The
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professiona ...
α 350 (DSLR-A350) is a
digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) being replaced from 2009 by the similarly specified
Sony α 380. It features
live view
Live preview is a feature that allows a digital camera's display screen to be used as a viewfinder. This provides a means of previewing framing and other exposure before taking the photograph. In most such cameras, the preview is generated by ...
and body-integrated
image stabilization.
Details
The Sony α 350 was introduced in
Japan in March 2008. It has a 14.2
megapixel
In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest point in an all points addressable display device.
In most digital display devices, pixels are the sm ...
CCD sensor, the second highest pixel count for an
APS-C format DSLR at the time of its launch, marginally exceeded by the
Pentax
is a brand name used primarily by the Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for DSLR cameras, lenses, sport optics (including binoculars and rifle scopes), and CCTV optics. The Pentax brand is also used by Hoya Corporatio ...
K20D
CMOS sensor
An active-pixel sensor (APS) is an image sensor where each pixel sensor unit cell has a photodetector (typically a pinned photodiode) and one or more active transistors. In a metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) active-pixel sensor, MOS field-effec ...
.
The Live View is provided by a secondary low-resolution video sensor placed in the mirror-prism housing to provide a view of the focusing screen, which allows retention of phase-contrast
autofocus
An autofocus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system ...
. Live View is mechanically switched via a moving mirror surface. When Live View is active, the normal exposure metering is replaced by metering from the LV image itself offering many more zones or points, along with more accurate
white balance
In photography and image processing, color balance is the global adjustment of the intensities of the colors (typically red, green, and blue primary colors). An important goal of this adjustment is to render specific colors – particularly neu ...
. This system is shared with the
Sony Alpha 300, a 10.2 megapixel variant.
References
External links
Specifications at sony.comAnnouncement on DPReview
Reviews
Sony Alpha 350 Review
David Kilpatrick, Photoclubalpha
April 2008, Michael J. McNamara, Popular Photography
Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 Review
Richard Butler, DPreview.com
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Live-preview digital cameras