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Review: Sony Alpha DSLR-A350

The Sony’s Alpha DSLR-A350 is new revolutionary camera comes with 14.2 mega pixel sensor and featured with live view having detector sensor. This time Sony give you a larger and articulated  LCD screen. The imaging sensor offers other advantages while using the main imaging sensor allows the use for the potentially more accurate and flexible contrast-detection auto focus system.

The Sony’s Alpha DSLR-A350 offers an excellent level of responsiveness and gives us high precision that macro and studio shooters needed. It offers white balance like auto, daylight, shade, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, flash, color temperature/filter, manual. This camera support different flash modes like auto, fill flash, rear sync, slow sync, manual flash, red-eye reduction, wireless off-camera flash.

New features 

    * Live view with dedicated sensor

    * Larger, articulated LCD

    * 14.2 MP sensor

    * New software bundle with all-new raw converter

    * Creative Styles (expansion of color modes function on A100)

    * ISO 3200

    * Optional high ISO noise reduction

    * RGB histograms

    * Digital Teleconverter function

Specification 

Price (body only)

• $810 / £450 [check]

• $900 / £480

Body material: Plastic exterior

Sensor        

• 23.5 x 15.7 mm CCD sensor

• RGB Color Filter Array

• Built-in fixed low-pass filter

• 14.9 million total pixels

• 14.2 million effective pixels

Image sizes

• 4592 x 3056 (L / RAW)

• 3408 x 2272 (M)

• 2288 x 1520 (S)

• 4592 x 2576 (L) 16:9

• 3408 x 1920 (M) 16:9

• 2288 x 1280 (S) 16:9

File qualities / formats    

• RAW (.ARW)

• RAW + JPEG Fine

• JPEG Fine

• JPEG Standard

Dust reduction       

• Static-resistant anti-dust coating

• CCD-shift dust reduction mechanism

Lenses        

• Sony Alpha lenses

Auto Focus

• TTL CCD line sensors (9-points, with center cross sensor)

• EV 0 to 18 (ISO 100) detection range

• Predictive focus control for moving subjects

AF area selection    

• Wide AF area

• Spot AF area (center)

• Focus area selection (any of 9)

Focus modes         

• Single-shot AF

• Continuous AF

• Automatic AF

• Manual focus

AF assist illuminator

• Yes (using built in flash)

• Range approx 1m - 5m

Shooting modes      

• Auto

• Programmed AE (with shift)

• Aperture priority AE

• Shutter priority AE

• Manual

• Flash off

• Scene modes (below)

Scene modes         

• Portrait

• Landscape

• Macro

• Sports Action

• Sunset

• Night view/portrait 

Sensitivity    

• Auto (Range varies depending on shooting mode)

• ISO 100

• ISO 200

• ISO 400

• ISO 800

• ISO 1600

• ISO 3200*

Metering modes    

• Multi-segment (40 segment Honeycomb pattern)

• Center-weighted

• Spot

Metering range      

• EV 2 to 20 (Multi-segment / Center-weighted) *

• EV 4 to 20 (Spot metering) *

(at ISO 100 with F1.4 lens)

AE Lock       

• AEL button (customizable, hold or single-press)

• Half-press shutter release

AE Bracketing        

• Single or continuous bracketing

• 3 frames

• 0.3 or 0.7 EV steps

White balance         

• Auto

• Daylight

• Shade

• Cloudy

• Tungsten

• Fluorescent

• Flash

• Color temperature/filter (2500 - 9900 K)

• Manual (Custom)

White balance fine tuning

• Auto (none)

• Preset WB: -3 to +3

• Fluorescent WB: -2 to +4

• Color temperature WB: G9 to M9 (Magenta to Green)

White balance bracketing

• 10 or 20 Mired steps

Dynamic range optimizer

• Off

• Standard

• Advanced

Color space

• sRGB

• Adobe RGB

Color modes          

• Standard

• Vivid

• Portrait

• Landscape

• Sunset

• Night view

• Sunset

• B&W

• Adobe RGB

Image parameters

• Contrast (-3 to +3)

• Sharpness (-3 to +3)

(Available in all color modes)

• Saturation (-3 to +3)

(All modes except B&W)

Noise reduction

• Long exposure for exposures longer than 1 second

• High ISO NR at ISO 1600 or higher

• User controllable: On / Off

Viewfinder    

• Eye-level fixed optical glass pentamirror

• Spherical Acute Matte focusing screen (interchangeable)

• Magnification approx. 0.74x

• 95% frame coverage

• Dioptric adjustment (-3.0 to +1.0)

• Eye-relief 21 mm from eyepiece, 17 mm from frame

• Eyepiece cup removable

• Viewfinder info bar

Live view      

• Dedicated live view sensor

• 1200 zone evaluative metering

• Sensitivity 2-17 EV

• 90% frame coverage

• Exposure and white balance simulation

LCD monitor

• 2.7 TFT LCD

• 230,400 pixels

• Anti-reflective coating

Flash

• Built-in pop-up flash (manual release)

• Metering: ADI, Pre-flash TTL, Manual flash control

• Guide number 12 (ISO 100/m)

• Angle of coverage 24 mm (35 mm equiv.)

• Flash sync 1/160 sec

Flash modes            

• Auto

• Fill Flash

• Rear Sync

• Slow sync

• Manual Flash

• Red-eye Reduction (pre-flash)

• Wireless/Remote Off-camera Flash

• High Speed Sync.

Flash compensation:-2.0 to +2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps

External flash (optional)    

• Sony HVL-F56M (guide no. 56)

• Sony HVL-F36M (guide no. 36)

• Macro Twin Flash Kit HVL-MT24AM

• Ring Light HVL-RLAM

• Off camera flash shoe FA-CS1 AM

Drive modes            

• Single-frame

• Continuous

• Self-timer (10 or 2 sec)

• Continuous bracket

• Single-frame bracket

• White balance bracket

Continuous shooting        

• Approx 2.5fps max (2.0 in Live view)

• RAW: Up to 4 frames

• RAW+JPEG: Up to 3 frames

• JPEG (FINE): Unlimited (to card capacity) 

Self-timer     

• 10 sec

• 2 sec

Connectivity         

• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mass storage, Multi-LUN or PTP)

• Video out (NTSC or PAL)

• DC-IN

• Remote terminal

Video out    

• AV (Selectable NTSC or PAL)

• ‘PhotoTV’ HD settings applied with BRAVIA.

Storage       

• Compact Flash Type I/II

• Memory Stick Duo / Pro Duo (Via optional adapter)

• Supports FAT12 / FAT16 / FAT32

Power            

• NP-FM500H Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (1650 mAh)

• Battery charger included

• Optional AC adapter

• Batter life Approx 730 shots with viewfinder, 410 in Live view mode (CIPA standard)

Dimensions: 131 x 99 x 74 mm (5.25 x 4 x 3 in)

Weight (body)

• No battery: 582 g (1.3 lb)

• With battery: 676 g (1.5 lb)

 

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