable in our hands, which makes sense since it closely resembles the now-defunct Maxxum 5D. Sure, Sony added a bit of flair with some shiny, black plastic around the shutter and on the edge of the pop-up flash, and also moved some controls around, but it would be easy to mistake the DSLR-A100 for the 5D if the two were sitting next to each other.

Chief among Sony's design tweaks was to put a bunch of often-used controls on a dial to the left of the flash. All you have to do is select a function--such as ISO, white balance, or metering mode--and press the function button in the center of the dial to change that setting. In our field tests, it made choosing functions quick and easy. It's not quite as easy to control as the Konica Minolta 7D, with all of its dedicated dials and buttons, but it is a definite step up from the 5D and other dSLRs that scatter so many dedicated function buttons throughout the camera back and top. Unfortunately, Sony left the drive mode button on the top of the camera and moved it further back, away from the shutter button. We found it awkward to press, and since the 5D had three buttons on its back, it could have easily fit there rather than in its current position.'

Features:
• 10.2 Megapixel CCD
• ISO Settings: Auto, ISO 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 equivalent
• Recording Compression: JPEG
• Automatic White Balance
• Preset Selection: Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash
• Charge protection coating on Low-Pass Filter and CCD-Shift mechanism
• Viewfinder Field of View: 0.95
• Magnification: 0.83x with 50mm lens at infinity
• Speed Range: 1/4000 second - 30 seconds, bulb
• 2.5 inch TFT Type LCD
• Panel Brightness Control
• 100% Field of View
• PictBridge with Exif Print
• System Requirements: USB Port, Microsoft Windows Me, 2000 Professional, XP Home Edition, XP Professional, Mac OS X (10.1.3 or later)
• Dimensions: Width 5.24 x Height 3.72 x Depth 2.80 inches (133.1 x 94.7 x 71.3mm)
• Weight: 1.20 pounds

Read: Sony Alpha DSLR-A100K Digital Camera - CNET

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