Specifications

DIGITAL SLRs
SONY
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(ALPHA) DSLR-A100
FEATURES
10-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera
The DSLR-A100 is a top-quality 10-megapixel DSLR camera that combines Minolta
Corp’s 20-year legacy of photographic leadership and expertise with Sony’s
advanced digital imaging technologies. It features anti-shake compatibility
with hundreds of Minolta A-mount lenses sold worldwide for the past quarter
century. It also features Sony Dynamic Range Optimizer to automatically
increase detail in bright and dark picture areas; high-sensitivity shooting
with Super SteadyShot in-camera image stabilization; Anti-Dust technology
to keep the CCD imager clean for better pictures, and Eye-Start Autofocus
system for faster camera response.
The high-speed Bionz image processing engine allows you to capture pictures
at lightning speed. It allows high-speed burst shooting at up to 3 fps continuously,
at 10.2-megapixels and the finest JPEG compression. For those action shots, you’re
limited only by the speed of your media card. For convenience, you can shoot 750 shots
on a single charge of it’s battery. In addition to being compatible with most of the former
Minolta Maxxum mount lenses, there are 19 high-quality Sony lenses available, including three
co-developed with Carl Zeiss, as well as a full range of accessories, including a line-up of flashes, cable releases, rechargeable
battery packs and several styles of carrying cases.
10.2-megapixel CCD
◆ With an outstanding resolution of 10.2
million effective pixels, the large APS-C size
(23.6 x 15.8mm) CCD sensor with Sony’s
advanced design allows more light to pass to
each pixel, increasing sensitivity while
reducing noise — and providing greater
detail when you make big prints or crop in
close on your subject.
◆ More pixels mean more detail. 10.2-million
pixels means stunning prints… even when
they’re blown up to A3 size.
◆ The combination of large (APS-C size) CCD
sensor, RGB primary color filter and BIONZ
image processor assures breathtakingly crisp,
high definition images with superlative
detailing, a wide tonal range and the subtlest
color gradations.
◆ The APS-C size wide area CCD blurs
backgrounds to create a melting beauty that
brings out the character of the subject.
◆ Sharp eyes, soft skin texture, and resolution
down to a single hair are captured with the
realism that can only be achieved by a large
number of pixels and wide area CCD.
BIONZ Image Processing Engine
A digital camera must retain every nuance of detail entering the lens that’s captured by the
sensor... and translate it faithfully into stunning pictures. The DSLR-A100’s BIONZ image
processing engine ensures that what’s falling on the CCD sensor accurately represents the full
beauty of every moment without compromise. The ‘brain of the camera’ the BIONZ processor
uses a powerful image processing algorithm to reduce sensor noise without lowering resolution.
Tones are reproduced accurately with vivid coloration and excellent sharpness, creating images
with astonishing natural beauty and depth.
A major creative advantage offered by digital SLR photography is the ability to control the
blurring’ of out-of-focus areas in an image – such as the foreground or background. Blurring of
other parts of the image can make the subject stand out even more, providing a more three-
dimensional feel. The large image sensor inside the DSLR-A100 makes it possible to exercise
greater control over blurring using wide aperture settings for a wide range of creative effects.
The blurring of out-of-focus areas is the greatest when aperture is open (small ‘f’ value). These
photographs were taken using the 100 and a compact digital camera with an open aperture.
Because the background of the 100 image is blurred very gently, the in-focus section stands out
more effectively.
100
Compact
Camera