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Sony Alpha A350

Sony’s new mid range DSLR, the A350 boasts a number of unique features for a DSLR, most notably a so called “Quick Autofocus Live View” feature and a new high resolution 14.2 megapixel sensor.

 While various competeing DSLRs have had Live View, Sony’s implementation of the feature differs from most other makers as it offers autofocus speeds as fast as when not using Live View.

The A350 achieves this by having a secondary image sensor and a “pentamirror tilt system” in the viewfinder housing, giving you a fulltime Live View mode without the shooting delay and autofocus slowdowns found in other systems.

Other interesting features include a 2.7in LCD screen which tilts up and down (but not rotate sideways), 1200 zone metering sensor, ISO setting from 100 to 3200, Bionz image processing engine, D-Range Optimiser and Sony’s SteadyShot image stabilisation built-in to the body of the camera.

Soon to be available is the Alpha A300, which has all the features of the A350 but it comes with a 10.2 megapixel sensor and a slightly slower continuous shooting speed of 2.5 frames per second compared with A350’s 3 frames per second.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 - First Impression Video by Digitalrev